Xavient Information Systems conducted a case study on transitioning from IPv4 to IPv6 for a leading US cable/ISP, addressing the challenge of limited IPv4 address space due to the rising number of internet-connected devices. Their solution focused on achieving seamless communication between IPv4 and IPv6 networks through various tunneling methods, ensuring existing legacy applications could function without significant changes. The implementation led to increased customer satisfaction and optimized latency in data transport, showcasing Xavient's expertise in IT solutions for telecommunications and other sectors.

1. Xavient Information Systems
Great Ideas … Simple Solutions
Ideas to Solutions
A Xavient Case Study
IPv4 IPv6 Transitioning for a leading Cable/ISP in the US
Company Background
A leading entertainment, information and communications products and services provider in US.
Client Requirements
IPv4 addresses are 32 bits which limits the addresses space to 2^32 addresses. With the growing demand of internet connected devices
there is a need of bigger address space. IPv6 provides 128 bit addressing mechanism. As IPv4 address space is exhausting, IPv6
migration becomes imminent. IPv4 to IPv6 migration is not an easy task considering the complexity of the internet. This solution to
transition IPv4 to IPv6 is yet to be discovered and the immediate solution is interoperability between existing IPv4 and upcoming IPv6
networks. The problems which have been encountered:
 Absence of seamless and transparent connectivity between incompatible and disjoint IPv4 aware applications across external
IPv6 network.
 Legacy applications unable to communicate on newer IPv6 Network.
 Often there are DoS (denial of service) attacks on IPv6 routers, and even legitimate traffic generates excessive load on endpoint
routers.
 Incompatibility with l2tp implementations with various independent software vendors.
 Incompatibility with PPP with some telecom equipment.
Xavient Solution
We aimed to achieve seamless end to end connectivity between customer premise equipment ( router) to ISP routers and achieved
measurable improvement in reduction to Average Ping Latency Time through better implementation of transport algorithms.
The solution was provided while giving consideration to the following scenarios:
 Customer (IPv4 ) to ISP's IPv4 network though a IPv6 intermediate network using IPv4 over IPv6 tunneling.
 Customer (IPv6) to ISP IPv6 network using tunneling over IPv4 intermediate network.
IPv4-IPv6 Transition

2. Ideas to Solutions
A Xavient Case Study
The above diagram depicts how Xavient developed the required solution on both client and server end.
Benefits
 Transparent and seamless communication between newer IPv6 and Legacy applications
 Increased rating on the American Consumer Satisfaction Index
 Increased satisfaction from end users
 Legacy applications need not be rewritten and they continue to function normally without any changes
 No need of investment on newer routers and only firmware was modified
 Reduction in round-trip packet transport latency within tunnel by optimizing code
 Easy web interface based management of device to make configuration changes
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 Headquartered in Simi Valley, CA, Xavient Information Systems (XIS) is a leading provider of global IT and engineering services
and solutions. Since its inception in 2002, Xavient has grown to be a tier-one IT Professional Services and Solutions provider for
telecommunication, broadcasting, manufacturing, retail, and healthcare companies.
 It is the preferred transformation partner across product and vendor evaluation; business process re-engineering; outsourcing
and off-shoring; product implementation; custom solution development and IT professional services for several Fortune 1000
companies.
 Xavient leverages its proven expertise in Global Delivery Models with centers of excellence in Application Development, QA &
Testing, Managed IT Infrastructure services and IT Application & Production environment.
About Xavient
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