List of IPv6 transition mechanisms

To increase the deployment of IPv6 on the Internet, various transition mechanisms have been proposed to ease this process. Since IPv6 is not directly interoperable with its predecessor protocol IPv4, transition mechanisms are designed to permit hosts on either network type to communicate with any other host.

To meet its technical criteria, IPv6 must have a straightforward transition plan from the current IPv4. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) conducts working groups and discussions through the IETF Internet Drafts and Request for Comments processes to develop these transition technologies toward that goal. Some basic IPv6 transition mechanisms are defined in RFC 4213.

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