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Separation of networks and services End-to-End architecture Scalability Distributed design & decentralized control

Toolkit

Table of Contents Table of Practice Notes Table of Reference Documents Glossary
Module 1 Overview & Module 6 Executive Summary are also available in French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic and Chinese.

Global Capacity Building Initiative for ICT Regulators (GCBI)

The GCBI is a joint infoDev/ITU initiative for regulatory training more

Executive Summary Project Concept Note Needs Analysis Call for Proposals Events

Events

Training Workshop for Regulators and Policy Makers in Eastern and Southern Africa
Addis Ababa | 6-9 Nov 07 Global Symposium for Regulators 2008 (GSR08)
Pattaya | 11-13 Mar 08

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ICT Regulation Toolkit Module 7. New Technologies and Impacts on Regulation 1 Technology Trends 1.2 The Internet 1.2.2 Internet design principles Scalability

Scalability

Scalability is another main feature of the IP design. One of the barriers for further scalability is the shortage of address room in the current IP version 4 (IPv4) systems. As discussed in the section on IP version 6 (IPv6), the shortage of address room is a big problem for developing countries, mainly due to uneven allocation of the IPv4 addresses.

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