CableLabs successfully trials call over IPv6

LOUISVILLE, CO - CableLabs successfully completed a PacketCable 2.0 SIP call over IPv6 during a two-week IPv6 interoperability event in October, the organization has announced.IPv6 is the next-generation Internet Protocol and offers virtually an unlimited number of IP addresses compared with IPv4, the current version. CableLabs said that IPv4 is expected to exhaust all addresses attainable from the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority within the next year, and the regional authorities in the subsequent 12 months. IPv6 will enable cable operators to deliver innovative communications and entertainment services to the exploding volume of IP devices, such as smart phones and other...