ATIS I-0000018

This whitepaper is the product of ATIS IPv6 Readiness Plan Study Group (AIRP-SG), developed in response to the industry?s need to for guidance to transition to IPv6, in light of the previous reports produced by the ATIS IPv6 Task Force (IPv6-TF) and the public announcement in June 2007 by the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) that the exhaust of IPv4 addresses is imminent. This whitepaper is intended to be used by a variety of organizations (service providers, enterprise, network providers, etc) as a tool for organizations to make an assessment of current capabilities, to identify steps towards IPv6 readiness, and provide means for organizations to illustrate IPv6 readiness utilizing defined levels of readiness.