IPv6’s routing headers make Mobile IPv6 much more efficient for end nodes than Mobile IPv4; a new “mobility” extension header has been created. Mobility takes advantage of IPv6’s flexibility.

The other big difference between IPv4 and IPv6 is the header. There are changes in the number and type of fields and extensions are handled in a different fashion.

IPv6 extension headers provide a powerful means to support security, fragmentation, source routing, network management, and many other functions.

IPv6 does have a mechanism for fragmenting packets at their origin; this requires the use of an extension header within IPv6 and is quite complex. The TTL (Time to Live) field in IPv4 is used to limit ...

Parsing IPv6 extension headers —Applications such as mobile IPv6 or source routing often include IPv6 address information in the extension headers, which significantly increases their size.

This document presents real-world data regarding the extent to which packets with IPv6 Extension Headers (EHs) are dropped in the Internet (as originally measured in August 2014 and later in June ...

IPv6 designers preferred useless functionalities over good sense, Biondi said during his presentation. RH0-related threats are not considered in the IPv6 spec.