Harsha Srinath is currently pursuing his MS degree in Computer Science at the Center for Advanced Computer Studies (CACS) in University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA. His research interests include networking with an emphasis on wireless networks, distributed databases and data mining.

IPv4, the workhorse protocol of the currently popular TCP/IP protocol suite, is fast becoming obsolete. The exponential growth of the Internet is the main reason that has required the creation of the next generation of Internet Protocol- IPv6. IPv6 is much more flexible and promises to take care of the address space and security issues in the foreseeable future.

Part 1 of the paper lays the foundation of the various issues involved in designing the Internet Protocol and motivates the need for an upgraded version of this protocol.

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