> >>> There is no hackery require to make IPv4 work in LTE. LTE supports >>> IPv4, IPv6, and IPv4v6 bearers all the same... its just an option from >>> the core perspective, handset / chipset makers like to limit the >>> options to keep cost and variability down. >>> >> My understanding (admittedly second hand, so perhaps the engineer >> explaining it to me was mistaken) was that LTE was IPv6 and that IPv4 >> was implemented on the radio side essentially as a 4in6 tunnel with a >> very very short-term DHCP lease for the v4 address. >> >> > > Nope, it does not work this way. There are tunnels for mobility, and > it is possible that IPv4 user plane packet get carried in IPv6 GTP > packets but that is the same case for IPv6 user plane also being in > IPv6 GTP packets.... but LTE generally does not use any DHCP to the > user. > > Key point: LTE does not imply any mandatory IPv6 networks > infrastructure or services, but it does work with IPv6 and should be > deployed with IPv6. > > Cameron > (who works in mobile, everyday)
OK... Thanks for the clarification. So did the other guy who gave me the other story. I won't pretend to be a mobile expert. Owen
