China’s First IPv6 Public DNS Makes its Official Debut

Recently, BII Group has officially announced the introduction of the public DNS: 240c::6666/240c::6644 of IPv6. Through free public DNS service with excellent performance, it aims to provide safe, stable, high-speed and intelligent Internet experience for the majority of IPv6 Internet users and boost the full implementation of the Action Plan for Promoting Scale Deployment of Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6). Meanwhile, BII has also launched a global promotion plan for IPv6 Public DNS jointly with the Global IPv6 Forum to provide better online resolution services for users worldwide.

At present, the IPv6 network has become the forerunner for countries to promote the new technological industry revolution and reshape the long-term national competitiveness, and countries in the world have accelerated the pace of transition to IPv6. At the same time, the number of IPv6 users has also exploded in the recent two years, and the development of IPv6 which has been quite for all these years has been significantly improved. However, the introduction of the IPv6 action plan will undoubtedly add a powerful impetus to the IPv6 industry which has been well prepared, and will speed up the pace of overall deployment for China’s future Internet in every aspect.

As an important part of network infrastructure, the Domain Name System (DNS) has been frequently attacked in the past three decades due to its “particularity”, and top-level domain failure, DNS hijacking and large-scale DNS attack happen occasionally, greatly affecting the global Internet industry. At present, most public DNSs that enhance user experience and ensure network security support IPv4 only, which is one of the problems constantly criticized by IPv6 users. To fully facilitate the development of IPv6, BII relies on the self-developed high-performance IPv6 DNS system to provide the public free DNS services, during which DNS: 240c :: 6666 is the first choice and DNS: 240c :: 6644 is the alternate.

BII is the only state-level engineering research center in the field of China’s future Internet and it has been always devoted to the research and promotion of IPv6 future Internet and other industrial fundamental and key technologies of IPv6 over the years. However, the introduction of the IPv6 Public DNS will undoubtedly provide global IPv6 users an excellent choice for optimizing the Internet experience, and the three major characteristics, namely, precision and rapidness, security and stability and DNS64, will fully guarantee the efficiency and stability of IPv6 network.

BII has deployed recursive nodes in many places around the world, such as Beijing, Guangzhou, Lanzhou, Wuhan, Chicago, Fremont, London and Frankfurt. It applies the IPv6 BGP Anycast method to deployment, so that the users can have nearby access and the access delay of domain names resolved to the root server is significantly reduced, as a result of which the speed can be greatly protected. Not only that, IPv6 Public DNS will take the initiative to synchronize the com/ net domain name, cache hotspot domain name and so on to reduce the recursive process to maximize the rapid response.

With regard to security, IPv6 Public DNS supports single-IP resolution speed limit, and security restrictions can be used to effectively prevent malicious attacks, so that users’ access security will be protected in real time. Meanwhile, IPv6 Public DNS also supports DNSSEC security resolution and verification, so that the users will not be hijacked in the access process, and neither malicious jumps nor mandatory advertisements will appear.

At the same time, IPv6 Public DNS specifically provides DNS64 resolution service to facilitate the real needs of IPv6 users to access IPv4-related services, that is, the resolution system can also respond to the request for pure IPv4 network resource resolution by pure IPv6 users, which can also avoid the trouble to some extent that the content has not be fully transformed and upgraded during the transition period from IPv4 to IPv6.

President of BII Liu Dong revealed, “The early and rapid development of IPv6 network is a key measure for China to seize the initiative of the global Internet. The construction and promotion of public infrastructure is not only a prerequisite for the large-scale deployment of IPv6, but the vision and direction of the Center over the years. The global free services provided by IPv6 Public DNS not only provide global IPv6 users a faster and more secure choice, but hope to facilitate the full promotion of the deployment of IPv6 future Internet in China.”

6DNS System Makes its Official Debut to Boost the Scale Deployment of IPv6

The BII Group (www.biigroup.com) announced in Beijing the official launch of the upgraded solution of recursive service IPv6 “6DNS system” today. The system is an upgraded overall solution of DNS recursive service system for enterprises and operators, which is designed to get through the key link of IPv6 network and application to provide users with safe, reliable, swift and easy-to-operate recursive services and boost the full implementation of the Action Plan for Promoting Scale Deployment of Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6).

At present, the IPv4 addresses in the world have almost been allocated, the commercial use of IPv6 is speeding up, a large number of enterprises and operators in the world have been gradually upgraded to IPv6. All countries in the world have been clearly aware of the fact that IPv6 is not only a possible trend but an inevitable and only choice for the development of future Internet. At the same time, China has stepped up the development of IPv6 future Internet to a state-level strategic deployment with the introduction of IPv6 Action Plan, and IPv6 is imperative. However, IPv6 support on the DNS recursive system in the market is still not enough and difficult to operate, and the deployment cost is extremely high, causing great inconvenience to the enterprise upgrading.

To solve the actual needs of operators and enterprises, BII has officially launched the IPv6 upgrading solution to recursive service 6DNS system after system research and development and long-term practice verification. It helps operators and enterprises meet the challenges brought by IPv6 future Internet upgrading by making a “secure”, “swift” and “easy-to-operate” overall solution to enable them to use the IPv6 future Internet resources in a steady, secure and quick manner.

In terms of “security”, 6DNS system relies on the BII’s years of technical accumulation and professional experience first to ensure that the entire system is anti-hijacking. To use the 6DNS system can return to correct resolution result and prevent the man-in-the-middle from hijacking, tampering, attacking and filtering the global threatening domain name, providing users a green network environment.

In terms of “swiftness”, it is an excellent user experience of 6DNS system. Since most current DNS authoritative servers do not support IPv6 access, the existing dual stack network still borrows IPv4 DNS for resolution. Once the IPv4 network fails, it will affect IPv6 content access, so IPv6 users also need to rely on IPv4 networks and DNS. The 6DNS system does not affect the existing IPv4 network at all, and to supplement 6DNS to form a complete IPv6 network query access can ensure that the global IPv6 resources are accessible to the users. In addition, 6DNS uses load balancing and cache management technology to fully balance the load between servers to support high-capacity input, output and caching, and adopts multiple optimization techniques to greatly improve user query speed.

In terms of “easy-to-operate”, 6DNS system includes access control management, data statistics and domain name blacklist and other functions. The 6DNS system has a simple and clear Web management interface that can control the terminal access, set the blacklist of domains and make data statistics, including intuitively displaying the real-time data of 6DNS with graphics to provide the administrator with valuable information, following the principles of simpleness and swiftness in real sense.

President of BII Group Liu Dong said, “Before the official release of 6DNS system, we have already cooperated with more than 40 organizations in IPv6 DNS such as Renmin University of China, Nanjing University, Henan Education and Research Computer Network and Shanghai University, and deployed the 6DNS system according to the characteristics of users and network environment in different organizations to provide millions of IPv6 users with services. We also hope to work with partners in the industry to jointly drive the global IPv6 development.”

As the only state-level engineering research center in the field of China’s future Internet, BII has always been focusing on the research on the fundamental key technologies and applications for the industrial development of DNS root server and IPv6 future Internet to build the “Internet Base Technology Public Service Platform” and promote global Internet connectivity. In addition, public DNS: 240c::6666 of IPv6 was also released together with 6DNS system this time, which is designed to provide free public DNS services with excellent performance to enable the IPv6 network users to have access to safe, stable, high-speed and intelligent Internet experience.

The World’s Top Experts Kick Off for Internet Infrastructure Forum (IIF)

During Global Network Technology Conference at Beijing on Nov 28th morning, several world’s top Internet experts kick off for Internet Infrastructure Forum (IIF) together, announcing the launch of IIF which is initiated by BII-CFIEC. Meanwhile, experts including Dr. Vinton Cerf proactively speak for the sustainable development of Internet infrastructure during the forum meeting in the afternoon.

The participants of IIF kick off include Wu Hequan (Academician of CAE, Director of ISC),Dr. Paul Mockapetris (Inventor of DNS, Internet Hall of Fame), Dr. Paul Vixie (Inventor of ISC, Internet Hall of Fame), Professor Kilnam Chon (Father of Korea Internet, Internet Hall of Fame), representative of Professor Jun Murai (Founder of WIDE, Internet Hall of Fame), Professor Nick McKeown (Pionner of SDN, Professor of Stanford University), Mr. Phil Robb (Operation VP of Linux Foundation), Dr. Dan Pitt (Senior VP of MEF), Latif Ladid (Global IPv6 Forum President) and Mr. Liu Dong (President of BII-CFIEC). The forum will focus on the advocacy of IPv6 and DNS as the first step, and carry out in all levels to bolster the connectivity of Internet Infrastructure worldwide.

Dr. Vinton Cerf, Father of Internet, who has been known as the evangelist of IPv6 for decades, prepares a video talk to encourage Internet industry to collectively implement IPv6 for the global good. Other speakers also talk about how emerging network technologies guarantee the development of Internet infrastructure, technologies that include but not limited to IPv6, DNS, access technologies, security and privacy, and so forth.

Mr. Liu Dong, President of BII-CFIEC, advocates prospectively for the sustainable development of Internet infrastructure, and emphasizes that Internet Infrastructure Forum could serve an important role of bolstering innovation and connectivity in the Internet’s infrastructure, worldwide. The sustainable development and evolution of Internet infrastructure is essential to the global cyberspace and digital economy, and IIF will provide a larger scale of innovation platform for the Internet community with more opportunity to contribute to new applications that it enables.

In the future, IIF will represent interests of the industry, developing and sharing best business practices that emerging network technologies implement in support of the need of Internet community to the public, so that they can weigh its outcomes for the digital economy. The forum would also serve as a multistakeholder platform for diverse and innovative players from across the Internet infrastructure industry, academic and user communities to better communicate, and advocate the development of Internet infrastructure for the global good.

Liu Dong, President & CEO of BII Group, was elected the IEEE-SA Standards Board Member

In December 2017, IEEE formally appointed Liu Dong, President & CEO of BII Group as the IEEE-SA Standards Board Member. The term starts on January 1, 2018. He will be responsible for the start-up, approval and review of IEEE international standards. From 2016 to 2017, Liu Dong served as the director of IEEE-SA and fully participated in the strategic decision-making and operation management of the IEEE Standards Association. In the future, Liu Dong will participate in the operation of the IEEE Standards Association and get down to the core development and formulation of IEEE standards, including approving the launch of the IEEE standard project.

IEEE is the world's most famous and largest non-profit multinational standards organization and academic organization in the field of electronic, electrical, computer, communications and automation engineering technology. It has about 420,000 members in 160 countries and regions and marks an important source of innovation drive in information technology field. The IEEE standard-setting content covers many fields such as information technology, communication, power and energy. It has increasingly become the core source of emerging technology standards, especially Internet + international standards. Currently, IEEE Standards Association has developed more than 900 current international standards. Liu Dong’s appointment as the IEEE Standards Board Member, is not only IEEE's recognition of China's technological innovation and international standardization, but also an expression of China's growing influence in the field of international standardization. The IEEE-SA Standards Board is the core management authority of the IEEE Standards Affairs. It coordinates and promotes the formulation and revision of IEEE standards and guides and promotes the proposal submission, start-up review, process negotiation, patent examination and resolution approval of IEEE standard projects. IEEE-SA Standards Board has an important voice and decision-making power.

Liu Dong, President & CEO of BII Group, has long been committed to standard R & D and international promotion. Over the years, he has led BII Group to actively participate in international standardization work and has extensively exchanged and cooperated with international standardization organizations such as IEEE, ISO, IEC, IETF and etc, and created a new standard system and norms in many fields. In addition, Director Liu Dong also actively promoted standard industrialization, made outstanding contributions in testing and certification and commercial deployment, and promoted the actual implementation of standard results and the collaborative innovation of business models.

Liu Dong said, " The standardization strategy is the key for enterprises development and even the development of the industry and plays an important role in leading the trend, deploying products and tackling key technical problems. Numerous engineers are contributing silently in related fields, and forerunners are bound to lead the way.

Figure: Liu Dong, member of IEEE-SA Standards Board, President & CEO of BII Group

GNTC Global Network Technology Conference 2017 Opening in Beijing

On November 28, 2017, “GNTC Global Network Technology Conference 2017” organized by BII -CFIEC prepared a grand opening in Beijing. As one of the world’s largest grand gatherings of network technology, GNTC focused on network reconstruction, Internet infrastructure, SDN, NFV, IPv6, 5G, NB-IoT, network security, cloud and data center, edge network, edge computing and new generation network-related technical hot issues, a
nd held two plenary lectures, one roundtable forum, eight technology summits and several Workshops, presenting more than 2,000 audience on the spot a splendid network technology feast.

Photo: Site of 2017 GNTC Global Network Technology Conference

The digital economy has become the core strength of a new round of global industrial transformation and it is deeply affecting every aspect of social development. Meanwhile, the era of Internet of Everything comes with higher speed with the fundamental change in the demand for the connection of “human beings” to “things”. However, many problems have been found with the increasing number of network users, the rapid expansion of application fields, insufficient flexibility of the existing network architecture, difficulty in new business development, outdated infrastructure and network security.

To cope with the disadvantages of the current network, innovative technologies such as IPv6, SDN, NFV, 5G and edge computing have emerged at the right moment as a new vitality to the network, contributing unprecedented strength to building a softer, cloudized, functionally virtualized and hardware-unitized new generation network. In addition, the network technology is moving toward a turning point of updating development and the network will be redefined.


Network is redefined to boost network reconstruction in the name of technology

In the tide of global network transformation, actions have been taken in succession along the industry chain and parties of the industry are moving ahead hand in hand. After 120 speeches in three days of the GNTC, many innovative technologies continue to break through, and the vertical industry solutions emerge in endlessly. In addition, global operators, solution and equipment providers and large enterprises are making great efforts to deploy their own new network solutions, and actively participate in open source development and standardization of related technologies, boosting network transformation in the name of technology.

When it comes to the development trends of new generation network, many experts including Stanford Professor Nick McKeown and VP of Linux foundation Phil Robb mentioned open source and technological innovation in their speeches. The development of network technology has never stopped innovation, and the future network will also constantly upgrade and transform with the development of cloud, SDN, 5G, artificial intelligence and other technologies.

Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of H3C Group You Xuejun said when speaking of the network reform, “The future network will move toward software-oriented, intelligent and scenarized development. Software definition will be ubiquitous and will accelerate the evolution toward intelligent network, and the era of intelligent network will come”.


With the comprehensive promotion of IPv6, the Internet Infrastructure Forum (IIF) issues a global initiative

The Internet with rapid growth carries the people’s increasing expectations, while the sustainable evolution of the Internet infrastructure has become more and more important. To further promote the upgrading and updating of the Internet infrastructure, the “Internet Infrastructure Forum (IIF)” was officially launched at the GNTC site with the aim of providing the Internet community with a larger innovative platform to contribute to the development of new generation applications. It is understood that the Forum will carry out its work successively with its first step focusing on driving IPv6 and DNS, and will pay special attention to promoting the connectivity development of global network infrastructure.

Photo: Opening Ceremony of Internet Infrastructure Forum (IIF)

Liu Dong, Director of BII-CFIEC, expressed, “The emerging network technology is fundamental for the development of Internet infrastructure It’s just two days since the Action Plan for Promoting the Scale Deployment of the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) issued by the General Office of the Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council, undoubtedly giving confidence to the Internet industry. In addition, the widespread application of the new generation network technology will give birth to a greater era.”

Academician Wu Hequan also said on the spot, “The Chinese government has clearly specified the strategy and goals for the development of IPv6 as well as the schedule, takes multiple measures and makes use of industry-university-research cooperation to jointly promote the comprehensive deployment of IPv6. It also guides the development toward industrial Internet and promotes the deep integration of the Internet and entity economy, opening up a bigger market for the development of the Internet. In addition, it shall seize the opportunities for the development of information technology, meet the development needs of an intelligent society, strengthen innovation-driven development and develop the digital economy.”

Under the dual drive of market and technology, new technologies, architectures and networks are rapidly forming a new generation network, which is characterized by software, network cloud and virtualization. In this context, the GNTC Global Network Technology Conference will be devoted to building a network technology communication platform, bringing together global network technology authoritative organizations, Internet enterprises, manufacturers and application organizations and seizing the core of industry and technology to create a more benign ecological environment, contributing to the development and innovation of the global network.

Global IPv6 Testing Center Releases the 2017 IPv6 Support Report

Recently, the subordinate to BII-CFIEC, Global IPv6 Testing Center (www.ipv6ready.org.cn) released the 2017 IPv6 Support Report, providing a test, update and analysis of the support for IPv6 network devices, terminals, applications and websites worldwide. The report shows that the entire industry is ready for full access to IPv6, with support for network devices, terminal products and various applications. Among them, the network devices and terminal products gain the highest IPv6 support. There are 2137 types/series of network devices in the world that have passed the IPv6 Ready Logo Certification and over 90% of the terminal operating systems support IPv6. In addition, a small number of basic applications have been able to access IPv6 and can meet the basic needs. At present, the IPv6 support rate of top 50 websites of Alexa rankings is 42%, and there is only one website in China among top 50 supporting stable IPv6 access.

Network devices have extremely high IPv6 support and have been ready for full access

With the rapid deployment of IPv6 in the world, mainstream network device manufacturers have launched a large number of IPv6 products in recent years, and they are rich in types and basically cover the original IPv4 products (including routers, switches, access servers, firewalls, VPN gateways and domain name servers, etc.), which can meet the needs of commercial deployment.

According to IPv6 Ready Logo testing and certification data, a total of 2137 types/series of devices in the world passed the IPv6 Ready Logo Phase-2 certification as of October 2017 and have been steadily increasing. Among those devices obtaining the IPv6 Ready Logo, China’s routers, switches, firewalls and gateways are far ahead of other types of devices. Compared with other network device powers such as the United States, South Korea and Japan, China has a larger number of routers, switches, security devices and other devices for more than 70%, while has relatively less applications for other device types, especially for terminal devices.

Terminal devices basically support IPv6, leaving home gateway the last checkpoint hindering the development

The one who can take the lead in making a difference in IPv6 will be able to occupy a favorable position in future competition. From the hardware point of view, the terminal products such as mobile phones and PCs launched in the past two or three years can basically fully support IPv6. However, the operating system is crucial to support IPv6 as the foundation of various applications. Therefore, the Global IPv6 Testing Center has tested the current 30 common operating system versions and results show that common operating system including mobile phones, PCs and servers can basically apply IPv6, and the support rate reaches up to 90%.

Among the 30 common operating system versions tested, Android 4.2, iOS 4.1, Windows Phone 6.5, Symbian 7.0 and other mobile phone system versions and subsequent new versions have supported IPv6.

Microsoft Windows series, Apple Mac OS X and Linux and other commonly used operating system in PCs support IPv6, and Microsoft Windows and Redhat Linux kernel operating system largely passed the IPv6 Ready Logo Certification, which provides a more powerful proof of IPv6 access capacity.

The overall IPv6 support of the operating system is relatively high, but there are still some differences between different operating systems in terms of concrete functions and implementation models. The operating system installed with IPv6 protocol stack as a default accounts for about 75%, the support of DHCPv6 (IPv6 dynamic host configuration protocol) is about 65% and that of ND RDNSS (Recursion DNS Server Automatic Discovery) is slightly lower, which is about 50%.

The support of home gateway CE devices is slightly backward by contrast. As an extended test item of IPv6 Ready Logo, there are only 17 CE devices from NetWare, ZTE, Broadcom and other enterprises in the world that have passed IPv6 Ready Logo CE Router Certification.

The operators begin to implement strict network equipment procurement requirements early and force network devices to support IPv6. However, test results show that most of the CE devices (home gateways and wireless routers, etc.) purchased by the users themselves on the market do not support IPv6, which is the key for home users to access the last mile of IPv6.

Multi-type PC applications support IPv6, which can meet the basic usage needs

The 2017 IPv6 Support Report also indicates that the IPv6-only network is still less at present due to the widespread existence of IPv4, and only a small number of applications can support IPv4 and IPv6. However, it shall be pointed out that although the overall support of application software is not high for IPv6, it can indeed meet the basic needs of common users.

Overseas websites have high IPv6 support, but only one of the top 50 websites in China supports IPv6

At present, websites supporting IPv6 are on the increase, and websites such as Google, Facebook, Yahoo and Microsoft Bing now provide permanent IPv6 access service. To encourage more applications and services to support IPv6, the Global IPv6 Test Center has designed and developed IPv6 Enabled Logo Certification. In addition, statistics show that a total of 2550 websites in the world have passed the test and obtained IPv6 Enabled Logo Certification from April 2009 when the project was launched to October 2017.

The monitoring data of the Global IPv6 Testing Center also shows that IPv6 support rate of top 50 websites of Alexa rankings is 42%, and Google, Wikipedia, Yahoo and other websites can be stably accessed through IPv6. In contrast, most websites in China have no IPv6 access, and only Tencent of the top 50 websites has stable IPv6 access address.

The Global IPv6 Testing Center subordinate to CFIEC has carried out a comprehensive test and analysis of IPv6 support from different levels such as terminals, networks and applications, etc. According to the 2017 IPv6 Support Report, network devices, terminal devices and operations system have good IPv6 support.  From the application point of view, efforts shall also be increased for upgrade due to long-term existence of IPv4 to promote the large-scale promotion and application of IPv6, especially various websites shall speed up the pace of access to IPv6. In addition, colleagues of the industry chain shall also pay more attention to these weaknesses to jointly promote the rapid and smooth transition of IPv6 and embrace the era of intelligence of Internet of Everything.

The future Internet is IPv6-based, but IPv6 is not the entire content of the future Internet but the starting point. Based on the IPv6 technology with enormous address space, new ideas and elements are constantly added to the new technology platform to solve major technical challenges through innovation and breakthrough. In addition, the future Internet will certainly be more intelligent through evolution and development, and a broader market will also be fully open.

For free access to the full version of 2017 IPv6 Support Report, please click the link below: http://www.ipv6ready.org.cn/public/download/ipv6.pdf

Top Higher-ups Work out the Blueprint Together for the Development of Network Technology at the GNTC

"Global Network Technology Conference" (www.theGNTC.com), themed by “new technology·new architecture·new network”, will see a grand opening in the conference center of Beijing Great Wall Hotel during November 28-30, 2017. As one of the largest network technology events in China, more than 2,000 representatives and audience will participate in GNTC. At the Plenary Session on the morning of the first day of the conference, CAE Academician Wu Hequan and Wu Jianping and inductees of the Internet Hall of Fame, Paul Mockapetris and Paul Vixie; NAE Academician and professor at Stanford, Nick McKeown; VP of Operations, the Linux Foundation, Phil Robb, and other authoritative experts in the industry will attend the conference and share their understanding and vision of the development of the new generation network technology.

The development of network technology has ushered in a new era of a huge impact on the economy and society, and many new generation network technologies have begun to be applied on a large scale and are quietly pushing the great changes in the industry. With the increasing number of network users and the rapid expansion of application fields, many problems are also exposed in the existing network architecture, such as the lack of network resilience, difficulties in new business development, outdated infrastructure and network security issues. The network revolution is taking place toward the more software-oriented, cloudized, more function-virtualized and more hardware-generalized development, and a new generation network is rapidly formed which is safer, more efficient and more flexible.

Wu Hequan, Academician of CAE

At the Plenary Session of Global Network Technology Trends in the morning of November 28, Wu Hequan, Academician of CAE and Chairman of Internet Society of China, will deliver a speech first to talk about the development trend of global network technology in the future and discuss the new opportunities and challenges brought by it, as well as the profound impact on the industry. As one of the earliest experts in the research of digital communication technology in China, Academician Wu Hequan once put forward four development trends of communication network technology, namely, “large broadband, large connection, intelligentization and software definition”. At this year’s GNTC, we are looking forward to Academician Wu Hequan’s splendid speech.

Wu Jianping, Academician of CAE, 2017 Internet Hall of Fame

As one of the main initiators and promoters of the next generation Internet in China, the CNGI core network of China’s next generation Internet demonstration project, that is, CERNET2 backbone network, directed by Academician Wu Jianping has been built as the world’s largest pure IPv6 Internet. At the conference, Academician Wu Jianping will introduce the development of next generation Internet and IPv6 in the world and share his unique understanding of the development of network technology, so let’s wait and see!

Paul Mockapetris, the Inventor of DNS, 2012 Internet Hall of Fame

Mr. Paul Mockapetris is one of those first inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2012, and he is known as the father of DNS (Domain Name System) and one of the founders of modern Internet, giving a great push to the development of global Internet. At this year’s GNTC, Mr. Paul Mockapetris will share his own unique opinions on future trends of network technology from the perspective of Internet infrastructure upgrades.

Paul Vixie, 2014 Internet Hall of Fame

Paul Vixie, as a senior expert in the field of Internet infrastrcuture, was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2014 by the ISOC, and he also designed, researched and developed and deployed the famous DNS open source software, that is, BIND. At the general meeting of the global network technology development trend in the morning of November 28, he will share his understanding and judgment on the development of global network from the perspective of network security.

Phil Robb, VP of Operations, the Linux Foundation

The impact of open source on network technology has penetrated into every aspect. As more and more products and solutions are emerging, countless open source projects have flourished, giving infinite vitality to the development of network technology. At this year’s GNTC, Phil Robb will introduce the experience and planning of Linux Foundation in open source and openness.

GNTC 2017 will set up 2 Plenary Sessions, 1 panel discussion, 8 technical summits (SDN, NFV, 5G, NB-IoT, network security, cloud and data center, edge network and edge computing, Internet Infrastructure) and a number of workshops (P4, CORD, ONAP, Network Test, etc.), covering all the hot spots of the new generation of network technologies, and all-round presenting the latest development of the industry and technology. By providing a platform for the parties to communicate and exchange, it is dedicated to promoting win-win cooperation and the process of network reconstruction. Please access the official website of the conference (www.theGNTC.com) or follow the official WeChat account “the GNTC” to register immediately.

China Unicom will fully participate in GNTC 2017

“Global Network Technology Conference” (www.theGNTC.com), themed by “new technology·new architecture·new network”, will see a grand opening in the conference center of Beijing Great Wall Hotel during November 28-30, 2017. GNTC 2017 will set up 2 Plenary Sessions, 1 panel discussion, 8 technical summits (SDN, NFV, 5G, NB-IoT, network security, cloud and data center, edge network and edge computing, Internet Infrastructure) and a number of workshops (P4, CORD, ONAP, Network Test, etc.), covering all the hot spots of the new generation of network technologies, and all-round presenting the latest development of the industry and technology.

This year, China Unicom will fully participate in GNTC at Global Network Technology Trends Plenary Session, Cloud-Network Synergy Panel Discussion, Network Security, NFV, NB-IoT, Edge Computing, SDN and 5G Summit. In addition, China CORD Industry Alliance will also host CORD Workshop jointly with ONF under the leadership of China Unicom, with the aim of exploring the industry direction, exchanging technology hotspots, discussing development and seeking cooperation together with more than two thousand industry partners on site.

Here are some speakers from China Unicom:

Tang Xiongyan, Chief Scientist, Network Technology Research Institute, China Unicom

Tang Xiongyan has accumulated rich theoretical and practical experience in broadband network, transmission network and access network and presided over multiple major communication engineering technology projects in Beijing. As a vanguard that promotes network transformation in China Unicom, Tang Xiongyan has recently promoted the implementation of network infrastructure upgrades, SDN controller, network cloudization and industrial Internet in China Unicom. At last year’s GNTC, Tang Xiongyan gave a systematic introduction of China Unicom’s understanding of network transformation. With regard to this year’s event, Tang Xiongyan will also attend the Plenary Session on November 30 and the Cloud Network Synergy Panel Discussion in the afternoon to share with the audience the specific progress of China Unicom’ network transformation and future focus, please stay tuned!

He Gang, Director of SDN/NFV Research Center, Network Technology Research Institute, China Unicom

He Gang successively served as Deputy Chief Engineer of the Research Department of China Unicom Research and Design Institute, Senior Export of the Network Technology Research Department of China Unicom Network Technology Research Institute and Director of SDN/NFV Innovation Center of China Unicom Network Technology Research Institute, mainly responsible for network architecture and planning, SDN/NFV standards and open source technologies, SDN/NFV solutions and SDN/NFV system development, etc. At this year’s GNTC Global Network Technology Conference, He Gang will attend the SDN Summit held in the afternoon of November 29.

Hu Yun, Director of IoT Research Center, Network Technology Research Institute, China Unicom

Network communication technology is designed mainly to achieve the two-way transfer of information of the Internet of Things and control information, and serves as one of the most important infrastructure of the Internet of Things, so major operators are paying close attention to relevant research and deployment. At last year’s GNTC, Hu Yun introduced China Unicom’s deployment in the Internet of Things and mentioned that China Unicom was verifying and vigorously developing NB-IoT and making experiments in several cities. At this year’s GNTC, Director Hu Yun will introduce the audience China Unicom’s new planning in technology research and development and deployment of the Internet of Things after the reform toward mixed system, please stay tuned.

Tong Junjie, NFV Solution Manager of China Unicom, OPNFV EUAG Founding Member

NFV is based on virtualization and cloudization, which can achieve rapid deployment and automatic operation and maintenance of the business. China Unicom is known as an active promoter and practitioner of NFV’s network architecture transformation. Tong Junjie will introduce the audience the superior and technical challenges that China Unicom faces in NFV at the GNTC as well as the future development plan of China Unicom in this field.

Liu Qi, Technologist of 5G Innovation Center, China Unicom

With the rise of 5G, major operators are vigorously making the overall arrangement, and China Unicom is also accelerating the commercialization process of 5G and will make experiments in national key cities. In the face of continuous evolution of the network, Liu Qi will deliver a speech on behalf of China Unicom at the 5G Summit in the afternoon of November 29 to share the achievements made by China Unicom in 5G and its future deployment plans.

Ma Zheng, Senior Engineer of Network Security Center, China Unicom Network Technology Research Institute

Ma Zheng is mainly engaged in network security system planning, existing network security solution research and development and network evolution security research, etc. The telecom operators assume the basic and key roles at the network level, and are maintain close contact with the network application services and terminal services. Therefore, the telecom operators play a crucial role in the field of network security. With the development of network technology and massive growth of data traffic, Ma Zheng will share his opinions in the network security forum in the afternoon of November 28 on how will China Unicom deal with such huge challenge and seize the opportunity to actively explore.

Chen Dan, MEC Project Manager, 5G Innovation Center, China Unicom Network Technology Research Institute

In June of this year, China Unicom released the White Paper on China Unicom’s Edge Computing Technology and mentioned that China Unicom will actively promote the standard research, platform development and implementation of commercial application of edge network and computing. Chen Dan is responsible for the technical research on 5G network architecture, edge computing, C/U separation and open platform of network capability, etc. At the GNTC Global Network Technology Conference, Dr. Chen Dan will share his ideas at the Edge Network and Edge Computing Summit in the morning of November 29.

China Unicom is the only member of the Board of Operators in China of the open source network project CORD, and worked with multiple partners to establish China CORD Industry Alliance at last year’s CNTC to continue promoting the development of CORD in China. At this year’s GNTC, Zhou Wei, principal of China CORD Industry Alliance and Professor-level Senior Engineer of China Unicom, will also host the CORD Workshop jointly with ONF in the afternoon of November 29, so welcome to participate in the Workshop.In addition to the above experts, more China Unicom’s experts will attend the GNTC Conference to share more topics. Not only that, more distinguished experts from China Unicom, China Mobile, Telefonica, TURK TELEKOM and other global operators, as well as authoritative organizations, well-known Internet companies, user units, equipment and solution providers will attend the GNTC, and experts of the whole industry chain will gather together to participate in the new generation network technology feast.

NFV Summit Agenda is here! GNTC will open soon!

“Global Network Technology Conference” (www.theGNTC.com), themed by “new technology·new architecture·new network”, will see a grand opening in the conference center of Beijing Great Wall Hotel during November 28-30, 2017. As one of the largest network technology events in China, more than 2,000 representatives and audience will participate in GNTC.

In the morning of November 29, the NFV Summit chaired by Li Zhen, Deputy Director of CFIEC, will be a highlight of this Conference. International organizations such as OPNFV and ETSI NFV ISG, open source community ONAP, operators such as China Telecom, China Unicom, China Mobile, Telefonica as well as H3C, Huawei, ZTE and other companies will attend, and the technology higher-ups in the field of NFV will share their unique opinions and have ardent communication with with the guests and audience on site.

As the NFV Open Platform Project established by the Linux Foundation, OPNFV is committed to building a benchmark NFV platform that will accelerate the integration, deployment and verification of NFV components of various open source ecosystems, which has always been widely supported on a global scale for many years. In October of this year, it just released a new version of its project, Euphrates, and goes further in function, interoperability and performance to help the operators drive network transformation through open source NFV. In addition, Vice Chair of OPNFV Board will give a detailed introduction of OPNFV’s work plans.

Since its establishment in February of this year, ONAP has aroused strong repercussions in the industry, and more than 50 members worldwide have joined this open source community, covering more than 50% of the global mobile users. At the end of this year, ONAP will release the first version “Amsterdam” that supports three scenarios, integrating Open-O and ECOMP codebases into a commonly used arrangement platform. Wang Yachen, President of ONAP Open Source, Deputy Director, Network Technology Dept, China Mobile Research Institute, will share the latest developments of ONAP at the NFV Summit.

Since its establishment in October 2012, NFV ISG (Network Functions Virtualisation Industry Specification Group) of ETSI (European Telecommunication Standards Institute) has published more than 60 publications and has more than 300 members, including 38 major carriers in the world, striving to jointly promote NFV application, testing and development of related standards. At the NFV Summit, Pierre Lynch, Chairman of ETSI NFV TST, will focus on the latest research and practical achievements of ETSI NFV ISG to enable the audience to have a more comprehensive understanding of the development of NFV in the future.

Carriers are the hard core in promoting network transformation, and NFV is one of the fundamental technologies driving this revolution, the domestic carriers represented by China Telecom, China Unicom and China Mobile, and overseas carriers represented by Telefonica have attached great importance to the development and application of NFV technology in their respective transformation plan. In addition, Li Chen, Center Director ,Network Evolution & Planning Center, China Telecom Beijing Research Institute; Tong Junjie, NFV Solution Manager of China Unicom; Chen Jiayuan, NFV Expert, Department of Network Technology, China Mobile Research Institute; and Antonio Jose Elizondo Armengol, Head of Network Virtualization Strategy & Technology in Telefonica will specify the impact of NFV on the industry from the perspective of carriers.

In addition, H3C, Huawei and ZTE also pay close attention to NFV as representatives of world-renowned enterprises, and have always been committed to technical practice and improvement in practical application. As of the first half of 2017, Huawei has deployed more than 260 NFV projects around the world and is one of the key members of ETSI NFV ISG. H3C has released H3Cloud CG, a carrier-class cloud platform specifically for the operator market, to help the network decoupling process, and speed up the implementation of large-scale commercial application of NFV. ZTE has also successfully deployed more than 240 SDN/NFV commercial/experimental bureaus around the world and has achieved fruitful results in deep cooperation with leading carriers in the world. In addition, NFV Summit will bring together a number of technology higher-ups, so please stay tuned for wonderful moments!

China Telecom takes a full part in the GNTC

As one of the three major carriers in China, China Telecom will take a full part in the GNTC. A number of China Telecom’s experts will attend the Main Conference, Panel Discussion, Internet Infrastructure Forum, SDN, NFV, Network Security, NB-IoT Summit and other links to share wonderful moments, and further share with the audience the latest progress and future planning blueprint of China Telecom in every aspect.

Here are some of the guest speakers of China Telecom:

Zhao Huiling, TC3 Chairman of CCSA, Director of China Telecom Cloud Computing Center

Last year, Director Zhao Huiling expressed at the GNTC that the future network shall have a global field of view and shall be visual, resources shall be on demand and can be automatically put into efficient operation. At present, it is difficult to allocate the network resources and the flexibility is not sufficient, equipment system is vertical and the scalability is not favorable, which is also not conductive to the rapid deployment of new business. In addition, the future network development shall adapt to the development of business and coordinate with the arrangement, the resources shall be on demand and shall be customized as needed, which are convenient and flexible and have security guarantee. This year, Director Zhao Huiling will share the trend of network transformation and the technical difficulties it faces.

Chen Yunqing, Deputy Director of China Telecom Beijing Research Institute

Since the publication of the White Paper on CTNet2025 Network Architecture of China Telecom in 2016, China Telecom has fully started the intelligent network transformation and actively introduced emerging technologies such as SDN, NFV and cloud to achieve network and IT integration and openness, providing users with visual, on-demand and self-service brand new network experience. At the Main Conference on the theme of “Global Network Transformation”, Deputy Director Chen Yunqing will further introduce the important achievements made by China Telecom in network transformation.

Yang Fengyi, VP of China Telecom Technology Innovation Center

As the evolution of mobile network to 5G further accelerates, edge computing can reduce the pressure of the core network and improve the capability of the access network, so as to provide more value in the popularization of high-traffic services, and has now become a key technology to drive the application and development of the Internet of Things. In addition, Yang Fengyi, VP of China Telecom Innovation Center, will introduce China Telecom’s strategic planning in this respect.

Wang Feng, Director of China Telecom Beijing Research Institute Cloud Computing Technology R & D Center

With the constant application of cloud computing, the cloud and network are breaking each other’s boundaries and merging with each other to become a new trend of ICT development, which is also the strategic planning for China Telecom. How to put cloud and network together for synergistic development? Dr. Wang Feng will discuss this hot topic with many technical experts at the “Cloud Network Synergy” Panel Discussion.

Xie Chongfeng, IPv6 Key Lab of Beijing Director, China Telecom Beijing Research Institute

China Telecom always stays focused on the research and deployment of next-generation Internet IPv6 and the construction of CNGI experimental network. In 2012, the large-scale commercial demonstration project of next-generation Internet was initiated, entering the commercial pilot phase; in 2014, it entered the large-scale commercial stage, and IPv6 was included in the regular planning and engineering construction; in the third quarter of the same year, IPv6 was introduced into the LTE network. As of 2016, China Telecom’s IPv6 has made good progress and accumulated rich experience at multiple network levels such as backbone network, MAN, IDC and mobile network and on the service side and user side. As we know, Dr. Xie Chongfeng has been engaged in IPv6 research for many years and once won the title of “IPv6 World Leader” presented by the IPv6 Forum, and he will share the latest research progress of China Telecom in IPv6 at the conference.

Tang Hongyu , Product Director of Network & Information Security Product Line, China Telecom Beijing Research Institute

As a carrier, China Telecom pays much attention to network security issues. Director Tang Hongyu has stayed focused on security product development and operations for many years, and China Telecom’s “Security Helper” founded and led by him has made remarkable achievements in information and Internet security. In addition, he will explain in detail China Telecom’s deployment in network security at the “Network Security” Summit.

Hu Jie, Director of IoT Technology Product Line, China telecom Beijing institute

In 2016, China Telecom targeted the business of Internet of Things as the group’s strategic basic business. In May this year, China Telecom announced the completion of the world’s first new generation of commercial Internet of Things (NB-IoT), covering a large area with large scale and stability. At the NB-IoT Summit, Director Hu Jie will further introduce this business.

Xiong Xiaoming, China Telecom Beijing Research Institute CORD Expert

SDN/NFV technology is a very important “link” for China Telecom’s network transformation. With regard to the deployment of SDN/NFV, China Telecom has proposed a series of goals at this stage: It hopes that the on-demand network capability can take initial shape in 2017, SDN can be widely deployed in cloud resource pool, traffic of MAN and backbone network can achieve intelligent scheduling, and the on-demand network can also achieve trial commercial use for small and medium-sized enterprises. However, CORD is also a work focus of China Telecom in recent days as an important direction for the operator’s network transformation. At present, the industry research is an initial phase only, and the specific operation schemes that are deeply integrated with the existing network resources and network conditions in particular are still relatively scarce. To practically advance the implementation, it requires not only the analysis at the conceptual level, but giving the CORD specification combined with specific and quantifiable business scenarios and clear business definitions, so that it can guide the actual deployment of large-scale applications. At the SDN Summit, expert Xiong Xiaoming will introduce in detail the recent important research results and work plans of China Telecom in CORD regarding this topic.

In addition to the above experts, more China Telecom’s experts will attend the GNTC to share more topics. Not only that, more distinguished experts from China Unicom, China Mobile, Telefonica, TURK TELEKOM and other global carriers, as well as authoritative organizations, well-known Internet companies, user units, equipment and solution providers will attend the GNTC, and experts of the whole industry chain will gather together to participate in the new generation of network technology feast. For more information about the conference’s distinguished guests and the up-to-date schedule, please visit the official website www.theGNTC.com or follow the official WeChat about “theGNTC” to immediately register for the conference.

More than 20 global authority organizations gather in the GNTC 2017

“Global Network Technology Conference” (www.theGNTC.com), themed by “new technology·new architecture·new network”, will see a grand opening in the conference center of Beijing Great Wall Hotel during November 28-30, 2017. As one of the largest network technology events in China, more than 2,000 representatives and audience will participate in GNTC.

At present, more than 20 organizations have confirmed their fully participate in the GNTC 2017, including Internet Society of China, the Linux Foundation, IEEE,ETSI, APNIC, China Institute of Communications, China Communications Standards Association, CNGI, MEF, ONF, 3GPP, OpenDaylight, ONAP, OPNFV, P4, OpenFog,IPv6 Forum, ONOS, CORD, ODCC, etc. Experts from these sectors will attend the conference and deliver great speeches.

GNTC 2017 will set up 2 main sessions, 1 panel discussion, 8 technical summits (SDN, NFV, 5G, NB-IoT, network security, cloud and data center, edge network and edge computing, Internet Infrastructure) and a number of workshops (P4, CORD, ONAP, Network Test, etc.), covering all the hot spots of the new generation of network technologies, and all-round presenting the latest development of the industry and technology.

Here are some of the representative speakers:

Nick McKeown, SDN pioneer and Stanford University professor, will share the development trend of global network technology in his mind and organize P4 Workshop, invite a number of operator higher-ups and BAT and other Internet company experts to jointly discuss P4 Runtime and P4 INT, and demonstrate Demo on site.

VP of Operations of the Linux Foundation, Phil Robb, will also introduce the latest developments of OpenDaylight and ONAP at SDN and NFV Summits and organize ONAP Workshop in addition to delivering a keynote speech at the Global Network Transformation Main Conference and participating in the Panel Discussion in the afternoon.

APNIC’s Director General Paul Wilson will attend the Internet Infrastructure Forum and Global IPv6 Summit to introduce the IPv6 development in Asian-Pacific region on behalf of APNIC.

MEF President NAN CHEN will also attend the Global Network Transformation Main Conference and deliver a keynote speech in the morning of November 30.

Vice President of MEF, Dan Pitt, will introduce the development of MEF in SDN at the SDN Summit and preside over the Cloud Network Synergy Panel Discussion in the afternoon of November 30.

Vice President of ONF, Timon Sloane, will fully participate in the Global Network Transformation Main Conference and the Panel Discussion all day on November 30 jointly with several ONF experts, sharing technologies related to ONOS and CORD at SDN, Edge Network and Computing and 5G Summits and co-host CORD Workshop with China CORD Industry Alliance.

Zhao Huiling, TC3 Chairman of CCSA, will attend the Global Network Transformation Main Conference in the morning of November 30 to talk with the experts on site about network transformation.

Pierre Lynch, Chairman of ETSI NFV TST WG, will attend the NFV Summit in the morning of November 29 on behalf of ETSI NFV ISG.

Lingli Deng, Vice Chair at OPNFV Board, will attend the NFV Summit in the morning of November 29.

OpenFog Greater China Director, Yang Yang, will introduce to the audience the current situation and technical progress of OpenFog at the Edge Network and Edge Computing Summit to be held in the morning of November 29.

Yang Zhihua, Open Data Center Committee Network Working Group Leader, will participate in the Cloud and Data Center Summit in the afternoon of November 29.

In addition to experts of the star-studded authority organizations and agencies, high-level experts of global operators, well-known Internet companies and user units and equipment and solution providers will also attend the GNTC, and experts of the whole industry chain gather together to participate in the new generation of network technology feast. Please access the official website of the conference (www.theGNTC.com) or follow the official WeChat account “the GNTC” to register immediately.

Internet Hall of Fame Inductees Gather Together in GNTC to Discuss New Generation of Internet Infrastructure

Confronted with the rapid development of Internet, traditional network is facing severe challenges. Therefore, it is imperative to accelerate the construction of global network infrastructure and build a new generation of Internet infrastructure to adapt to Internet of Everything and the intelligent society. From November 28 to 30, 2017, “GNTC 2017 Global Network Technology Conference” (www.theGNTC.com) organized by BII Group and CFIEC will see a grand opening in Beijing. “Global Internet Infrastructure Forum”, as the most famous link of the conference, will attract several international Internet Hall of Fame inductees as well as a number of authoritative experts in the field of Internet to discuss Internet infrastructure technology changes and infrastructure development and challenges.

Since human beings achieved data transmission between two computers for the first time in 1969, great changes have taken place in a few decades from military field to scientific research and even civil use, thus ushering in a brilliant chapter of “era of Internet” in history. However, as “Internet+” and industrial Internet deepen, it has become an increasingly clear trend that the Internet fully subverts all walks of life and becomes a common infrastructure. In this context, the existing architecture has exposed more and more problems in scalability, security and controllability and manageability due to its complex design, inadequate openness and low efficiency. As a result, it has been constantly improved in the industry for decades, but it is the fundamental way for future long-term development to upgrade Internet infrastructure in every aspect.

In the “Global Internet Infrastructure Forum” of GNTC Conference, father of the Internet and Internet Hall of Fame inductee Vint Cerf, Father Korean Internet and Internet Hall of Fame inductee Kilnam Chon, the inventor of DNS Internet Hall of Fame inductee Paul Mockapetris, Internet Hall of Fame inductee Paul Vixie, APNIC’s Director General Paul Wilson and other global Internet authoritative experts will gather together in Beijing. Meanwhile, presidents of organizations and institutions, senior management of Internet companies and global operator representatives will also be invited to attend the conference, focusing on technological change, infrastructure development, root server, new opportunities and challenges and other directions, and exploring that how will Internet infrastructure fully upgrade to adapt to the new world of Internet of Everything in the rapid application of IPv6, SDN and other network technology.

As the largest network technology event in China, there will be more than 2000 elites attending the conference. It will set up 2 main sessions, 1 roundtable forum, 8 technical summits (SDN, NFV, IPv6, 5G, NB-IoT, Network Security, Cloud and Data Center, Edge Computing) and a number of workshops (P4, the Third Network, CORD, ONAP, etc.), covering all the hot spots of the new generation of network technologies, and all-round presenting the latest development of the industry and technology. By providing a platform for the parties to communicate and exchange, it is dedicated to promoting win-win cooperation and the process of network reconstruction.

Showcasing advanced technologies and discussing with industrial elites, the Global Network Technology Conference (GNTC) 2017 is now open to registration. Please go to visit www.theGNTC.com, or follow the official Wechat “theGNTC” to register. The organizing committee looks forward to your participation.