Application Response Times
for Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4) versus Internet Protocol Version
6 (IPv6)
March 2005
Sharif Ghazzawi, The MITRE Corporation
Chongeun Lee, The MITRE Corporation
ABSTRACT
This paper presents test methods and statistical analysis methods conducted
in measuring response times of common network applications such as Hyper
Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), and Email
(SMTP and IMAP) over an i) IPv4, ii) IPv6 and iii) IPv6 tunneled in
IPv4 networks. The information gained from this test would help compare
the response times of the common applications running over different
versions of IP networks. After analysis of the test results, we have
concluded that the IPv6 protocol is not likely to cause noticeable increase
in the response time of the common applications (such as web browser,
file transfer, reading emails) in a Local Area Network (LAN) environment,
with the exception of SMTP. Although the tests were conducted in a LAN
environment, the results obtained from this test may give some indication
about the application response time when application servers reside
outside the LAN.
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