With the advent of Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Software-Defined Networking
(SDN), every network service type faces significant challenges induced by novel requirements.
Mobile IPv6, the well-known IETF standard for network-level mobility management, is
not an exemption. Cloud-native Mobile IPv6 has acquired several new capabilities due
to the technological advancements of NFV/SDN evolution. This paper presents how automatic
failover and scaling can be envisioned in the context of cloud-native Mobile IPv6
with closed-loop orchestration on the top of the Open Network Automation Platform.
Numerical results are also presented to indicate the usefulness of the new operational
features (failover, scaling) driven by the cloud-native approach and highlight the
advantages of network automation in virtualized and softwarized environments.
