Policy Proposal: Global Policy for the Allocation of the Remaining IPv4 Address Space

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The shepherds from the ARIN Advisory Council for this proposal are Matt 
Pounsett and Bill Darte.

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> 
> Policy Proposal Name:  Global Policy for the Allocation of the Remaining
> IPv4 Address Space
> 
> Author: Roque Gagliano
> 
> Co-authors: Francisco Obispo, Hytham EL Nakhal, Didier Allain Kla
> 
> Proposal Version: v1
> 
> Submission Date: 07/17/2007
> 
> Proposal type: new
> 
> Policy term: permanent
> 
> Policy statement:
> 
>     This policy describes the process for the allocation of the
> remaining IPv4 space from IANA to the RIRs. When a minimum amount of
> available space is reached, an identical number of IPv4 allocation units
> (/8s) will be allocated from IANA to each RIR, replacing the current
> IPv4 allocation policy.
> 
>     In order to fulfill the requirements of this policy, at the time it
> is adopted, an identical number of IPv4 allocation units (N units) will
> be reserved by IANA for each RIR. The number N is defined as: 5.
> The reserved allocation units will no longer be part of the available
> space at the IANA pool. The process for the allocation of the remaining
> IPv4 space is divided in two consecutive phases:
> 
> 1. Existing Policy Phase:
> 
>     During this phase IANA will continue allocating IPv4 addresses to
> the RIRs using the existing allocation policy.  This phase will continue
> until a request for IPv4 address space from any RIR to IANA cannot be
> fulfilled with the remaining IPv4 space available at the IANA pool.
> 
>    This will be the last IPv4 address space request that IANA will
> accept from any RIR. At this point the next phase of the process will be
> initiated.
> 
> 2. Exhaustion Phase:
> 
>     IANA will automatically allocate the reserved IPv4 allocation units
> to each RIR  (N units to each one)  and respond to the last request with
> the remaining available allocation units at the IANA pool (M units).
> 
> 2.1. Size of the final IPv4 allocations:
> 
>     During this phase IANA will automatically allocate N allocation
> units to each RIR from the reserved space defined in this policy.
> IANA will also allocate M allocation units to the RIR that submitted the
> last request for IPv4 addresses.
> 
> 2.2. Allocation of the remaining IPv4 Address space:
> 
>     After the completion of the evaluation of the final request for
> IPv4 addresses, IANA MUST:
> 
>    A) Immediately notify the NRO about the activation of the second
> phase of this policy.
> 
>    B) Proceed to allocate M allocation units to the RIR that submitted
> the last request for IPv4 address space.
> 
>    C) Proceed to allocate N allocation units to each RIR from the
> reserved space.
> 
> 
> Rationale:
> 
> The IANA pool of allocation units of IPv4 addresses (/8s) is decreasing
> rapidly. A new policy is proposed  to replace the current "on demand"
> policy in order to bring certainty on how the remaining space will be
> allocated. This policy eliminates the pressure on the remaining central
> pool of addresses by allocating equal amount of allocation units (N) to
> each RIR.
> 
> RIR may be studying slow-landing policies or the possibility to reserve
> specific address spaces for "critical infrastructure" or new companies
> in order to comply with anti-trust regulations in its region. This
> policy allows each RIR to adopt those policies through its PDP, which is
> simpler than a global policy discussion process.
> 
> Each RIR will have the exact information on the amount of address spaces
> that they will be receiving as a last allocation from the IANA.
> 
> The policy is written in such a way that the discussion could be split
> in two sections: first do we agree on the concept of the policy and
> second what is the appropriate value for the last allocation units N.
> 
> Timetable for implementation: This is a Global policy that needs to be
> approved by all RIRs and then ratified by ASO/ICANN. It has already
> reached consensus at LACNIC meeting.
> 
> 
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