Dear SIG members,
A new proposal "prop-161-v001: Using IPv6 for Internet of Things (IoT)"
has been sent to the Policy SIG for review.
It will be presented at the Open Policy Meeting (OPM) at APNIC 58 on
Friday, 6 September 2024.
https://conference.apnic.net/58/program/program/index.html#/day/8/
We invite you to review and comment on the proposal on the mailing list
before the OPM.
The comment period on the mailing list before the OPM is an important
part of the Policy Development
Process (PDP). We encourage you to express your views on the proposal:
- Do you support or oppose this proposal?
- Does this proposal solve a problem you are experiencing? If so,
tell the community about your situation.
- Do you see any disadvantages in this proposal?
- Is there anything in the proposal that is not clear?
- What changes could be made to this proposal to make it more effective?
Information about this proposal is appended below as well as available at:
http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-161
Regards,
Bertrand, Shaila, and Anupam
APNIC Policy SIG Chairs
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prop-161-v001: Using IPv6 for Internet of Things (IoT)
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1. Problem statement
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Internet of Things (loT) is part of the future Internet. However, there
is no clear IPv6 policy for IoT in APNIC’s current policy environment.
In some of the cases, the IoT industry needs to assign IPv6 to
electronic smart devices as well as non-electronic items. The
non-electronic items include company products and assets. IPv6 addresses
will be used as universally compatible identifiers for these
non-electronic items for the purpose of identification, verification,
and tracing. It is a bit difficult for APNIC Hostmasters to evaluate
such IPv6 requests without a clear policy to allow allocating IPv6
addresses to non-electronic items. This policy proposal aims to address
this issue and meet the needs from the IoT industry.
2. Objective of policy change
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Add clear clauses about how IPv6 can be allocated to Internet of Things
in IPv6 policy.
3. Situation in other regions
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There are some discussions about “Need IPv6 in IoT” in other regions.
RIPE NCC has an “Internet of Things Working Group”.
4. Proposed policy solution
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1. Add a new clause in IPv6 policy.
8.2.3 Using IPv6 for Internet of Things (IoT)
IPv6 addresses can be allocated to IoT Objects which include electrical
devices and non-electrical items. A default initial IPv6 allocation size
for IoT is a /32.
2. Add the following sentence at the end of 8.3.4. Size of subsequent
allocation
An IoT Object will be counted as a normal single host while evaluating
subsequent allocation size for IoT services according to the IPv6 policy.
5. Advantages / Disadvantages
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Advantages:
IPv6 has huge number of IP addresses and IoT needs huge number of IP
addresses. It is a perfect match connects APNIC community with the IoT
industry. Encourage using IPv6 for IoT will help IPv6 deployment in
future Internet.
Disadvantages:
None
Not to worry about run out of IPv6. The original design of IPv6 was for
Internet of Things. You often hear IPv6 can be assigned to every single
sand in the world :) We can trust APNIC Hostmasters will do the
evaluation properly.
6. Impact on resource holders
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No impacts to the current resource holders in the APNIC region.
7. References
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