I-D ACTION:draft-huston-ipv6-hd-metric-00.txt

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	Title		: Considerations on the IPv6 Host density Metric
	Author(s)	: G. Huston
	Filename	: draft-huston-ipv6-hd-metric-00.txt
	Pages		: 18
	Date		: 2005-2-11

This memo provides an analysis of the Host Density metric as
   currently used to guide registry allocations of IPv6 unicast address
   blocks.  This document contrasts the address efficiency as currently
   adopted in the allocation of IPv4 network addresses and that used by
   the IPv6 protocol.  It is noted that for large allocations there are
   very significant variations in the target efficiency metric between
   the two approaches.  The memo notes that the IPv6 address assignment
   efficiency metric would benefit from a detailed technical review,
   particularly relating to large scale deployments of public
   infrastructure.

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