[rfc-dist] RFC 4692 on Considerations on the IPv6 Host Density Metric

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        RFC 4692

        Title:      Considerations on the IPv6 Host 
                    Density Metric 
        Author:     G. Huston
        Status:     Informational
        Date:       October 2006
        Mailbox:    gih at apnic.net
        Pages:      17
        Characters: 41357
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-huston-hd-metric-02.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4692.txt

This memo provides an analysis of the Host Density metric as it is
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.  Note that for large allocations there are
very significant variations in the target efficiency metric between
the two approaches.  This memo provides information for the Internet 
community.


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Joyce K. Reynolds and Sandy Ginoza
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