RFC 1606 (rfc1606) - Page 2 of 4
A Historical Perspective On The Usage Of IP Version 9
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RFC 1606 Historical Perspective Usage of IP V9 1 April 1994
Allocation
The vast number space of the IPv9 protocol has also allowed
allocation to be done in a straight forward manner. Typically, most
high street commercial internet providers issue a range of 1 billion
addresses to each house. The addresses are then dynamically
partitioned into subnet hierarchies allowing groups of a million
addresses to be allocated for each discreet unit (e.g., room/floor
etc.) The allocation of sub groups then to controllers such as light
switches, mains sockets and similar is then done from each pool.
The allocation process is again done in a hierarchical zoned way,
with each major application requesting a block of addresses from its
controller. In this way the light bulb requests an address block from
the light switch, the light switch in turn from the electrical system
which in turn requests one from the room/floor controller. This has
been found to be successful due to the enormous range of addresses
available, and contention for the address space being without
problems typically.
Whilst there are still many addresses unallocated the available space
has been sharply decreased. The discovery of intelligent life on
other solar systems with the parallel discovery of a faster-than-
light transport stack is the main cause. This enables real time
communication with them, and has made the allocation of world-size
address spaces necessary, at the level 3 routing hierarchy. There is
still only 1 global (spatial) level 2 galaxy wide network required
for this galaxy, although the establishment of permanent space
stations in deep space may start to exhaust this. This allows level 1
to be used for inter-galaxy routing. The most pressing problem now is
the case of parallel universes. Of course there is the danger of
assuming that there is no higher extrapolation than parallel
universes...
Up to now, the hacking into, and setting of holo-recorder devices to
the wrong channel from remote galaxies, has not been confirmed, and
appears to be attributable to finger problem with the remote control
whilst travelling home from the office.
Applications
The introduction of body monitors as IPv9 addresseable units injected
into the blood stream has been rated as inconclusive. Whilst being
able to have devices lodged in the heart, kidneys, brain, etc.,
sending out SNMPv9 trap messages at critical events has been a useful
monitoring tool for doctors, the use of the blood stream as both a
delivery and a communication highway, has been problematic. The
crosstalk between the signals moving through the blood stream and the
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