Portable assignment
Eligibility
An organization is eligible to receive a portable assignment from APNIC if it:
- is currently multihomed with provider-based addresses or demonstrates a plan to multihome within one month
An organization is considered to be multihomed if its network receives fulltime connectivity from more than one ISP and has one or more routing prefixes announced by at least two of its ISPs.
- agrees to renumber out of previously assigned address space
Organizations receiving a portable assignment under these terms must demonstrate that they are able to use 25 per cent of the requested assignment immediately and 50 per cent within one year.
There is no minimum assignment size for portable assignments made under these terms.
Criteria
APNIC assigns portable address space to APNIC members and non-members under the three following criteria:
| Criteria | Availability | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Multihoming  | IPv4 and IPv6 | Organizations seeking an IPv4 multihoming assignment must meet the criteria described in section 11.1 of Policies for Address Space Management in the Asia Pacific Region. In particular, an organization is eligible to receive a portable assignment from APNIC if it:
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| IXP | IPv4 and IPv6 | Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) are eligible to receive a portable assignment from APNIC for use on their IXP transit LAN. IXPs may request the following assignment sizes:
APNIC may make multiple assignments of these sizes, where justified. |
| Critical infrastructure | IPv4 and IPv6 | Critical Internet infrastructure is a collective term for all hardware and software systems that constitute essential components in the operation of the Internet. The following critical infrastructure networks, if operating in the Asia Pacific region, are eligible to receive a portable assignment: Domain registry infrastructure
These organizations are entitled to request the following assignment sizes:
Note assignments to critical infrastructure are available only to the actual network operators of the network infrastructure performing such functions. Registrar organizations that do not actually host the network housing the registry infrastructure are not eligible for an assignment under this policy. |