32-bit AS-Numbers in AMPRNet
At the end of 2015 in the Net-44 mailinglist there was a discussion about the usage of private 32-bit as-numbers in the whole AMPRNettm. That diskussion leaded to a final proposal:
Proposal
32-bit-numbers for private usage in AMPRNettm have to be in the range of 4200000000 to 4294967294 (RFC 6996). This range has to be split for all participating countries in some wise way. There is an agreement to handle this with the help of 3 digits out of the „International Mobile Country Codes“ (MCC). The MCC-code is a country identifier that was defined by the ITU in standard E.212. It is used together with the „Mobile Network Code“ for identifying mobile phone networks worldwide.
Orientating at the „international numbering plan for public data networks“ (X.121 Document) in addition to the „list of mobile country codes“ (E.212 Document) of the ITU brings a remarkable expansion of available 32-bit as-number-range to AMPRNettm.
When using 32-bit-as-numbers in AMPRNettm the first two digits (42) get added with the 3 digits for the MCC-code of the country in question. The remaining 5 digits is the amount of as-range from 00000 to 99999 for each country. It is up to the countries policy how to deploy and use the 32-bit as-range internally. To make it clear: Every mcc prefix brings round about 100000 32-bit as-numbers for the country. That is why big countries with several mcc-codes automagically get more as-range than smaller ones with only one mcc-code. Minimum is 100000 as-numbers per country (which already is a lot).
42<mcc>xxxxx || ||| ||||| || ||| +++++-- Suffix available to everey country || +++-------- 3 digit countryprefix (MCC) ++------------ Start of private Adressrange AMPRNet<sup>tm</sup>
This structure has the big advantage that it is usable throughout the whole world without any collisions. It also respects the different policy-interests in different countries how to deploy their range internally. See what arguments lead to this proposal:
| FEATURE | EXISTS | REMARKS |
|---|---|---|
| unique prefix for every country | yes | 42<mcc>xxxxx |
| ASN Range dependend on size of country on the go | yes | multi mcc for big ones |
| already used by some countries | yes | YO PA LX* (* proposal) |
| mapable on internet-ASNs at edge routers | yes | see HamWan group USA |
| compatible to existing 16bit-ASNs | yes | –> European HAMNET |
| total unique management in own ASNs | yes | within own 42<mcc>-Range |
| allows different policies/registries | yes | every country decides |
| allows automatic IP-dependend ASNs | yes | every country decides |
| allows other methods for „generating“ | yes | e.g. „klick a free ASN“ |
| allows integration of „old“ 16bit | yes | –> see European HAMNET |
| allows integration of other 16bit | yes | no doubles due to mcc prefix |
| transfer 32bit through 16bit | yes | verified for European HAMNET |
| transfer 16bit through 32bit | yes | verified for European HAMNET |
| mixed use within single AS | yes | verified for European HAMNET |
32-bit-range for German HAMNET
According to the proposal the as-range for Germany compiles as follows:
42<MCC>xxxxxx e.g. for Germany 42262xxxxx -> 4226200000 to 4226299999
The MCC corresponding to E.212 is a subset of the „international numbering plan for public data networks“ which was announced in X.121 document of the ITU. In X.121 document the different size of countries and their network requirements, based on the number of inhabitants, has been taken into account. Bigger countries (e.g US, GB, JA, DL) get more MCCs than smaller ones (e.g ON, LX, HB9). The gaps between the single MCCs in document E.212 are getting filled up and these additional MCCs are assigned to the countries. This principle has been transferred 1:1 to the number of licenced Radioamateurs in those countries. That is why Germany has been assigned the codes 262 to 265. That meens Germany, according to number of radioamateurs and size, has an 32-bit as-range of 400.000 as-numbers:
4226200000 bis 4226299999 <-- in use with special policy 4226300000 bis 4226399999 <-- future use 4226400000 bis 4226499999 <-- future use 4226500000 bis 4226599999 <-- future use
The 3 digit MCC also is being used for assigning IDs in the DMR-system. There the extension to the country-prefixes according to X.121 is accepted too.