Apologies. It’s provider assignment unit, not provider allocation unit and is defined in 2.15.
2.15. Provider Assignment Unit (IPv6) When applied to IPv6 policies, the term “provider assignment unit” shall mean the prefix of the smallest block a given ISP assigns to end sites (recommended /48). Owen > On Jul 14, 2025, at 11:16, William Herrin <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM Owen DeLong <[email protected]> wrote: >> Assuming /48 as the PAU is not true to the policy. The policy was intended >> to encourage LIR/ISPs to implement /48 PAUs by limiting the size of >> allocations to providers that issued smaller end site allocations. > > > Hi Owen, > > I note that "provider allocation unit" or "PAU" is not defined in the > NRPM or in any other standards document I've been able to find with a > quick google search. > > Regards, > Bill Herrin > > > -- > William Herrin > [email protected] > https://bill.herrin.us/
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