science

New IP

New IP is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand New IP rather than just read about it. In short: New IP refers to a set of proposals for a novel framework for a future Internet Protocol backed by Huawei and its subsidiary Futurewei which have notably been introduced to the ITU and the IETF and presented at various IEEE conferences between 2018 and 2020. The proposals have received severe criticism, being labeled as "dystopian" and "authoritarian" by the international press while the ICANN noted that, if impleme…

Key takeaways

New IP belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect New IP to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of New IP from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

New IP refers to a set of proposals for a novel framework for a future Internet Protocol backed by Huawei and its subsidiary Futurewei which have notably been introduced to the ITU and the IETF and presented at various IEEE conferences between 2018 and 2020. The proposals have received severe criticism, being labeled as "dystopian" and "authoritarian" by the international press while the ICANN noted that, if implemented, they could "make pervasive monitoring much easier". Huawei subsequently responded to these criticisms in an online article. A research paper published by University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School concluded that the New IP proposal "was not necessarily a trojan horse intended to expand state control of the Internet or embed authoritarianism into its architecture". It explains this position by stating that "China has spent the last decade heavily investing in and promoting innovation into the exact type of future network capabilities proposed by New IP in order to support its long-term industrial policy objectives. Likely recognizing that such capabilities strongly aligned with its business interests—particularly the capabilities demanded by future business-critical industrial use cases like deterministic QoS—Huawei simply seized the opportunity being dangled in front of it". There have further been arguments that later proposals including Future IP Evolution and Future Vertical Communication Networks were simply a rebranding of the New IP proposals. Researchers from the SCION project asserted that "bashing [New IP] without closer inspection does not do it justice," and that "Huawei identifies several valid problems of today’s Internet and tries to propose solutions for some of them" with the intent to "spur worldwide research in this field."

See also IPv9 (China) – Chinese proposal for an alternative Internet addressing scheme Digital Silk Road – Part of China's Belt and Road Initiative

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with New IP

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what New IP claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to New IP before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about New IP ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of New IP

In research: New IP appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses New IP in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: New IP is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Internet layer protocols, Internet stubs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for New IP outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study New IP in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what New IP means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain New IP out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is New IP in simple terms?

Why does New IP matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study New IP?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on New IP.