New IP refers to a set of proposals for a novel framework for a future

Internet Protocol The Internet Protocol (IP) is the network layer communications protocol in the Internet protocol suite for relaying datagrams across network boundaries. Its routing function enables internetworking, and essentially establishes the Internet. IP h ...

backed by

Huawei Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. ( ; ) is a Chinese multinational technology corporation headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. It designs, develops, produces and sells telecommunications equipment, consumer electronics and various smar ...

and its subsidiary Futurewei which have notably been introduced to the

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and the

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and presented at various

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conferences between 2018 and 2020. The proposals have received severe criticism, being labeled as "dystopian" and "authoritarian" by the international press while the

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noted that, if implemented, they could "make pervasive monitoring much easier". Huawei subsequently tried to address some of these criticisms in an online article. 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.

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