AutoIP is a mechanism for IPv6 migration and IPv4 sunsetting that dynamically creates an overlay tunnel topology using native IGPs to discover tunnel endpoints. It allows networks to transition from IPv4 to IPv6 in phases, first deploying IPv6 over IPv4 tunnels, then IPv4 over IPv6, before finally transitioning to a native IPv6 network. Cisco has implemented AutoIP in early field trial code that establishes OSPFv3-based tunnels for IPv6 and IPv4 routing using GRE tunnels.