Merging Private Networks
Since the private IPv4 address space is relatively small, many private IPv4 networks use the same address space. This creates a common problem when merging such networks, namely the duplication of addresses on multiple devices. In this case, networks or hosts must be renumbered, often a time-consuming task, or a network address translator must be placed between the networks to masquerade the duplicated addresses.
To mitigate this problem for IPv6, RFC 4193 specifies a large (40-bit) unique Global ID to be pseudo-randomly generated by each organization using Unique Global Addresses. It is very unlikely that two network addresses generated in this way will be the same.
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