diff --git a/projects/rocshmem/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rocshmem/CMakeLists.txt
index ee7f42fb12..d068315c62 100644
--- a/projects/rocshmem/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/rocshmem/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ string(REGEX REPLACE "([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)(.*)" "\\1.\\2.\\3" ROCSHMEM_V
 ###############################################################################
 option(DEBUG "Enable debug trace" OFF)
 option(PROFILE "Enable statistics and timing support" OFF)
-option(USE_GPU_IB "Enable GPU_IB conduit. If off, RO_NET will be used" ON)
+option(USE_GPU_IB "Enable GPU_IB conduit." ON)
+option(USE_RO "Enable RO conduit." ON)
 option(USE_DC "Enable IB dynamically connected transport (DC)" OFF)
 option(USE_IPC "Enable IPC support (using HIP)" OFF)
 option(USE_THREADS "Enable workgroup threads to share network queues" OFF)
diff --git a/projects/rocshmem/cmake/config.h.in b/projects/rocshmem/cmake/config.h.in
index 6ec07c2853..3b2732137a 100644
--- a/projects/rocshmem/cmake/config.h.in
+++ b/projects/rocshmem/cmake/config.h.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #cmakedefine DEBUG
 #cmakedefine PROFILE
 #cmakedefine USE_GPU_IB
+#cmakedefine USE_RO
 #cmakedefine USE_DC
 #cmakedefine USE_IPC
 #cmakedefine USE_THREADS
diff --git a/projects/rocshmem/src/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rocshmem/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 15162c2384..78b90fe035 100644
--- a/projects/rocshmem/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/rocshmem/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 ###############################################################################
 # ADD ROCSHMEM TARGET FOR FILES IN CURRENT DIRECTORY
 ###############################################################################
+message(STATUS "Compiler flag USE_GPU_IB: ${USE_GPU_IB}")
+message(STATUS "Compiler flag USE_RO: ${USE_RO}")
+message(STATUS "Compiler flag USE_IPC: ${USE_IPC}")
 target_sources(
   ${PROJECT_NAME}
   PRIVATE
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ target_sources(
     team_tracker.cpp
     util.cpp
     wf_coal_policy.cpp
+    ipc_policy.cpp
 )
 
 target_compile_options(
diff --git a/projects/rocshmem/src/backend_bc.hpp b/projects/rocshmem/src/backend_bc.hpp
index b968c0f3bb..88cc6b3ba3 100644
--- a/projects/rocshmem/src/backend_bc.hpp
+++ b/projects/rocshmem/src/backend_bc.hpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #include "config.h"  // NOLINT(build/include_subdir)
 #include "roc_shmem/roc_shmem.hpp"
 #include "backend_type.hpp"
-#include "ipc/ipc_policy.hpp"
+#include "ipc_policy.hpp"
 #include "memory/symmetric_heap.hpp"
 #include "stats.hpp"
 #include "team_tracker.hpp"
diff --git a/projects/rocshmem/src/context.hpp b/projects/rocshmem/src/context.hpp
index 4ff1251220..72c8f38352 100644
--- a/projects/rocshmem/src/context.hpp
+++ b/projects/rocshmem/src/context.hpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include "backend_type.hpp"
 #include "fence_policy.hpp"
 #include "host/host.hpp"
-#include "ipc/ipc_policy.hpp"
+#include "ipc_policy.hpp"
 #include "stats.hpp"
 #include "sync/spin_ebo_block_mutex.hpp"
 #include "wf_coal_policy.hpp"
diff --git a/projects/rocshmem/src/ipc/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rocshmem/src/ipc/CMakeLists.txt
index e34f62906e..1fd601d43d 100644
--- a/projects/rocshmem/src/ipc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/rocshmem/src/ipc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@
 target_sources(
   ${PROJECT_NAME}
   PRIVATE
-    ipc_policy.cpp
+    # ipc_policy.cpp
     context_ipc.cpp
 )
diff --git a/projects/rocshmem/src/ipc_policy.cpp b/projects/rocshmem/src/ipc_policy.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c3a96fa7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/rocshmem/src/ipc_policy.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+/******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
+ * deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
+ * rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
+ * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
+ * IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+#include "ipc_policy.hpp"
+
+#include <mpi.h>
+
+#include "config.h"  // NOLINT(build/include_subdir)
+#include "backend_bc.hpp"
+#include "context_incl.hpp"
+#include "util.hpp"
+
+namespace rocshmem {
+
+__host__ void IpcOnImpl::ipcHostInit(int my_pe, const HEAP_BASES_T &heap_bases,
+                                     MPI_Comm thread_comm) {
+  /*
+   * Create an MPI communicator that deals only with local processes.
+   */
+  MPI_Comm shmcomm;
+  MPI_Comm_split_type(thread_comm, MPI_COMM_TYPE_SHARED, 0, MPI_INFO_NULL,
+                      &shmcomm);
+
+  /*
+   * Figure out how many local process there are.
+   */
+  int Shm_size;
+  MPI_Comm_size(shmcomm, &Shm_size);
+  shm_size = Shm_size;
+
+  /*
+   * Figure out how this process' rank among local processes.
+   */
+  MPI_Comm_rank(shmcomm, &shm_rank);
+
+  /*
+   * Allocate a host-side c-array to hold the IPC handles.
+   */
+  void *ipc_mem_handle_uncast = malloc(shm_size * sizeof(hipIpcMemHandle_t));
+  hipIpcMemHandle_t *vec_ipc_handle =
+      reinterpret_cast<hipIpcMemHandle_t *>(ipc_mem_handle_uncast);
+
+  /*
+   * Call into the hip runtime to get an IPC handle for my symmetric
+   * heap and store that IPC handle into the host-side c-array which was
+   * just allocated.
+   */
+  char *base_heap = heap_bases[my_pe];
+  CHECK_HIP(hipIpcGetMemHandle(&vec_ipc_handle[shm_rank], base_heap));
+
+  /*
+   * Do an all-to-all exchange with each local processing element to
+   * share the symmetric heap IPC handles.
+   */
+  MPI_Allgather(MPI_IN_PLACE, sizeof(hipIpcMemHandle_t), MPI_CHAR,
+                vec_ipc_handle, sizeof(hipIpcMemHandle_t), MPI_CHAR, shmcomm);
+
+  /*
+   * Allocate device-side array to hold the IPC symmetric heap base
+   * addresses.
+   */
+  char **ipc_base;
+  CHECK_HIP(hipMalloc(reinterpret_cast<void **>(&ipc_base),
+                      shm_size * sizeof(char **)));
+
+  /*
+   * For all local processing elements, initialize the device-side array
+   * with the IPC symmetric heap base addresses.
+   */
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < shm_size; i++) {
+    if (i != shm_rank) {
+      void **ipc_base_uncast = reinterpret_cast<void **>(&ipc_base[i]);
+      CHECK_HIP(hipIpcOpenMemHandle(ipc_base_uncast, vec_ipc_handle[i],
+                                    hipIpcMemLazyEnablePeerAccess));
+    } else {
+      ipc_base[i] = base_heap;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * Set member variables used by subsequent method calls.
+   */
+  ipc_bases = ipc_base;
+
+  /*
+   * Free the host-side memory used to exchange the symmetric heap base
+   * addresses.
+   */
+  free(vec_ipc_handle);
+}
+
+__host__ void IpcOnImpl::ipcHostStop() {
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < shm_size; i++) {
+    if (i != shm_rank) {
+      CHECK_HIP(hipIpcCloseMemHandle(ipc_bases[i]));
+    }
+  }
+  CHECK_HIP(hipFree(ipc_bases));
+}
+
+__device__ void IpcOnImpl::ipcCopy(void *dst, void *src, size_t size) {
+  memcpy(dst, src, size);
+}
+
+__device__ void IpcOnImpl::ipcCopy_wave(void *dst, void *src, size_t size) {
+  memcpy_wave(dst, src, size);
+}
+
+__device__ void IpcOnImpl::ipcCopy_wg(void *dst, void *src, size_t size) {
+  memcpy_wg(dst, src, size);
+}
+
+}  // namespace rocshmem
diff --git a/projects/rocshmem/src/ipc_policy.hpp b/projects/rocshmem/src/ipc_policy.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c0190198ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/rocshmem/src/ipc_policy.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+/******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
+ * deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
+ * rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
+ * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
+ * IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef LIBRARY_SRC_IPC_POLICY_HPP_
+#define LIBRARY_SRC_IPC_POLICY_HPP_
+
+#include <hip/hip_runtime.h>
+#include <mpi.h>
+
+#include <atomic>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "config.h"  // NOLINT(build/include_subdir)
+#include "memory/hip_allocator.hpp"
+#include "util.hpp"
+
+namespace rocshmem {
+
+class Backend;
+class Context;
+
+class IpcOnImpl {
+  using HEAP_BASES_T = std::vector<char *, StdAllocatorHIP<char *>>;
+
+ public:
+  int shm_rank{0};
+
+  uint32_t shm_size{0};
+
+  char **ipc_bases{nullptr};
+
+  __host__ void ipcHostInit(int my_pe, const HEAP_BASES_T &heap_bases,
+                            MPI_Comm thread_comm);
+
+  __host__ void ipcHostStop();
+
+  __device__ bool isIpcAvailable(int my_pe, int target_pe) {
+    return my_pe / shm_size == target_pe / shm_size;
+  }
+  __device__ void ipcGpuInit(Backend *gpu_backend, Context *ctx, int thread_id);
+
+  __device__ void ipcCopy(void *dst, void *src, size_t size);
+
+  __device__ void ipcCopy_wg(void *dst, void *src, size_t size);
+
+  __device__ void ipcCopy_wave(void *dst, void *src, size_t size);
+
+  __device__ void ipcFence() { __threadfence(); }
+
+  template <typename T>
+  __device__ T ipcAMOFetchAdd(T *val, T value) {
+    return __hip_atomic_fetch_add(val, value, __ATOMIC_RELAXED,
+                                  __HIP_MEMORY_SCOPE_AGENT);
+  }
+
+  template <typename T>
+  __device__ T ipcAMOFetchCas(T *val, T cond, T value) {
+    __hip_atomic_compare_exchange_strong(val, &cond, value, __ATOMIC_RELAXED,
+                                         __ATOMIC_RELAXED,
+                                         __HIP_MEMORY_SCOPE_AGENT);
+    return cond;
+  }
+
+  template <typename T>
+  __device__ void ipcAMOAdd(T *val, T value) {
+    __hip_atomic_fetch_add(val, value, __ATOMIC_RELAXED,
+                           __HIP_MEMORY_SCOPE_AGENT);
+  }
+
+  template <typename T>
+  __device__ void ipcAMOCas(T *val, T cond, T value) {
+    __hip_atomic_compare_exchange_strong(val, &cond, value, __ATOMIC_RELAXED,
+                                         __ATOMIC_RELAXED,
+                                         __HIP_MEMORY_SCOPE_AGENT);
+  }
+
+  template <typename T>
+  __device__ void ipcAMOSet(T *val, T value) {
+    __hip_atomic_store(val, value, __ATOMIC_RELAXED, __HIP_MEMORY_SCOPE_AGENT);
+  }
+
+  __device__ void zero_byte_read(int pe) {
+    int local_pe = pe % shm_size;
+    uint32_t *pe_ipc_base = reinterpret_cast<uint32_t *>(ipc_bases[local_pe]);
+    volatile uint32_t read_value = __hip_atomic_load(
+        pe_ipc_base, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST, __HIP_MEMORY_SCOPE_SYSTEM);
+  }
+};
+
+// clang-format off
+NOWARN(-Wunused-parameter,
+class IpcOffImpl {
+  using HEAP_BASES_T = std::vector<char *, StdAllocatorHIP<char *>>;
+
+ public:
+  uint32_t shm_size{0};
+
+  char **ipc_bases{nullptr};
+
+  __host__ void ipcHostInit(int my_pe, const HEAP_BASES_T &heap_bases,
+                            MPI_Comm thread_comm) {}
+
+  __host__ void ipcHostStop() {}
+
+  __device__ bool isIpcAvailable(int my_pe, int target_pe) { return false; }
+
+  __device__ void ipcGpuInit(Backend *roc_shmem_handle, Context *ctx,
+                             int thread_id) {}
+
+  __device__ void ipcCopy(void *dst, void *src, size_t size) {}
+
+  __device__ void ipcCopy_wg(void *dst, void *src, size_t size) {}
+
+  __device__ void ipcCopy_wave(void *dst, void *src, size_t size) {}
+
+  __device__ void ipcFence() {}
+
+  template <typename T>
+  __device__ T ipcAMOFetchAdd(T *val, T value) {
+    return T();
+  }
+
+  template <typename T>
+  __device__ T ipcAMOFetchCas(T *val, T cond, T value) {
+    return T();
+  }
+
+  template <typename T>
+  __device__ void ipcAMOAdd(T *val, T value) {}
+
+  template <typename T>
+  __device__ void ipcAMOSet(T *val, T value) {}
+
+  template <typename T>
+  __device__ void ipcAMOCas(T *val, T cond, T value) {}
+
+  __device__ void zero_byte_read(int pe) {}
+};
+)
+// clang-format on
+
+/*
+ * Select which one of our IPC policies to use at compile time.
+ */
+#ifdef USE_IPC
+typedef IpcOnImpl IpcImpl;
+#else
+typedef IpcOffImpl IpcImpl;
+#endif
+
+}  // namespace rocshmem
+
+#endif  // LIBRARY_SRC_IPC_POLICY_HPP_
diff --git a/projects/rocshmem/src/reverse_offload/block_handle.hpp b/projects/rocshmem/src/reverse_offload/block_handle.hpp
index f2ba1872b3..d2235f8639 100644
--- a/projects/rocshmem/src/reverse_offload/block_handle.hpp
+++ b/projects/rocshmem/src/reverse_offload/block_handle.hpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #define LIBRARY_SRC_REVERSE_OFFLOAD_BLOCK_HANDLE_HPP_
 
 #include "../hdp_policy.hpp"
-#include "../ipc/ipc_policy.hpp"
+#include "../ipc_policy.hpp"
 #include "profiler.hpp"
 #include "queue.hpp"
 
diff --git a/projects/rocshmem/src/reverse_offload/queue_proxy.hpp b/projects/rocshmem/src/reverse_offload/queue_proxy.hpp
index f3ddcec1ce..9cde0cb0cb 100644
--- a/projects/rocshmem/src/reverse_offload/queue_proxy.hpp
+++ b/projects/rocshmem/src/reverse_offload/queue_proxy.hpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include "../atomic_return.hpp"
 #include "../device_proxy.hpp"
 #include "../hdp_policy.hpp"
-#include "../ipc/ipc_policy.hpp"
+#include "../ipc_policy.hpp"
 #include "commands_types.hpp"
 #include "profiler.hpp"
 #include "../sync/abql_block_mutex.hpp"
diff --git a/projects/rocshmem/tests/unit_tests/ipc_impl_simple_coarse_gtest.hpp b/projects/rocshmem/tests/unit_tests/ipc_impl_simple_coarse_gtest.hpp
index f31f406416..02dfd8c55a 100644
--- a/projects/rocshmem/tests/unit_tests/ipc_impl_simple_coarse_gtest.hpp
+++ b/projects/rocshmem/tests/unit_tests/ipc_impl_simple_coarse_gtest.hpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 #include <mpi.h>
 #include "../src/memory/symmetric_heap.hpp"
-#include "../src/ipc/ipc_policy.hpp"
+#include "../src/ipc_policy.hpp"
 
 namespace rocshmem {