IRTF Research Groups

Internet Research Task Force (IRTF)

Current Research Groups

These 15 Research Groups are currently chartered:

Crypto Forum Research Group

Computation in the Network Research Group

Decentralization of the Internet Research Group

Global Access to the Internet for All Research Group

Human Rights Protocol Considerations Research Group

Internet Congestion Control Research Group

Information-Centric Networking Research Group

Measurement and Analysis for Protocols Research Group

Network Management Research Group

Path Aware Networking Research Group

Privacy Enhancements and Assessments Research Group

Quantum Internet Research Group

Research and Analysis of Standard-Setting Processes Research Group

Thing-to-Thing Research Group

Usable Formal Methods Research Group

New Proposed Research Groups

The IETF datatracker lists research groups that are under consideration for chartering on the bottom of the “chartering or re-chartering groups” page. Additionally, the IRTF wiki has a section on “pages for potential new IRTF activities” that may have additional information.

Concluded Research Groups

These 29 Research Groups were chartered in the past and have since concluded their activities:

AAA Architecture Research Group

Anti-Spam Research Group

Building Differentiated Services Research Group

Delay-Tolerant Networking Research Group

End Middle End Research Group

End-to-End Research Group

Group Security Research Group

Host Identity Protocol Research Group

Internet Digital Rights Management Research Group

Information Infrastructure Architecture Research Group

Internet Measurement Research Group

Interplanetary Internet Research Group

Internet Resource Discovery Research Group

IP Mobility Optimizations Research Group

Network Complexity Research Group

Network Function Virtualization Research Group

Namespace Research Group

NetWork Coding for Efficient Network Communications Research Group

Peer-to-Peer Research Group

Public Key Next-Generation Research Group

Privacy and Security Research Group

Reliable Multicast Research Group

Routing Research Group

Scalable Adaptive Multicast Research Group

Software-Defined Networking Research Group

Searchable Internet Resource Names Research Group

Services Management Research Group

Transport Modeling Research Group

Virtual Networks Research Group