Internet Research Task Force

Internet Research
Task Force
AbbreviationIRTF
Region served
Worldwide
IRTF Chair
Dirk Kutscher
Parent organization
Internet Architecture Board
Websiteirtf.org
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The Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) is an organization, overseen by the Internet Architecture Board, that focuses on longer-term research issues related to the Internet. A parallel organization, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), focuses on the shorter term issues of engineering and standards making.

The IRTF promotes research of importance to the evolution of the Internet by creating focused, long-term research groups working on topics related to Internet protocols, applications, architecture and technology. Unlike the IETF, the task force does not set standards and there is no explicit outcome expected of IRTF research groups.

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