The IESG has received a request from the Deterministic Networking WG (detnet) to consider the following document: - 'Deterministic Networking Problem Statement' <draft-ietf-detnet-problem-statement-06.txt> as Informational RFC The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2018-10-03. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract This paper documents the needs in various industries to establish multi-hop paths for characterized flows with deterministic properties. The file can be obtained via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-detnet-problem-statement/ IESG discussion can be tracked via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-detnet-problem-statement/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.