The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Deterministic Networking Problem Statement' (draft-ietf-detnet-problem-statement-09.txt) as Informational RFC This document is the product of the Deterministic Networking Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Alvaro Retana, Martin Vigoureux and Deborah Brungard. A URL of this Internet Draft is: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-detnet-problem-statement/ Technical Summary This document summarizes the need for Deterministic Networking (DetNet) and describes the problems to be solved by DetNet. The document lists key features to be provided by a DetNet network and collects main technical components to be supported to achieve the goals of DetNet. Working Group Summary There is consensus in the WG to proceed with the publication of the document as an Informational RFC. This document is an important input to the work of the WG to guide the solution documents and for the industry to understand the problem space which detnet is addressing. Document Quality It is a good quality document. The Shepherd reviewed the latest version (-06) and found no issues. Personnel Who is the Document Shepherd for this document? János Farkas Who is the Responsible Area Director? Deborah Brungard