The IESG has received a request from the Peer to Peer Streaming Protocol WG (ppsp) to consider the following document: - 'Problem Statement and Requirements of Peer-to-Peer Streaming Protocol (PPSP)' <draft-ietf-ppsp-problem-statement-11.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 2012-11-26. 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 Peer-to-Peer (P2P for short) streaming systems show more and more popularity in current Internet with proprietary protocols. This document identifies problems of the proprietary protocols, proposes the development of Peer to Peer Streaming Protocol (PPSP) including the tracker and peer protocol, and discusses the scope, requirements and use cases of PPSP. The file can be obtained via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-ppsp-problem-statement/ IESG discussion can be tracked via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-ppsp-problem-statement/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.
