<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<reference anchor="I-D.teodor-pilot-problem-statement" target="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-teodor-pilot-problem-statement-00">
   <front>
      <title>Problem Statement: Network-Layer Infrastructure for Autonomous Agent Communication</title>
      <author initials="C." surname="Teodor" fullname="Calin Teodor">
         <organization>Vulture Labs</organization>
      </author>
      <date month="March" day="15" year="2026" />
      <abstract>
	 <t>   AI agents --- autonomous software entities capable of reasoning,
   planning, and executing tasks --- are an increasingly important class
   of network participant.  Current agent communication protocols
   operate exclusively at the application layer over HTTP, assuming the
   existence of stable endpoints, DNS names, and centralized
   infrastructure.  No existing standard provides network-layer
   identity, addressing, or transport for agents.  This document
   describes the problem space and identifies requirements for a
   network-layer infrastructure that would give agents first-class
   network citizenship, independent of the web infrastructure designed
   for human users.

	 </t>
      </abstract>
   </front>
   <seriesInfo name="Internet-Draft" value="draft-teodor-pilot-problem-statement-00" />
   
</reference>
