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Computing-Aware Traffic Steering (cats)

Document Date Status IPR AD/Shepherd
Active Internet-Draft (1 hit)
45 pages 2026-03-01
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WG Document
Mar 2025, Mar 2026
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Active with the IESG Internet-Drafts (2 hits)
33 pages
draft-ietf-cats-framework-24
A Framework for Computing-Aware Traffic Steering (CATS)
2026-04-02
RFC Ed Queue : EDIT
Submitted to IESG for Publication : Informational
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Jul 2024, Nov 2025
2 Jim Guichard
Adrian Farrel
35 pages
draft-ietf-cats-usecases-requirements-14
Computing-Aware Traffic Steering (CATS) Problem Statement, Use Cases, and Requirements
2026-02-02
RFC Ed Queue : EDIT 98
Submitted to IESG for Publication : Informational
Reviews: tsvart artart opsdir IETF Last Call secdir IETF Last Call rtgdir IETF Last Call artart IETF Last Call genart IETF Last Call dnsdir IETF Last Call tsvart IETF Last Call rtgdir Early
Jul 2023
Jim Guichard
Daniel Huang
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