Liaison statement
LS on the initiation of new Technical Report QSTR.ACC “Signalling and protocol considerations on networking for AI-agent collaboration”

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State Posted
Submitted Date 2026-04-01
From Group ITU-T-SG-11
From Contact tsbsg11@itu.int
To Groups ccamp, dispatch
To Contacts Shuping Peng <pengshuping@huawei.com>
Jim Fenton <fenton@bluepopcorn.net>
Fatai Zhang <zhangfatai@huawei.com>
Luis Contreras <luismiguel.contrerasmurillo@telefonica.com>
Daniele Ceccarelli <dceccare@cisco.com>
Cc Luis Contreras <luismiguel.contrerasmurillo@telefonica.com>
Daniele Ceccarelli <dceccare@cisco.com>
Dispatch Discussion List <dispatch@ietf.org>
Jim Guichard <james.n.guichard@futurewei.com>
Scott Mansfield <Scott.Mansfield@Ericsson.com>
Charles Eckel <eckelcu@cisco.com>
Andy Newton <andy@hxr.us>
Shuping Peng <pengshuping@huawei.com>
Ketan Talaulikar <ketant.ietf@gmail.com>
Gunter Van de Velde <gunter.van_de_velde@nokia.com>
Common Control and Measurement Plane Discussion List <ccamp@ietf.org>
Jim Fenton <fenton@bluepopcorn.net>
Fatai Zhang <zhangfatai@huawei.com>
Response Contact tejpal.singh70@gov.in
denghuan@chinatelecom.cn
zhangjianyin@chinamobile.com
wangw36@chinatelecom.cn
Technical Contact tejpal.singh70@gov.in
Action Holder Contacts scott.mansfield@ericsson.com
Purpose For information
Attachments Output - draft baseline for new work item QSTR.ACC "Signalling and protocol considerations on networking for AI-agent collaboration" (Geneva, 3-11 March 2026)
Body 
During the ITU-T SG11 meeting (Geneva, 3-11 March 2026), SG11 has initiated new
Technical Report QSTR.ACC “Signalling and protocol considerations on networking
for AI-agent collaboration”.

This draft new Technical Report specifies the signalling and protocol
considerations on networking for AI-agent collaboration, including:

  - Overview

  - Existing AI-agent Communication Protocols

  - Signalling architecture considerations on networking for AI-agent
  collaboration

  - Signalling and protocol considerations on networking for AI-agent
  collaboration

The attachment contains the baseline text for new Technical Report QSTR.ACC.

ITU-T SG11 would like to thank SG13, SG17, SG21, 3GPP TSG SA1 and IETF for your
attention and cooperation on this topic.