[Chapter-delegates] Discussion Paper: An analysis of the “New IP” proposal to the ITU-T

[Johan Helsingius]

Wouldn't "IP is not broken, it doesn't need to be fixed" have been enough?

	Julf

On 28-04-2020 10:22, Olaf Kolkman via Chapter-delegates wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> With the usual cross-post apologies[*].
> 
> In the run up to the ITU World Telecommunication Standardization
> Assembly (WTSA-20) later this year there has been some discussion about
> a proposal called the “New IP”. It is positioned as a top-down
> architecture to solve a number of use cases that are currently been
> developed in the ITU-T’s Future Network 2030 Focus Group.
> 
> The Internet Society is carefully following the developments in the
> run-up to WTSA-20. We are trying to understand if and how the New IP
> works with the Internet as we know it, if it actually solves problems
> that cannot be solved in the Internet, and, if the ITU-T is developing
> standards, where other standards development organizations (SDOs) have
> change control.
> 
> In order to get a sense of the environment we commissioned a discussion
> paper, “An analysis of the ‘New IP’
> <https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/doc/2020/discussion-paper-an-analysis-of-the-new-ip-proposal-to-the-itu-t/>
> proposal to the ITU-T.” The paper helps inform us and the broader
> community whilst the public debate around these proposals shapes up. It
> also aims to inform and shape the discussion from the Internet’s
> Society’s perspective. Eventually the debate around it will inform our
> position and the potential further evolution of the discussion paper
> itself. Note that the paper documents the Internet Society’s emerging
> opinion, but does not represent a final Internet Society position.
> Instead, we intend it as a means to gather information and insight from
> our community on the topic.
> 
> We welcome any feedback on “An analysis of the ‘New IP’
> <https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/doc/2020/discussion-paper-an-analysis-of-the-new-ip-proposal-to-the-itu-t/>
> via the email address NewIP-Discussion-Paper at isoc.org
> <mailto:NewIP-Discussion-Paper at isoc.org>
> 
> —Olaf Kolkman
> 
> [*] This mail has been sent to various relevant mailing lists and
> featured as a blog on the Internet Society website.
> 
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