To promote research of importance to the evolution of the future Internet by creating focused, long-term and small Research Groups working on topics related to Internet protocols, applications, architecture and technology. The Internet Research Task Force is a composed of a number of small Research Groups . The Research Groups work on topics related to Internet protocols, applications, architecture and technology.
Participation is by individual contributors, rather than by representatives of organizations.
In addition to managing the Research Groups, the IRSG may from time to time hold topical workshops focusing on research areas of importance to the evolution of the Internet, or more general workshops to, for example, discuss research priorities from an Internet perspective.