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PACE: Protocol for Agent Communication Exchange rev 00 lands on the IETF Datatracker

This document defines the Protocol for Agent Communication Exchange (PACE), a session protocol for AI agent communication over Media over QUIC Transport (MOQT). PACE provides session lifecycle management, multi-modal data exchange, agent identity verification, and delegated authorization within MOQT's publish/subscribe model, supporting point-to-point and point-to-multipoint topologies through relay infrastructure.

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Draft Snapshot

  • Draft: draft-nandakumar-agentproto-moq-pace
  • Revision: 00
  • Last updated: 2026-07-06
  • Source: IETF Datatracker

Summary

This document defines the Protocol for Agent Communication Exchange (PACE), a session protocol for AI agent communication over Media over QUIC Transport (MOQT). PACE provides session lifecycle management, multi-modal data exchange, agent identity verification, and delegated authorization within MOQT's publish/subscribe model, supporting point-to-point and point-to-multipoint topologies through relay infrastructure.

Analysis

This draft is directly relevant to the MOQ ecosystem and worth tracking because it reflects current protocol work or adjacent implementation guidance from the IETF process.

Abstract

This document defines the Protocol for Agent Communication Exchange (PACE), a session protocol for AI agent communication over Media over QUIC Transport (MOQT). PACE provides session lifecycle management, multi-modal data exchange, agent identity verification, and delegated authorization within MOQT's publish/subscribe model, supporting point-to-point and point-to-multipoint topologies through relay infrastructure.

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