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Flow Aggregation for Enhanced DetNet
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draft-xiong-detnet-flow-aggregation-04
DetNet                                                          Q. Xiong
Internet-Draft                                           ZTE Corporation
Intended status: Informational                                  T. Jiang
Expires: 2 September 2026                                   China Mobile
                                                                J. Joung
                                                    Sangmyung University
                                                     C.J. Bernardos, Ed.
                                        Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
                                                            1 March 2026

                  Flow Aggregation for Enhanced DetNet
                 draft-xiong-detnet-flow-aggregation-04

Abstract

   [I-D.ietf-detnet-scaling-requirements] proposed the data plane
   requirements in scaling networks.  This document describes the
   specific requirements for flow aggregation in enhanced DetNet and
   provides the enhancement considerations.  It also discusses how the
   flow aggregation could be realized in a 5GS logical DetNet node
   participating in enhanced DetNet.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     1.1.  Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  Objectives & Requirements: Flow Aggregation in Enhanced
           DetNet  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     3.1.  Aggregated Flows across Multi-domains . . . . . . . . . .   3
     3.2.  Aggregated Flows with Fine-grained QoS Provisioning . . .   4
     3.3.  Improve Scalability of Aggregated Flows at
           Class-aggregate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   4.  Enhancement Considerations for Flow Aggregation . . . . . . .   6
     4.1.  Flow Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     4.2.  Flow Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     4.3.  Flow Coordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   5.  Realization of Flow Aggregation for 5GS DetNet  . . . . . . .   7
     5.1.  Realization of 5GS DetNet Service across Domains  . . . .   8
     5.2.  5GS QoS Provisioning: Aggregated vs. Fine-grained . . . .   8
     5.3.  State Maintenance at a 5GS Transit node . . . . . . . . .   9
     5.4.  Flow Classification & Identification at 5GS node  . . . .   9
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   7.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   8.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   9.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     9.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     9.2.  Infomative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12

1.  Introduction

   The [RFC8655] clearly states that Deterministic Networking (DetNet)
   operates at the IP layer and delivers service which provides
   extremely low data loss rates and bounded latency.  The DetNet data
   plane must provide the aggregation of DetNet flows in order to
   support larger numbers of DetNet flows and improve scalability by
   reducing the per-hop states.  The [RFC8938] introduces that the flow
   aggregation is the ability to aggregate individual flows along with
   their associated resource control into a large aggregate.  It is
   recommended that the DetNet flow aggregation be enabled for
   compatible flows with the same or very similar QoS and CoS
   characteristics via the use of wildcards, masks, prefixes, and
   ranges.  It also suggests the reduction of per-hop states help avoid

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   the per DetNet-flow specific state maintenance in a transit node.  It
   further provides arguments on how DetNet services might be realized
   in term of delay bound, delay jitter and bandwidth provisioning.
   Furthermore, the [RFC8964] has proposed and expanded two methods of
   flow aggregation, one being the aggregation via LSP hierarchy and the
   other to aggregate DetNet flows as a new combined DetNet flow.

   For enhanced DetNet, [I-D.ietf-detnet-scaling-requirements] has
   described the data plane enhancement requirements such as the
   aggregated flow identification in section 4.1.  For example, explicit
   aggregated flow identification in IPv6 networks and the flow
   identification with service-level aggregation should be supported.
   In scaling networks, it also should consider the aggregated flows
   over multi-domains and achieve different levels of co-existed
   applications with different SLAs requirements which requiring the
   fine-grained QoS provisioning through flow aggregation.  Moreover,
   the aggregated flows still requires to improve the scalability to
   avoid the large amount of control signaling and the states
   maintaining of DetNet flows in enhanced DetNet.

   This document describes the specific requirements of flow aggregation
   in enhanced DetNet and provides the enhancement considerations.  It
   also discusses the realization of DetNet flow aggregation for 5GS as
   well.

1.1.  Requirements Language

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119].

2.  Terminology

   The terminology is defined as [RFC8655].

3.  Objectives & Requirements: Flow Aggregation in Enhanced DetNet

3.1.  Aggregated Flows across Multi-domains

   Flow aggregation is recommended in the multi-domain scenario to
   achieve the end-to-end QoS guarantees for aggregated flow(s) that
   span across multiple domains.  As per
   [I-D.ietf-detnet-scaling-requirements], different network
   implementations may be intended for different application domains,
   where there is no additional requirements for the coordination.  As
   defined in [ITU-T Y.2122], the network operating parameters of a flow
   aggregate should be exchanged among different network domains.  As
   shown in Figure 1, the DetNet domain B receiving an aggregated flow

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   should identify the flow and get the service requirements such as the
   QoS parameters of the flow aggregate.

  Individual Flows +-----------------+                 +-----------------+
     ------->      |                 |                 |                 |
      ......       | DetNet Domain A | Aggregated Flow | DetNet Domain B |
     ------->      |                 | --------------> |                 |
                   +-----------------+                 +-----------------+

      Figure 1: Aggregating DetNet Flows across Multiple Domains

3.2.  Aggregated Flows with Fine-grained QoS Provisioning

   The draft [I-D.ietf-detnet-scaling-requirements] specifies that
   different levels of applications differ in the SLAs requirements such
   as tight jitter, strict latency, loose latency and so on.  While
   these types of aggregated requirements might bear the coarse-grained
   nature, individual flows demand differentiated DetNet treatments and
   more granular QoS forwarding behaviors.  A DetNet node or domain
   adopting multiple forwarding technologies needs to transmit
   individual flows by aggregating them into a selected treatment
   solution that corresponds to one of some pre-defined per-hop QoS
   behaviors, as shown in Figure 2.  The DetNet flows with the same
   level of service requirements can be aggregated to receive collective
   treatments and forwarding behaviors.  The DetNet flows can be
   aggregated to several pre-defined classes.  For example, as per
   [I-D.jlg-detnet-5gs], a 5GS as a logical DetNet node requires to
   achieve the service requirements and service levels of the aggregated
   flows, along with the provisioning of fine-grained per-hop behavior
   (PHB) to each individual flow.

                                     DetNet-aware Node/Network
                                    +--------------------------+
            Aggregated-flow 1 ----->|  Per-hop QoS Behavior 1  |
                                    +--------------------------+
            Aggregated-flow 2 ----->|  Per-hop QoS Behavior 2  |
                                    +--------------------------+
                   ....              |           ...            |
                                    +--------------------------+
            Aggregated-flow n ----->|  Per-hop QoS Behavior N  |
                                    +--------------------------+

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        Figure 2: Aggregating DetNet flows to corresponding QoS PHBs

3.3.  Improve Scalability of Aggregated Flows at Class-aggregate

   As per [I-D.ietf-detnet-dataplane-taxonomy], the treatment solutions
   in data plane can be categorized based on performance and functional
   characteristics.  For example, the category of a solution can be
   classified based on the traffic granularity, e.g., flow aggregate vs.
   class aggregate.  The class aggregate is provided to simplify the
   control and accommodate traffic fluctuations by combining flows
   requiring the same or similar levels of service requirements.  The
   flow aggregation based on the class aggregate could further improve
   the scalability.  As per [I-D.ietf-detnet-scaling-requirements],
   there may be a large number of traffic flows in a scaling network,
   which makes it nearly impossible to achieve the flow-specific state
   identification.  As shown in the Figure 3, the flow identification of
   aggregated-class can be used to indicate the required treatment and
   forwarding behaviors without the need to maintain excessive states at
   transit nodes.

    Individual                Aggregated
      Flows   +-------------+  Flow(s)  +-------------+         +-------------+
     -------> |             |           |             |         |             |
      ....    |DetNet Node A|---------->|DetNet Node B|----->...|DetNet Node N|
     -------> |             |           |             |         |             |
              +-------------+           +-------------+         +-------------+

                               'Bucketed' into
              Large number of                      Fewer number of classes
             Individual Flows ----------------->  consisting of aggregated flows

     Figure 3: Aggregating DetNet Flows to Improve Scalability at
                           Class-aggregate

   When DetNet flows are aggregated based on service-class, transit
   nodes provide deterministic services to a flow aggregate and go
   through the per-class scheduling without the burden to maintain
   excessive per-flow states.  Still, a transit node performing
   aggregation should ensure all per-flow service requirements within an
   aggregated class are achieved.  For example, the latency or jitter
   bounds of an aggregated class shall not exceed the corresponding
   metrics of any individual flow that has been bucketed into the class.
   The aggregation based on the class aggregate has data plane and
   controller plane aspects.

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4.  Enhancement Considerations for Flow Aggregation

   This document describes the enhancement considerations for DetNet
   flow aggregation including the functions such as flow classification,
   flow identification and flow coordination.

4.1.  Flow Classification

   The DetNet QoS can be achieved by aggregating flows based on DetNet
   flow-specific traffic classification and providing the traffic-
   forwarding treatment.  The flow classification should consider the
   flow-specific characteristics such as traffic specification and
   service requirements.  For example, the DetNet flows MAY be
   classified based on the service SLAs requirements of applications in
   scaling networks as per [I-D.xiong-detnet-differentiated-detnet-qos].
   And the services can also be classified into tight/loose latency,
   large/small burst, periodic/non-periodic and large/small scale
   services as per [I-D.ietf-detnet-dataplane-taxonomy].  Several
   classes can be predefined to indicate the different levels of
   applications with SLAs requirements and each class demands
   differentiated QoS behaviors and treatment as well as different
   DetNet capabilities in scaling networks.

   For the controller plane, the service should be provisioned on an
   aggregated-class.  The resources should be controlled and scheduled
   on a per-class basis and the routes should be established to meet the
   service requirements with the allocated resources.  The edge nodes
   must be able to handle admission control for DetNet flows to an
   aggregated class based on the available resources.  For the data
   plane, when DetNet flows are aggregated to a class, transit nodes
   provide service to the aggregate and not on a per-DetNet-flow basis.
   And the transit nodes supporting this type of aggregation should
   identify the class of the aggregated flows and ensure that individual
   flows receive the corresponding traffic treatment and forwarding
   behaviour.

4.2.  Flow Identification

   It is required to be dynamic and simplified to ensure the aggregated
   flows have compatible DetNet flow-specific QoS characteristics.  As
   per [I-D.ietf-detnet-scaling-requirements], the aggregated flow
   identification is used to explicitly identify the aggregated flow
   such as an Flow ID or an Aggregation ID.  The deterministic services
   may also demand different deterministic QoS requirements according to
   different levels of application and service requirements.  The
   individual flows may be aggregated based on a sharing aggregated
   level of service specification which is identified by an aggregation
   level or class.  A transit node should provide different levels of

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   treatments and forwarding behaviors based on the aggregation level or
   class.  The aggregation information may be used alone or together
   with other metadata to indicate the required queuing and forwarding
   behaviors.  The encoding of the aggregation information may reuse the
   DSCP/TC or existing field such as the TC field in A-Label as per
   [RFC8964].  And it also can be encapsulated with the aggregation-
   based metadata as per [I-D.xiong-detnet-data-fields-edp].

4.3.  Flow Coordination

   In scaling networks, flow aggregations become more prevalent, with
   flows frequently joining and leaving, which may potentially lead to
   accumulated bursts of flows across multiple hops.  Such challenges
   can be mitigated by coordinating packets within aggregated flows such
   as proportional scheduling and interleaving.  Proportional scheduling
   could allocate transmission opportunities based on flow weights,
   ensuring that each flow receives a fair share of network resources.
   Interleaving could achieve micro burst smoothing by rotating the
   transmission of packets across different flows through timed gates as
   described in [I-D.eckert-detnet-flow-interleaving].

5.  Realization of Flow Aggregation for 5GS DetNet

   The 3GPP in its document [TS.23.501] has defined and standardized how
   a 5G system (5GS) may behave as a logical DetNet node, as well as how
   a 5GS DetNet node may integrate into the IP-domain DetNet as
   described in [RFC8655].  3GPP has realized the functionalities of the
   DetNet forwarding sub-layer.

   As a logical DetNet transit node, a 5GS behaves as a transparent box
   to external DetNet entities.  It can connect to either DetNet end
   systems or full-fledged IP DetNet domain(s) or both.  The 3GPP
   [TS.23.501] has demonstrated a ‘composite’ architecture in that a 5GS
   could act as one or more DetNet nodes upon the integration into the
   IP DetNet domain.  The granularity of determining a 5GS DetNet node
   is per UPF for each network instance, with the corresponding UPF-id
   identified as the 5GS DetNet node-id.

   The 3GPP [TS.23.503] has implicitly specified two types of DetNet
   related traffic parameters.  One type is the higher-level per-
   (logical)-node QoS requirements like the node max-latency, max-loss,
   etc., while the other is more granular settings with which DetNet
   flow attributes and specifications are mapped to the Flow Description
   information.  The DetNet flow specifications could be based on IP-
   tuple information, e.g., including IP address, protocol type, ToS,
   TCP/DUP ports, etc.  The document [I-D.jlg-detnet-5gs] has provided
   more details.

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   Please note that this draft revolves around the general discussions
   of the flow aggregations in enhanced DetNet across multiple domains.
   It emphasizes the objectives & requirements, along with insightful
   considerations for the possible enhancement to the matter.  This
   indicates the generic principles that are related to the cross-domain
   flow aggregation as raised in the draft.  While the 3GPP [TS.23.503]
   defines a 5GS may behave as a logical DetNet (transit) node and the
   5GS does own certain advantageous features for a 'composite' DetNet
   instantiation, the (DetNet) flow aggregation is not an intrinsic
   characteristics that has been fulfilled in the 5GS.  As we explain in
   the following subsection , the realization of flow aggregation for a
   5GS DetNet 'composite' node participating in an enhanced DetNet
   domains requires the seamless interactions between the IETF domain
   (DetNet) controller and the 5GS domain counterpart.

5.1.  Realization of 5GS DetNet Service across Domains

   3GPP has so far standardized the forward sub-layer functionality for
   5GS.  It indicates a 5GS (logical) DetNet node could connect to other
   end systems and/or IP DetNet domains, together to form a holistic
   end-to-end DetNet.  Thanks to the 'composite' architecture of a 5GS
   node, along with the interaction between an CPF:DetNet controller in
   IETF domain and the NF TSCTSF in 3GPP domain [TS.23.501], a 5GS node
   might realize much more advanced DetNet services than a traditional
   IP DetNet transit node.

   In scenarios where the (IETF-domain) CPF:Detnet Controller could well
   divide the DetNet QoS service requirements that are in reality
   associated with an integrated DetNet domain into multiple QoS sub-
   requirements that together form the original end-to-end QoS
   equivalence, a 5GS might be considered as a standalone DetNet
   (sub-)domain with its own DetNet QoS (sub-)requirements that would be
   provisioned from the CPF:DetNet controller.  The 5GS DetNet QoS
   (sub-)requirements serve a portion of the original requirements of
   the integrated DetNet domain.  These together form a scaling network
   to realize the 5GS DetNet service across domains.

5.2.  5GS QoS Provisioning: Aggregated vs. Fine-grained

   We have explained previously that the 3GPP [TS.23.503] has implicitly
   specified two categories of DetNet related traffic parameters.  One
   type bears the aggregated nature for (5GS DetNet) node-level
   requirements, while the other addresses the more granular DetNet
   flow-level attributes and specifications.  Evidently, with this kind
   of two-hierarchy architecture, a 5GS DetNet node could achieve not
   only the node-level aggregated QoS requirements, but also the more
   fine-grained flow-level QoS provisioning.  This reflects the true
   value of applying our flow aggregation model in scaling networks to

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   realizing advanced DetNet services for 5GS.

   Here, we want to point out that the feasibility of applying our flow
   aggregation scheme indeed depends on the hierarchical nature of a 5GS
   DetNet node.  Had the same aggregation scheme been applied to DetNet
   nodes that do not have the similar intrinsic hierarchy, the
   effectiveness could be certainly impaired.

5.3.  State Maintenance at a 5GS Transit node

   The 5GS QoS architecture is roughly comprised of three levels, i.e.,
   the UE, the PDU-session, and the QoS-flow levels.  Technically, a 5GS
   DetNet node is of 'composite' nature with a large number of
   configuration, provisioning, operation and runtime states to
   maintain.  At first glance, this might undermine the state-reduction
   objective via the flow aggregation for a 5GS DetNet transit node.

   Fortunately, the 5GS DetNet work owns intrinsically a couple of
   aspects to handle the challenges:

   First, also as we have mentioned before, a 5GS node behaves as a
   transparent entity participating in the DetNet domain.  Thus, even
   having a significant number of states, this can naturally have the
   5GS DetNet related states remain hidden from the external
   entities(and domains).

   Second, the 3GPP NF TSCTSF exchanges only traffic parameters with the
   IETF CPF:Detnet Controller, but not the states that are maintained
   inside a 5GS DetNet node.  The external DetNet domain does not care
   the inside status of a 5GS, nor can it.

5.4.  Flow Classification & Identification at 5GS node

   As we have explained so far, the IETF domain CPF:DetNet controller
   provides traffic parameters & specifications to 3GPP NF TSCTSF.
   Thus, the SLA requirements of applications in scaling networks could
   be readily pre-specified in the IETF DetNet CPF, which would then
   apply the flow classification mapping (to aggregated service classes)
   and send them over to a 5GS DetNet node to enforce.  This model can
   also relieve the classification burden of a 5GS node in reality.

   The 5GS has excellent control logics to address flow identification.
   For example, PDRs (Packet Detection Rules), SDF (Service Data Flow)
   filters (e.g., IP-filter, MAC-filter, etc.), etc., are all good tools
   to differentiate flows [TS.23.501].  Further, the 5GS has
   standardized powerful procedures for the establishment & update of
   PDU sessions/QoS flows, which accordingly achieves the flow dynamics
   (e.g., flow joining & leaving a flow-aggregate as manifested

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   potentially by a PDU session) [TS.23.502].  Moreover, some QoS
   parameters, e.g., Aggregated Bit Rate (ABR), may stand at different
   levels, including UE-ABR, Session-ABR, flow-ABR, etc., that would
   make the service differentiation & sharing on the aggregated-class
   (A-Class) level feasible.

6.  Security Considerations

   Security considerations for DetNet are covered in the DetNet
   Architecture [RFC8655] and DetNet security considerations [RFC9055].

7.  IANA Considerations

   This document makes no requests for IANA action.

8.  Acknowledgements

   The authors would like to thank Lou Berger, Janos Farkas for their
   review, suggestions and comments to this document.

9.  References

9.1.  Normative References

   [I-D.ietf-detnet-dataplane-taxonomy]
              Joung, J., Geng, X., Peng, S., and T. T. Eckert,
              "Dataplane Enhancement Taxonomy", Work in Progress,
              Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-detnet-dataplane-taxonomy-05, 8
              January 2026, <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/
              draft-ietf-detnet-dataplane-taxonomy-05>.

   [I-D.ietf-detnet-scaling-requirements]
              Liu, P., Li, Y., Eckert, T. T., Xiong, Q., Ryoo, J.,
              zhushiyin, and X. Geng, "Requirements for Scaling
              Deterministic Networks", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft,
              draft-ietf-detnet-scaling-requirements-09, 7 September
              2025, <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-
              detnet-scaling-requirements-09>.

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
              May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.

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   [RFC8655]  Finn, N., Thubert, P., Varga, B., and J. Farkas,
              "Deterministic Networking Architecture", RFC 8655,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8655, October 2019,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8655>.

   [RFC8938]  Varga, B., Ed., Farkas, J., Berger, L., Malis, A., and S.
              Bryant, "Deterministic Networking (DetNet) Data Plane
              Framework", RFC 8938, DOI 10.17487/RFC8938, November 2020,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8938>.

   [RFC8964]  Varga, B., Ed., Farkas, J., Berger, L., Malis, A., Bryant,
              S., and J. Korhonen, "Deterministic Networking (DetNet)
              Data Plane: MPLS", RFC 8964, DOI 10.17487/RFC8964, January
              2021, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8964>.

   [RFC9055]  Grossman, E., Ed., Mizrahi, T., and A. Hacker,
              "Deterministic Networking (DetNet) Security
              Considerations", RFC 9055, DOI 10.17487/RFC9055, June
              2021, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9055>.

   [RFC9320]  Finn, N., Le Boudec, J.-Y., Mohammadpour, E., Zhang, J.,
              and B. Varga, "Deterministic Networking (DetNet) Bounded
              Latency", RFC 9320, DOI 10.17487/RFC9320, November 2022,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9320>.

9.2.  Infomative References

   [I-D.eckert-detnet-flow-interleaving]
              Eckert, T. T., "Deterministic Networking (DetNet) Data
              Plane - Flow interleaving for scaling detnet data planes
              with minimal end-to-end latency and large number of
              flows.", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-eckert-
              detnet-flow-interleaving-03, 7 July 2025,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-eckert-
              detnet-flow-interleaving-03>.

   [I-D.jlg-detnet-5gs]
              Jiang, T., Liu, P., and X. Geng, "DetNet YANG Model
              Extension for 5GS as a Logical DetNet Node", Work in
              Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-jlg-detnet-5gs-01, 20
              October 2023, <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/
              draft-jlg-detnet-5gs-01>.

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   [I-D.xiong-detnet-data-fields-edp]
              Xiong, Q., Liu, A., Joung, J., Gandhi, R., and D. Yang,
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Authors' Addresses

   Quan Xiong
   ZTE Corporation
   China
   Email: xiong.quan@zte.com.cn

   Tianji Jiang
   China Mobile
   Email: tianjijiang@chinamobile.com

   Jinoo Joung
   Sangmyung University
   Email: jjoung@smu.ac.kr

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   Carlos J. Bernardos (editor)
   Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
   Av. Universidad 30
   28911 Leganes Madrid
   Spain
   Phone: +34 91624 6235
   Email: cjbc@it.uc3m.es
   URI:   http://www.it.uc3m.es/cjbc

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