Digital Twin technology has seen rapid adoption in Industry 4.0. The
application of Digital Twin technology in the networking field is
meant to develop various rich network applications, realize efficient
and cost-effective data-driven network management, and accelerate
network innovation.
This document presents an overview of the concepts of Network Digital
Twin, provides the basic definitions and a reference architecture,
lists a set of application scenarios, and discusses such technology's
benefits and key challenges.
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