%% You should probably cite draft-irtf-nmrg-network-digital-twin-arch-08 instead of this revision. @techreport{irtf-nmrg-network-digital-twin-arch-04, number = {draft-irtf-nmrg-network-digital-twin-arch-04}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-irtf-nmrg-network-digital-twin-arch/04/}, author = {Cheng Zhou and Hongwei Yang and Xiaodong Duan and Diego Lopez and Antonio Pastor and Qin Wu and Mohamed Boucadair and Christian Jacquenet}, title = {{Digital Twin Network: Concepts and Reference Architecture}}, pagetotal = 30, year = 2023, month = oct, day = 23, abstract = {Digital Twin technology has been seen as a rapid adoption technology in Industry 4.0. The application of Digital Twin technology in the networking field is meant to develop various rich network applications and realize efficient and cost effective data driven network management and accelerate network innovation. This document presents an overview of the concepts of Digital Twin Network, provides the basic definitions and a reference architecture, lists a set of application scenarios, and discusses the benefits and key challenges of such technology.}, }