%% You should probably cite draft-irtf-nmrg-network-digital-twin-arch-09 instead of this revision. @techreport{irtf-nmrg-network-digital-twin-arch-08, number = {draft-irtf-nmrg-network-digital-twin-arch-08}, 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/08/}, 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 = {{Network Digital Twin: Concepts and Reference Architecture}}, pagetotal = 29, year = , month = , day = , 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, 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 such technology's benefits and key challenges.}, }