Network Digital Twin: Concepts and Reference Architecture
draft-irtf-nmrg-network-digital-twin-arch-11
| Document | Type |
Expired Internet-Draft
(nmrg RG)
Expired & archived
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| Authors | Cheng Zhou , Hongwei Yang , Xiaodong Duan , Diego Lopez , Antonio Pastor , Qin Wu , Mohamed Boucadair , Christian Jacquenet | ||
| Last updated | 2026-01-07 (Latest revision 2025-07-06) | ||
| Replaces | draft-zhou-nmrg-digitaltwin-network-concepts | ||
| RFC stream | Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) | ||
| Intended RFC status | Informational | ||
| Formats | |||
| Additional resources | Mailing list discussion | ||
| Stream | IRTF state | Active RG Document | |
| Consensus boilerplate | Unknown | ||
| Document shepherd | Jérôme François | ||
| IESG | IESG state | Expired | |
| Telechat date | (None) | ||
| Responsible AD | (None) | ||
| Send notices to | jerome.francois@uni.lu |
This Internet-Draft is no longer active. A copy of the expired Internet-Draft is available in these formats:
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 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.
Authors
Cheng Zhou
Hongwei Yang
Xiaodong Duan
Diego Lopez
Antonio Pastor
Qin Wu
Mohamed Boucadair
Christian Jacquenet
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