@techreport{janz-nmrg-performance-digital-twin-00, number = {draft-janz-nmrg-performance-digital-twin-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-janz-nmrg-performance-digital-twin/00/}, author = {Christopher Janz and Yuren You and Aihua Guo}, title = {{Functional Design Aspects of Performance-Oriented Digital Twins}}, pagetotal = 11, year = 2023, month = mar, day = 13, abstract = {Performance-Oriented Digital Twins (PODTs) provide "what-if" analysis - predictions of performance or, perhaps, of other behaviours in hypothetical situations of network, services, traffic, etc. Key functional and design aspects of PODTs in support of multiple, concurrently-operating use case Management Plane (MP) applications are discussed. Data and model management in concurrent session handling, inter-working with variable composition (from data and functional model perspectives) networks, performance and scalability are considered.}, }