An Intent-driven Management Framework
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Network Working Group                                           Q. Sun
Internet Draft                                           China Telecom
Intended status: Informational                                  W. Liu
Expires: January 2020                              Huawei Technologies
                                                                K. Xie
                    Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
                                                          July 8, 2019

                   An Intent-driven Management Framework
                    draft-sun-nmrg-intent-framework-00

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Abstract

   Intent was defined as an abstract high-level policy (or instruction)
   used to trigger network operations (not only configuration aspects,
   but also continuous tuning to adjust the measured/actual network
   state to an expected state). This document describes the intent-
   driven management architecture, its key elements, and interfaces.

Table of Contents

   1. Introduction ................................................. 2
   2. Acronyms ..................................................... 3
   3. Framework for Generic Intent-driven Management ............... 3
      3.1. Overview ................................................ 3
      3.2. Operation ............................................... 6
      3.2.1 Intent layer ........................................... 6
         (1) Intent management ..................................... 6
         (2) Intent translation .................................... 7
         (3) Verification module ................................... 8
         (4) Decision module ....................................... 9
      3.2.2 Control layer .......................................... 9
         (1) Configuration delivery ............................... 10
         (2) Network status collection ............................ 10
      3.2.3 Network layer ......................................... 10
         (1) Configuration execution .............................. 10
         (2) Network status awareness  ............................ 10
   4. Security Considerations ..................................... 11
   5. IANA Considerations ......................................... 11
   6. Contributors ................................................ 11
   7. Acknowledgments ............................................. 12
   8. References .................................................. 12
      8.1. Normative References ................................... 12
      8.2. Informative References ................................. 12

1. Introduction

   The digital transformation and booming applications and new services
   (e.g., AR/VR) lead to a rapid growth in the variety and volume of
   traffic forwarded by underlying networks (including data centers).
   Existing network technologies and the limited operation and
   management manpower,  make it more challenging. To support efficient
   and faster service delivery (by means of high level of automation) ,

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