@techreport{tf-ocn-ps-00, number = {draft-tf-ocn-ps-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-tf-ocn-ps/00/}, author = {Tooba Faisal and Diego Lopez and Jose A. Ordonez-Lucena and Kiran Makhijani}, title = {{Problem Statement and Requirements for the Operation and Control Networks (OCNs)}}, pagetotal = 18, year = 2022, month = jul, day = 2, abstract = {The emergence of applications based on machine-to-machine communications require control systems to be extended beyond their closed environments. Specifically, autonomous systems that bring about physical and mechanical changes to an environment, heavily rely on their remote operations and control. This document provides an overview of the issues associated with the communications in the control systems to support network-based operations in a generic manner at any-scale environments. The term Operations and Control networks (OCN) is used to describe the common characteristics emerging from the requirements for such control systems. The OCNs are technology-agnostic concept. This document aims to discuss the requirements for establishing common interfaces and functions.}, }