Network Management (nmrg) Internet Drafts


      
 Network Digital Twin: Concepts and Reference Architecture
 
 draft-irtf-nmrg-network-digital-twin-arch-11.txt
 Date: 06/07/2025
 Authors: Cheng Zhou, Hongwei Yang, Xiaodong Duan, Diego Lopez, Antonio Pastor, Qin WU, Mohamed Boucadair, Christian Jacquenet
 Working Group: Network Management (nmrg)
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.