Digital Twin Network (DTN): Concepts, Architecture, and Key Technologies

Huaiguang Jiang, Tao Sun, Cheng Zhou, Xiaodong Duan, Lu Lu, Danyang Chen, Hongwei Yang, Yanhong Zhu, Chao Liu, Qin Li, Xiao Wang, Zhen Shen, Fengzhong Qu, Feiyue Wang

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Abstract

With the commercial deployment of 5G and the migration of internet from IPv4 to IPv6, the new development of the network technology has highly attracted the attention of the industry. The intelligentization of network is believed as the trend of the new generation of network development. The network provides the foundation for the information transmission in the digital society, and the digitalization of the network itself is the prerequisite for the intelligent development. Facing the goal of the new generation of digital and intelligent network, this paper introduces the new concept of "digital twin network (DTN)", designs the system architecture, and analyzes the key technologies of DTN. By investigating the challenges of DTN, this paper points out the future development direction of digital twin network.
Original languageChinese (Simplified)
Pages (from-to)569-582
Number of pages14
JournalActa Automatica Sinica
Volume47
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/JA-5D00-80135

Keywords

  • digital twin network
  • full life cycle operation
  • network automation
  • network closed-loop control

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