Autonomic Networking: Definitions and Design Goals
Michael Behringer, Max Pritikin, Steinthor Bjarnason, Alexander Clemm, Brian E. Carpenter, S. Jiang, L. Ciavaglia · 2015
Autonomic systems were first described in 2001. The fundamental goal is self-management, including self-configuration, self-optimization, self-healing, and self-protection. This is achieved by an autonomic function having minimal dependencies on human administrators or centralized management systems. It usually implies distribution across network elements. This document defines common language and outlines design goals (and what are not design goals) for autonomic functions. A high-level reference model illustrates how functional elements in an Autonomic Network interact. This document is a product of the IRTF's Network Management Research Group.