Intent-Based Networking - Concepts and Definitions
Alexander Clemm, Laurent Ciavaglia, Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville, Jeff Tantsura · 2022
Intent and Intent-Based Networking (IBN) are taking the industry by storm. At the same time, those terms are used loosely and often inconsistently, in many cases overlapping and confused with other concepts such as Policy. This document clarifies the concept of Intent and provides an overview of functionality that is associated with it. The goal is to contribute towards a common and shared understanding of terms, concepts, and functionality that can be used as foundation to guide further definition of associated research and engineering problems and their solutions.