TR284G Digital Twin and Closed Loop Automation for Autonomous Network Operations v1.0.0

This technical report introduces the paradigm of Digital Twin and Closed-Loop Automation (DTCLA). DTCLA is an entity of entities that uses virtual representations of physical or abstract entities to provide closed-loop process automation, insights, optimize processes, and derive decision-making. The objective is to enhance cognitive capabilities throughout a network’s, product, resource, service, and business life cycles such that operation processes can be automated. Generally, a digital twin system is defined as a system of systems.