Towards the Era of Autonomous Network: IP Autonomous Driving Network

This book examines IP autonomous driving network (ADN) technology and solutions, offering insights into the challenges that IP transport networks face and their technological evolution.

The book begins by introducing the concept of IP ADN, then systematically reviews the evolution of IP transport networks within this framework, as well as the application of ADN in IP transport networks. It then traces the network management lifecycle during operations and maintenance (O&M), analyzing the interactions among maintenance engineers, network devices, operation and maintenance centers (OMCs), and operational support systems (OSSs). The authors also examine the challenges encountered in this process and present architectural recommendations and key technical solutions.

The book is intended for IP transport network O&M professionals, IP network product designers and developers, as well as students and researchers interested in IP network technology and data communications.

Zhenbin Li is the Chief IP Protocol Expert at Huawei and member of the IETF Internet Architecture Board (IAB). He was in charge of the architecture design and development of Huawei’s IP operating system―versatile routing platform (VRP)―and its multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) subsystems.

Xinzong Zeng is the Senior Expert in Huawei’s Carrier IP Domain. He previously served as a designer and technical leader in the MPLS and path computation element (PCE) domains, and later assumed the role of Chief Architect for Huawei's IP network controller products, including Agile Controller-WAN and iMaster NCE-IP.

Linkun Chen is the Chief Expert of Huawei’s iMaster NCE-IP Product Solution, responsible for the design of Huawei’s carrier IP O&M solutions. He has participated in the core functionality development and design of Datacom integrated network Management System (DMS), iManager U2000-IP, and iMaster NCE-IP products.

Xiangwei Li is the Product Software Chief Engineer in the Huawei Data Communication O&M domain, responsible for software architecture design and planning of products. He has successively led the software architecture design and development of Huawei iManager U2000-IP and iMaster NCE-IP products.

Yajie Xu is a Senior Information Experience Engineer at Huawei. She is responsible for the information architecture design and development of iMaster NCE-IP product documentation and brings extensive technical writing experience to her role.