A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 7575 Title: Autonomic Networking: Definitions and Design Goals Author: M. Behringer, M. Pritikin, S. Bjarnason, A. Clemm, B. Carpenter, S. Jiang, L. Ciavaglia Status: Informational Stream: IRTF Date: June 2015 Mailbox: mbehring@cisco.com, pritikin@cisco.com, sbjarnas@cisco.com, alex@cisco.com, brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com, jiangsheng@huawei.com, Laurent.Ciavaglia@alcatel-lucent.com Pages: 16 Characters: 36838 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-irtf-nmrg-autonomic-network-definitions-07.txt URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7575 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17487/RFC7575 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. This document is a product of the Network Management Research Group of the IRTF. INFORMATIONAL: This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce, rfc-dist and IRTF-Announce lists.To subscribe or unsubscribe, see https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce https://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist https://www.irtf.org/mailman/listinfo/irtf-announce For searching the RFC series, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/search For downloading RFCs, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC