6NET Network Management Initial Architecture

This document provides a first specification of the management architecture to be set up in the context of a multi domain, open and ever evolving IPv6 network which is the 6NET network. It enumerates the requirements towards the management framework, provides a description of all entities which contribute to the management activity and specifies their interaction. Especially it defines the 6NCC which is the entity at the heart of the management architecture which ensures coordination among all other participants.