Human-like networking: basic concepts and architecture

Human-like networking is a promising direction in the development of telecommunications,which is the subject of ITU-T Recommendation Y.3680 (02/2022). These networks are characterized by such capabilitiesas selfawareness, self-learning, self-optimization, self-protection, etc. They should be more intelligent than autonomous networks previously described in a number of documents of other international organizations. The article provides an overview of the basic concepts related to human-like networking; characterizes their architecture, which includes four levels and five functional planes; describes interfaces that are divided into inter-layer, intra-layerand inter-network.