FApplicable
to ALL Network Elements
–Horizontal
Layers of Abstraction
Symbolic Information at Each Layer
Declarative Abstraction [Model] of Processing [Procedures] of
Lower Layers
–Different
[Real-Time] Circumstances
Applicable to Different Requirements
Mapped to Different Procedural Realizations
–Information
Abstraction = Service Capability Reuse
Run-Time Rather than Compiled Reuse