%% You should probably cite draft-bi-supa-problem-statement or draft-klyus-supa-value-proposition instead of this I-D. @techreport{karagiannis-supa-problem-statement-06, number = {draft-karagiannis-supa-problem-statement-06}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-karagiannis-supa-problem-statement/06/}, author = {Georgios Karagiannis and Qiong Sun and Luis M. Contreras and Parviz Yegani and Jun Bi}, title = {{Problem Statement for Simplified Use of Policy Abstractions (SUPA)}}, pagetotal = 8, year = 2015, month = mar, day = 9, abstract = {The increase in complexity of modern networks makes it challenging to deploy new services and to keep networks up to date whilst maintaining stability and availability for critical business services. This is a major challenge that network operators (service providers, SME, etc) face today. The operators aim of streamlining both operations and the deployment of new services, is being met by increasingly relying on programmatic control of network elements and by the use of various virtualization technologies. In this context, providing network operators with a set of standard generic YANG-based service and policy models that enable management and automation of services on their network is essential.}, }