Communications & Data Transmission
Telecom/internet as service: spectrum, addressing, traffic
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Incomplete
4 bundles · 9 layers · 0 findings · 0 questions
spectrum The shared radio resource
bandPlan
frequency bands and their designated uses
grantsAndLicences
allocations of bands to operators with conditions and terms
addressing Making endpoints reachable
numberingPlans
telephone numbering resources and their assignment
ipAddressBlocks
internet address space allocations
routingRegistry
autonomous systems and route announcements
service What operators provide
serviceOfferings
network services and their characteristics
coverageAndCapacity
where services reach and at what capacity
traffic What actually flows
interconnection
links and exchange points between networks
trafficAggregates
measured volumes per link, service and period
Note: Legacy card: layers named, findings and questions never written.
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- World Models
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- standalone-mm
- Navigation path
- NAV.INF.COM.SVC
- Domain
- INF.COM.SVC
- Industry
- Cross-industry
- Tags
- communicationsserviceinf.com.svc
- Also called
- F9
What it is Derived, awaiting review
This meta-model describes communications as a service layer of the world: the radio spectrum bands and the grants that allocate them, the addressing and numbering resources that make endpoints reachable, the network services operators provide, the interconnection links that stitch networks together, and the aggregate traffic that flows across them.
Note: First sentence of the legacy card introduction.
Why it exists Filled
Telecom/internet as service: spectrum, addressing, traffic
Distinguishing features Derived, awaiting review
- It is its own model because it manages scarce shared resources (spectrum, addresses, numbers) governed by registries, and its unit of flow is traffic measured in aggregates rather than discrete consignments.
What robots and AI may and may not do Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Moral aspects Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Owners Filled
Steward
Operators steward their service, link and traffic records, and registrar archetypes steward the address, numbering and routing registries.
Links to other meta-models Filled
references
- world.organization - operators, registries and exchange point stewards as organizations.
- world.energy - network facilities are consumption points in the energy model.
composes
- world.money - interconnection settlement amounts embed the money value object.
imports
- ITU - ALIGN: spectrum band designation and numbering governance semantics.
- IETF - ALIGN: internet addressing and routing protocol semantics.
- IANA - REFERENCE: externally governed address and protocol registries.
requires
- vr.wm-flw-001
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Incomplete
Identity and identifiers required Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Institutional or informational subject: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Capabilities and actions required Derived, awaiting review
- grantIssued: a spectrum band was allocated to an operator under stated conditions.
- grantExpired: a spectrum allocation ended and the band returned to the commons pool.
- blockAllocated: an address block or numbering range was assigned to an operator.
- routeAnnounced: an autonomous system began originating routes for an address block.
- routeWithdrawn: a route announcement ceased.
- linkEstablished: a new interconnection between two networks went live.
- outageOccurred: a service, link or coverage area became unavailable.
- trafficSampled: a traffic aggregate was measured and recorded for a scope and period.
Legacy events listed as state transitions.
Hazards and failure modes optional Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Standards and interfaces required Derived, awaiting review
- publicRegistryLookup: open resolution of spectrum grants, address blocks, numbering assignments and routing records.
- coverageDataAccess: consumers read service coverage and capacity data for planning and comparison.
- trafficStatisticsFeed: subscribed consumers receive traffic aggregates without endpoint or subscriber detail.
- publicRegistryView: who holds which spectrum, addresses and numbers; omits commercial and operational internals.
- operatorCapacityView: an operator's own services, links, utilization and outages; omits other operators.
- nationalTrafficAggregate: territory-level traffic volumes and trends; omits all per-link and per-subscriber detail.
Context of use required Filled
- Spectrum bands are a commons: grants are recorded through the catalogue's S1 ownership model as commons allocations, access to all records is granted by the respective steward via S1/S2, and registry changes are audited via S4.
Sources Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Open questions
- Superseded by a researched world model? Map this legacy card to its successor or retire it.
Machine files
Provenance
legacy MMAS card (world-models v0.2) · legacy
Built from: models/world-f9-communications-and-data-transmission/spec.yaml, models/docs/flows-resources/F9-communications-and-data-transmission.md