Dear NETMOD Working Group, I'd like to introduce a new individual Internet-Draft that may be of interest to the working group:
draft-williams-netmod-lm-hierarchy-topology-00 "Hierarchical Topology for Language Model Coordination" https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-williams-netmod-lm-hierarchy-topology/ This draft defines a YANG 1.1 data model for coordinating distributed language model (LM) deployments across heterogeneous computational environments. The model supports a three-tier hierarchy (tiny/small/large LMs) with secure inter-node messaging, request escalation, token-based authorization, and pluggable trust validation. Key technical contributions: - YANG model for LM node topology and capabilities - RPCs for inference requests and hierarchical escalation - Token validation actions supporting JWT/CWT/COSE - Heartbeat notifications for distributed system health - Extensible security features for constrained environments The architecture addresses the emerging need to orchestrate AI inference across edge-to-cloud deployments, where computational resources vary significantly between nodes. This extends network modeling principles (similar to RFC 8345) into the AI/ML domain. I believe this work aligns well with NETMOD's charter for developing YANG models that enable network configuration and management. As AI systems become more distributed and network-integrated, standardized coordination mechanisms will become increasingly important. I have a working prototype implementation (UniLoRa Mesh LM Hierarchy) and would welcome the opportunity to present this work to the group for feedback and discussion. The model has been validated with pyang and integrated with a prototype RESTCONF endpoint but I can not figure out why the debugger on the submission page is flagging it for RFC8407 and RFC7950 violations respectively. Would there be interest in discussing this draft at an upcoming NETMOD meeting or interim session? I'm happy to accommodate the group's schedule and presentation format preferences. Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to the group's feedback on this work. Best regards, Keenan Williams Independent Researcher keenancwilli...@gmail.com --- Individual Internet-Draft Submission Not representing any organization
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