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Work item: Y.Terms-AIAN
Subject/title: Terms and definitions related to AI agents in future networks
Status: Under study 
Approval process: TAP
Type of work item: Recommendation
Version: New
Equivalent number: -
Timing: 2027-Q3 (Medium priority)
Liaison: All ITU-T SGs, SCV, 3GPP SA1, ETSI ISG ENI
Supporting members: China Telecom, NICT, Zhejiang Lab, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China Unicom, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Summary: AI agents are increasingly adopted across various aspects of future networks. However, multiple ITU-T work items currently employ inconsistent terms, creating ambiguities that hinder coordinated standardization. From this point of view, it is proposed to develop this Recommendation to provide a context for the use of certain terms and definitions, so as to avoid misunderstandings in AI agent-related standardization activities. This Recommendation contains terms and definitions related to AI agents in future networks, to provide a general understanding of AI Agents in future networks and a normative reference for the development of AI Agent-related documents in ITU-T. This Recommendation aims to address the lack of unified terminology for AI agents in future networks in the current related standardization work. It establishes a systematic and consistent glossary of network-related AI agents terms and definitions, and lays the foundation for subsequent standardization of requirements, framework design, and technical implementations related to AI agents in networks.
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Xiaoou LIU, Editor
Wei GAO, Editor
Ved P. KAFLE, Editor
Seong-Ho JEONG, Editor
Gyu Myoung LEE, Editor
Meiling DAI, Editor
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