+------------------------------------------------------------+
|                                                            |
| +-----------+        +------------+        +------------+  |
| | Autonomic |        | Autonomic  |        | Autonomic  |  |
| | Service   |        | Service    |        | Service    |  |
| | Agent 1   |        | Agent 2    |        | Agent 3    |  |
| +-----------+        +------------+        +------------+  |
|       ^                    ^                     ^         |
| -  -  | -  - API level -  -| -  -  -  -  -  -  - |-  -  -  |
|       V                    V                     V         |
|------------------------------------------------------------|
| Autonomic Networking Infrastructure                        |
|    - Data structures (ex: certificates, peer information)  |
|    - Generalized Autonomic Control Plane (GACP)            |
|    - Autonomic node addressing and naming                  |
|    - Discovery, negotiation and synchronization functions  |
|    - Distribution of Intent and other information          |
|    - Aggregated reporting and feedback loops               |
|    - Routing                                               |
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|             Basic Operating System Functions               |
+------------------------------------------------------------+