A deep dive into KVIs for ethics-aware networks

According to the Ethicnet paradigm, which has been recently proposed, communication networks are called to consider Key Value Indicators (KVI)s besides the traditional Key Performance Indicators (KPI)s. The actual realization of the Ethicnet, however, requires several issues to be addressed. One of the most important is the identification of the KVIs to be considered and the way in which they can be measured, controlled, and monitored. This paper contributes to the discussion regarding such topic by answering fundamental questions regarding the identification of the KVIs, the measurement of the extent to which a given network solution contributes to the KVIs, and the definition of requirements in terms KVIs.