RouteNet: Leveraging graph neural networks for network modeling and optimization in SDN

K Rusek, J Suárez-Varela, P Almasan… - IEEE Journal on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network modeling is a key enabler to achieve efficient network operation in future self-
driving Software-Defined Networks. However, we still lack functional network models able to …

Unveiling the potential of graph neural networks for network modeling and optimization in SDN

K Rusek, J Suárez-Varela, A Mestres… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Network modeling is a critical component for building self-driving Software-Defined
Networks, particularly to find optimal routing schemes that meet the goals set by …

Graph neural networks for communication networks: Context, use cases and opportunities

J Suárez-Varela, P Almasan, M Ferriol-Galmés… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Graph neural networks (GNN) have shown outstanding applications in fields where data is
essentially represented as graphs (eg, chemistry, biology, and recommendation systems). In …

A survey on machine learning techniques for routing optimization in SDN

R Amin, E Rojas, A Aqdus, S Ramzan… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In conventional networks, there was a tight bond between the control plane and the data
plane. The introduction of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) separated these planes, and …

[HTML][HTML] Building a digital twin for network optimization using graph neural networks

M Ferriol-Galmés, J Suárez-Varela, J Paillissé, X Shi… - Computer Networks, 2022 - Elsevier
Network modeling is a critical component of Quality of Service (QoS) optimization. Current
networks implement Service Level Agreements (SLA) by careful configuration of both routing …

RouteNet-Fermi: Network modeling with graph neural networks

M Ferriol-Galmés, J Paillisse… - … ACM transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network models are an essential block of modern networks. For example, they are widely
used in network planning and optimization. However, as networks increase in scale and …

An intelligent route computation approach based on real-time deep learning strategy for software defined communication systems

B Mao, F Tang, ZM Fadlullah… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Software Defined Networking (SDN) is regarded as the next generation paradigm as it
simplifies the structure of the data plane and improves the resource utilization. However, in …

ML-based pre-deployment SDN performance prediction with neural network boosting regression

W Jiang, H Han, M He, W Gu - Expert Systems with Applications, 2024 - Elsevier
Software defined networking (SDN) has been proposed as an effective approach to improve
network management efficiency and increase network intelligence in various networks …

A survey of machine learning techniques applied to software defined networking (SDN): Research issues and challenges

J Xie, FR Yu, T Huang, R Xie, J Liu… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent years, with the rapid development of current Internet and mobile communication
technologies, the infrastructure, devices and resources in networking systems are becoming …

Enabling scalable routing in software-defined networks with deep reinforcement learning on critical nodes

P Sun, Z Guo, J Li, Y Xu, J Lan… - IEEE/ACM Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Traditional routing schemes usually use fixed models for routing policies and thus are not
good at handling complicated and dynamic traffic, leading to performance degradation (eg …