Abstract-The research community has considered in the past the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques to control and operate networks. A notable example is the Knowledge Plane proposed by D.Clark et al. However, such techniques have not been extensively prototyped or deployed in the field yet. In this paper, we explore the reasons for the lack of adoption and posit that the rise of two recent paradigms: Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Analytics (NA), will facilitate the adoption of AI techniques in the context of network operation and control. We describe a new paradigm that accommodates and exploits SDN, NA and AI, and provide use cases that illustrate its applicability and benefits. We also present simple experimental results that support its feasibility. We refer to this new paradigm as Knowledge-Defined Networking (KDN).
Mestres et al. REF revisited the possibilities of embedding artificial intelligence in networking and proposed an ML/DL based knowledge plane for networking applications and this new networking paradigm was termed as knowledge defined networking.
Knowledge-Defined Networking
ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, Volume 47, Issue 3, July 2017
Computer Science