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Recent research on Software-Defined Networking (SDN) strongly promotes the adoption of distributed controller architectures. To achieve high network performance, designing a scheduling function (SF) to properly dispatch requests from each…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-10-26 Huang Victoria , Chen Gang , Fu Qiang

Traditional communication networks consist of large sets of vendor-specific manually configurable devices which are hardwired with specific control logic or algorithms. The resulting networks comprise distributed control plane architectures…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-07-13 Ijaz Ahmad

The cross-domain multicast routing problem in a software-defined wireless network with multiple controllers is a classic NP-hard optimization problem. As the network size increases, designing and implementing cross-domain multicast routing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-09-12 Miao Ye , Hongwen Hu , Xiaoli Wang , Yuping Wang , Yong Wang , Wen Peng , Jihao Zheng

The superiority of Multi-Robot Systems (MRS) in various complex environments is unquestionable. However, in complex situations such as search and rescue, environmental monitoring, and automated production, robots are often required to work…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-22 Bin Wu , C Steve Suh

Software defined networking (SDN) promises unprecedented flexibility and ease of network operations. While flexibility is an important factor when leveraging advantages of a new technology, critical infrastructure networks also have…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-02-08 Ermin Sakic , Wolfgang Kellerer

In multi-agent deep reinforcement learning (MADRL), agents can communicate with one another to perform a task in a coordinated manner. When multiple tasks are involved, agents can also leverage knowledge from one task to improve learning in…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-11-07 Changxi Zhu , Mehdi Dastani , Shihan Wang

The aim of this paper is to analyze methods of flexible control in SDN networks and to propose a self-developed solution that will enable intelligent adaptation of SDN controller performance. This work aims not only to review existing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-09-19 Marta Szymczyk

Software Defined Networking (SDN) has emerged as a programmable approach for provisioning and managing network resources by defining a clear separation between the control and data forwarding planes. Nowadays SDN has gained significant…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-10-22 Redowan Mahmud , Adel N. Toosi , Maria Alejandra Rodriguez , Sharat Chandra Madanapalli , Vijay Sivaraman , Len Sciacca , Christos Sioutis , Rajkumar Buyya

In recent years, Deep Reinforcement Learning has made impressive advances in solving several important benchmark problems for sequential decision making. Many control applications use a generic multilayer perceptron (MLP) for non-vision…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-03-13 Mario Srouji , Jian Zhang , Ruslan Salakhutdinov

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) allows to control the available network resources by an intelligent and centralized authority in order to optimize traffic flows in a flexible manner. However, centralized control may face scalability…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-08-29 Benjamin J. van Asten , Niels L. M. van Adrichem , Fernando A. Kuipers

Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are deep learning frameworks which are well-known for their notable performance in classification tasks. Hence, many skeleton-based action recognition and segmentation (SBARS) algorithms benefit from…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-11-13 Babak Hosseini , Romain Montagne , Barbara Hammer

Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs) are decentralized wireless networks, characterized by their dynamic topologies and node mobility. In the era of cutting-edge technologies, integrating Software-Defined Networking (SDN) with MANETs offers a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-16 Riccardo Fonti , Andrea Piroddi

The concept of Software Defined Networking (SDN) represents a modern approach to networking that separates the control plane from the data plane through network abstraction, resulting in a flexible, programmable and dynamic architecture…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-03-14 Ahmad Hamarshe , Huthaifa I. Ashqar , Mohammad Hamarsheh

The optimal multicast tree problem in the Software-Defined Networking (SDN) multicast routing is an NP-hard combinatorial optimization problem. Although existing SDN intelligent solution methods, which are based on deep reinforcement…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-05-31 Miao Ye , Chenwei Zhao , Xingsi Xue , Jinqiang Li , Hongwen Hu , Yejin Yang , Qiuxiang Jiang

With the advent of 21st century and increasing advancements in the field of technology and connectivity, inter-networking in real-time has achieved great importance. Distributed control and multi-agent paradigm has groped rapidly with…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-06 Pratik K. Bajaria

Network security is a critical concern in the digital landscape of today, with users demanding secure browsing experiences and protection of their personal data. This study explores the dynamic integration of Machine Learning (ML)…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-04-17 Pablo Benlloch , Oscar Romero , Antonio Leon , Jaime Lloret

We consider networked control systems consisting of multiple independent controlled subsystems, operating over a shared communication network. Such systems are ubiquitous in cyber-physical systems, Internet of Things, and large-scale…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-06-14 Burak Demirel , Arunselvan Ramaswamy , Daniel E. Quevedo , Holger Karl

To improve traffic management ability, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are gradually upgrading legacy network devices to programmable devices that support Software-Defined Networking (SDN). The coexistence of legacy and SDN devices gives…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-07-24 Zehua Guo , Weikun Chen , Ya-Feng Liu , Yang Xu , Zhi-Li Zhang

Deep neural networks (DNNs) can enable precise control while maintaining low computational costs by circumventing the need for dynamic modeling. However, the deployment of such black-box approaches remains challenging for heavy-duty wheeled…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-03 Mehdi Heydari Shahna , Jouni Mattila

The evolution of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) has so far been predominantly geared towards defining and refining the abstractions on the forwarding and control planes. However, despite a maturing south-bound interface and a range of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-11-21 Nicolae Paladi , Christian Gehrmann