Network Traffic Forecasting in Network Cybersecurity: Granular Computing Model

Abstract

Industry 4.0, also known as the Internet of Things, is a concept that encompasses the joint applicability of operation, the Internet, and information technologies to expand the efficiency expectation of automation to include green and flexible processes and innovative products and services. Industrial network infrastructures must be modified to accommodate extra traffic from a variety of technologies in order to achieve this integration. In order to successfully implement cutting-edge wireless technologies, high-quality service (QoS) must be provided to end users. It is thus important to keep an eye on the functioning of the whole network without impacting base station throughput. Improved network performance is constantly needed, even for already-deployed cellular networks, such as the 4th generation (4G) and 3rd generation (3G). For the purpose of forecasting network traffic, an integrated model based on the long short-term memory (LSTM) model was used to combine clustering rough k-means (RKM) and fuzzy c-means (FCM). Clustering granules derived from FCM and RKM were also utilized to examine the network data for each calendar year. The novelty of our proposed model is the integration of the prediction and forecasting results obtained using existing prediction models with centroids of clusters. The WIDE backbone network’s live network traffic statistics were used to evaluate the proposed solution. The integrated model’s outcomes were assessed using a variety of statistical markers, including mean square error (MSE), root mean square error (RMSE), and standard error. The suggested technique was able to provide findings that were very accurate. The prediction error of LSTM with FCM was less on the basis of the MSE of 0.00783 and RMSE of 0.0885 at the training phase, where the prediction values of LSTM with the RKM had an MSE of 0.00564 and RMSE of 0.7511. Finally, the suggested model may substantially increase the prediction accuracy attained using FCM and RKM clustering.