ST-DeLTA: A Novel Spatial-Temporal Value Network Aided Deep Learning Based Intelligent Network Traffic Control System

Abstract

Deep learning has emerged as a popular Artificial Intelligence (AI) technique to make conventional cyber physical systems become intelligent and sustainable. Recently, deep learning has been widely used in the network domain. With the aid of powerful deep neural networks, the communication network can carry out packets forwarding actions intelligently to avoid possible failure and congestion. However, with the high computing cost and process limitation in only the static network scenario, the existing deep learning based network traffic control algorithms cannot satisfy the sustainable requirement of next generation large scale dynamic network. To conquer the existing problems, a novel spatial-temporal value network aided deep learning based intelligent traffic control algorithm referred as ST-DeLTA is proposed in this paper. In ST-DeLTA, the value matrix and spatial temporal training model (ST model) are employed to intelligently extract the spatial as well as temporal features of traffic patterns and make adaptive packets forwarding decision in large scale and dynamic networks. The mathematical analysis gives the computing cost reduction of our proposal, and the computer simulation demonstrates that our proposal has significantly better training and network performance compared with traditional algorithms in terms of training accuracy, transmission throughput, and average packets loss rate.