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most citedRouteNet-Fermi: Network Modeling with Graph Neural Networks

115 citations · 297 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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13 papers

cs.NI2023★ 1 cited

Atom: Neural Traffic Compression with Spatio-Temporal Graph Neural Networks

Paul Almasan, Krzysztof Rusek, Shihan Xiao +4

Storing network traffic data is key to efficient network management; however, it is becoming more challenging and costly due to the ever-increasing data transmission rates, traffic…

cs.NI2023★ 2 cited

GraphCC: A Practical Graph Learning-based Approach to Congestion Control in Datacenters

Guillermo Bernárdez, José Suárez-Varela, Xiang Shi +4

Congestion Control (CC) plays a fundamental role in optimizing traffic in Data Center Networks (DCN). Currently, DCNs mainly implement two main CC protocols: DCTCP and DCQCN. Both…

cs.NI2023★ 49 cited

MAGNNETO: A Graph Neural Network-based Multi-Agent system for Traffic Engineering

Guillermo Bernárdez, José Suárez-Varela, Albert López +5

Current trends in networking propose the use of Machine Learning (ML) for a wide variety of network optimization tasks. As such, many efforts have been made to produce ML-based sol…

cs.NI2023★ 3 cited

Leveraging Spatial and Temporal Correlations for Network Traffic Compression

Paul Almasan, Krzysztof Rusek, Shihan Xiao +4

The deployment of modern network applications is increasing the network size and traffic volumes at an unprecedented pace. Storing network-related information (e.g., traffic traces…

cs.NI2022★ 115 cited

RouteNet-Fermi: Network Modeling with Graph Neural Networks

Miquel Ferriol-Galmés, Jordi Paillisse, José Suárez-Varela +6

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 complex…

cs.NI2022★ 6 cited

Network Digital Twin: Context, Enabling Technologies and Opportunities

Paul Almasan, Miquel Ferriol-Galmés, Jordi Paillisse +13

The proliferation of emergent network applications (e.g., telesurgery, metaverse) is increasing the difficulty of managing modern communication networks. These applications entail…

cs.NI2022★ 11 cited

RouteNet-Erlang: A Graph Neural Network for Network Performance Evaluation

Miquel Ferriol-Galmés, Krzysztof Rusek, José Suárez-Varela +4

Network modeling is a fundamental tool in network research, design, and operation. Arguably the most popular method for modeling is Queuing Theory (QT). Its main limitation is that…

cs.NI2022★ 2 cited

Accelerating Deep Reinforcement Learning for Digital Twin Network Optimization with Evolutionary Strategies

Carlos Güemes-Palau, Paul Almasan, Shihan Xiao +4

The recent growth of emergent network applications (e.g., satellite networks, vehicular networks) is increasing the complexity of managing modern communication networks. As a resul…

cs.NI2022★ 59 cited

Digital Twin Network: Opportunities and Challenges

Paul Almasan, Miquel Ferriol-Galmés, Jordi Paillisse +13

The proliferation of emergent network applications (e.g., AR/VR, telesurgery, real-time communications) is increasing the difficulty of managing modern communication networks. Thes…

cs.NI2021★ 16 cited

Graph Neural Networks for Communication Networks: Context, Use Cases and Opportunities

José Suárez-Varela, Paul Almasan, Miquel Ferriol-Galmés +8

Graph neural networks (GNN) have shown outstanding applications in many fields where data is fundamentally represented as graphs (e.g., chemistry, biology, recommendation systems).…

cs.LG2021

Physics Constrained Flow Neural Network for Short-Timescale Predictions in Data Communications Networks

Xiangle Cheng, James He, Shihan Xiao +4

Machine learning is gaining growing momentum in various recent models for the dynamic analysis of information flows in data communications networks. These preliminary models often…

cs.NI2021

Is Machine Learning Ready for Traffic Engineering Optimization?

Guillermo Bernárdez, José Suárez-Varela, Albert López +5

Traffic Engineering (TE) is a basic building block of the Internet. In this paper, we analyze whether modern Machine Learning (ML) methods are ready to be used for TE optimization.…

cs.NI2021★ 33 cited

ENERO: Efficient Real-Time WAN Routing Optimization with Deep Reinforcement Learning

Paul Almasan, Shihan Xiao, Xiangle Cheng +3

Wide Area Networks (WAN) are a key infrastructure in today's society. During the last years, WANs have seen a considerable increase in network's traffic and network applications, i…