The Greatest Teacher, Failure is: Using Reinforcement Learning for SFC Placement Based on Availability and Energy Consumption

no code implementations • 12 Oct 2020 • Guto Leoni Santos, Theo Lynn, Judith Kelner, Patricia Takako Endo

Software defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualisation (NFV) are making networks programmable and consequently much more flexible and agile.

Reinforcement Learning (RL)

Using Reinforcement Learning to Allocate and Manage Service Function Chains in Cellular Networks

no code implementations • 12 Jun 2020 • Guto Leoni Santos, Patricia Takako Endo

We use the Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) algorithm to implement the agent and preliminary results show that the agent is able to allocate the SFC and manage the VNFs, reducing the number of lost packets.

Management reinforcement-learning +1