---
_id: '29220'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "Modern services often comprise several components, such as chained virtual
    network functions, microservices, or\r\nmachine learning functions. Providing
    such services requires to decide how often to instantiate each component, where
    to place these instances in the network, how to chain them and route traffic through
    them. \r\nTo overcome limitations of conventional, hardwired heuristics, deep
    reinforcement learning (DRL) approaches for self-learning network and service
    management have emerged recently. These model-free DRL approaches are more flexible
    but typically learn tabula rasa, i.e., disregard existing understanding of networks,
    services, and their coordination. \r\n\r\nInstead, we propose FutureCoord, a novel
    model-based AI approach that leverages existing understanding of networks and
    services for more efficient and effective coordination without time-intensive
    training. FutureCoord combines Monte Carlo Tree Search with a stochastic traffic
    model. This allows FutureCoord to estimate the impact of future incoming traffic
    and effectively optimize long-term effects, taking fluctuating demand and Quality
    of Service (QoS) requirements into account. Our extensive evaluation based on
    real-world network topologies, services, and traffic traces indicates that FutureCoord
    clearly outperforms state-of-the-art model-free and model-based approaches with
    up to 51% higher flow success ratios."
author:
- first_name: Stefan
  full_name: Werner, Stefan
  last_name: Werner
- first_name: Stefan Balthasar
  full_name: Schneider, Stefan Balthasar
  id: '35343'
  last_name: Schneider
  orcid: 0000-0001-8210-4011
- first_name: Holger
  full_name: Karl, Holger
  id: '126'
  last_name: Karl
citation:
  ama: 'Werner S, Schneider SB, Karl H. Use What You Know: Network and Service Coordination
    Beyond Certainty. In: <i>IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium
    (NOMS)</i>. IEEE; 2022.'
  apa: 'Werner, S., Schneider, S. B., &#38; Karl, H. (2022). Use What You Know: Network
    and Service Coordination Beyond Certainty. <i>IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and
    Management Symposium (NOMS)</i>. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium
    (NOMS), Budapest.'
  bibtex: '@inproceedings{Werner_Schneider_Karl_2022, title={Use What You Know: Network
    and Service Coordination Beyond Certainty}, booktitle={IEEE/IFIP Network Operations
    and Management Symposium (NOMS)}, publisher={IEEE}, author={Werner, Stefan and
    Schneider, Stefan Balthasar and Karl, Holger}, year={2022} }'
  chicago: 'Werner, Stefan, Stefan Balthasar Schneider, and Holger Karl. “Use What
    You Know: Network and Service Coordination Beyond Certainty.” In <i>IEEE/IFIP
    Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS)</i>. IEEE, 2022.'
  ieee: 'S. Werner, S. B. Schneider, and H. Karl, “Use What You Know: Network and
    Service Coordination Beyond Certainty,” presented at the IEEE/IFIP Network Operations
    and Management Symposium (NOMS), Budapest, 2022.'
  mla: 'Werner, Stefan, et al. “Use What You Know: Network and Service Coordination
    Beyond Certainty.” <i>IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS)</i>,
    IEEE, 2022.'
  short: 'S. Werner, S.B. Schneider, H. Karl, in: IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and
    Management Symposium (NOMS), IEEE, 2022.'
conference:
  end_date: 2022-04-29
  location: Budapest
  name: IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS)
  start_date: 2022-04-25
date_created: 2022-01-11T08:43:26Z
date_updated: 2022-01-11T08:44:04Z
ddc:
- '004'
department:
- _id: '75'
file:
- access_level: open_access
  content_type: application/pdf
  creator: stschn
  date_created: 2022-01-11T08:39:57Z
  date_updated: 2022-01-11T08:39:57Z
  file_id: '29222'
  file_name: author_version.pdf
  file_size: 528653
  relation: main_file
file_date_updated: 2022-01-11T08:39:57Z
has_accepted_license: '1'
keyword:
- network management
- service management
- AI
- Monte Carlo Tree Search
- model-based
- QoS
language:
- iso: eng
oa: '1'
project:
- _id: '1'
  name: 'SFB 901: SFB 901'
- _id: '4'
  name: 'SFB 901 - C: SFB 901 - Project Area C'
- _id: '16'
  name: 'SFB 901 - C4: SFB 901 - Subproject C4'
publication: IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS)
publisher: IEEE
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: 'Use What You Know: Network and Service Coordination Beyond Certainty'
type: conference
user_id: '35343'
year: '2022'
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