Presentation 2019-11-21
Investigation of The Effect of Using Attribute Information in Network Traffic Prediction with Deep Learning
Yusuke Tokuyama, Yukinobu Fukushima, Yuya Tarutani, Tokumi Yokohira,
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Abstract(in English) It is crucial for network operators to predict network traffic in the future as accurate as possible for appropriate resource provisioning and traffic engineering. In conventional studies, recurrent neural network (RNN) methods are considered to be the most promising prediction methods because of their high prediction accuracy. RNN methods use only time series of traffic volume as input, and do not use any attribute information (e.g., timestamp and day of the week) of the time series data. However, traffic volume changes depending on both time and day of the week. Therefore, it is possible that we can further improve the prediction accuracy of the RNN methods by using the attribute information as input, in addition to the time series of traffic volume. In this paper, we investigate the effect of using the attribute information on prediction accuracy in network traffic prediction using RNN methods. Experimental results show that both timestamp and day of the week information are effective for improving the prediction accuracy, especially day of the week information significantly improves the prediction accuracy.
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Keyword(in English) Network Traffic Prediction / Deep Learning / Recurrent Neural Network
Paper # NS2019-122
Date of Issue 2019-11-14 (NS)

Conference Information
Committee NS / ICM / CQ
Conference Date 2019/11/21(2days)
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Place (in English) Rokkodai 2nd Campus, Kobe Univ.
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Topics (in English) Network quality, Network measurement/management, Network virtualization, Network service, Blockchain, Security, Network intelligence, etc.
Chair Yoshikatsu Okazaki(NTT) / Kiyohito Yoshihara(KDDI Research) / Hideyuki Shimonishi(NEC)
Vice Chair Akihiro Nakao(Univ. of Tokyo) / Takumi Miyoshi(Shibaura Inst. of Tech.) / Yoichi Sato(NEC) / Jun Okamoto(NTT) / Takefumi Hiraguri(Nippon Inst. of Tech.)
Secretary Akihiro Nakao(Osaka Pref Univ.) / Takumi Miyoshi(NTT) / Yoichi Sato(NTT) / Jun Okamoto(NTT) / Takefumi Hiraguri(Nippon Inst. of Tech.)
Assistant Shinya Kawano(NTT) / Hiroki Nakayama(Bosco) / Chikara Sasaki(KDDI Research) / Yoshiaki Nishikawa(NEC) / Takuto Kimura(NTT)

Paper Information
Registration To Technical Committee on Network Systems / Technical Committee on Information and Communication Management / Technical Committee on Communication Quality
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Investigation of The Effect of Using Attribute Information in Network Traffic Prediction with Deep Learning
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Network Traffic Prediction
Keyword(2) Deep Learning
Keyword(3) Recurrent Neural Network
1st Author's Name Yusuke Tokuyama
1st Author's Affiliation Okayama University(Okayama Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Yukinobu Fukushima
2nd Author's Affiliation Okayama University(Okayama Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Yuya Tarutani
3rd Author's Affiliation Okayama University(Okayama Univ.)
4th Author's Name Tokumi Yokohira
4th Author's Affiliation Okayama University(Okayama Univ.)
Date 2019-11-21
Paper # NS2019-122
Volume (vol) vol.119
Number (no) NS-297
Page pp.pp.13-18(NS),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2019-11-14 (NS)