QoS-aware traffic classification architecture using machine learning and deep packet inspection in SDNs

Abstract

The QoS-aware traffic classification techniques of SDN networks is the basis for network to provide fine-grained QoS traffic engineering. In this paper, we propose an architecture which combines deep packet detection and semi-supervised machine learning of multi-classifier in SDN. This architecture can classify flows into different QoS categories. Based on this, network can achieve fine-grained adaptive QoS traffic engineering. Moreover, through deep packet detection techniques, network can maintain a dynamic flow database. Classifier can adapt to the rapid emergence of network application and fickle traffic characteristics of current network by periodically re-training with the dynamic flow database. Experiments verify that our classification framework can achieve good classification accuracy.