A Novel Method for Improved Network Traffic Prediction Using Enhanced Deep Reinforcement Learning Algorithm

Network data traffic is increasing with expanded networks for various applications, with text, image, audio, and video for inevitable needs. Network traffic pattern identification and analysis of traffic of data content are essential for different needs and different scenarios. Many approaches have been followed, both before and after the introduction of machine and deep learning algorithms as intelligence computation. The network traffic analysis is the process of incarcerating traffic of a network and observing it deeply to predict what the manifestation in traffic of the network is. To enhance the quality of service (QoS) of a network, it is important to estimate the network traffic and analyze its accuracy and precision, as well as the false positive and negative rates, with suitable algorithms. This proposed work is coining a new method using an enhanced deep reinforcement learning (EDRL) algorithm to improve network traffic analysis and prediction. The importance of this proposed work is to contribute towards intelligence-based network traffic prediction and solve network management issues. An experiment was carried out to check the accuracy and precision, as well as the false positive and negative parameters with EDRL. Also, convolutional neural network (CNN) machines and deep learning algorithms have been used to predict the different types of network traffic, which are labeled text-based, video-based, and unencrypted and encrypted data traffic. The EDRL algorithm has outperformed with mean Accuracy (97.20%), mean Precision (97.343%), mean false positive (2.657%) and mean false negative (2.527%) than the CNN algorithm.

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Network traffic pattern identification and analysis are crucial for meeting different needs. This study introduces a new method based on an enhanced deep reinforcement learning algorithm to improve the accuracy and precision of network traffic analysis and prediction. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm outperforms traditional convolutional neural network algorithms in terms of false positive and negative rates.