Journal's Facebook pageDeep RNN-Based Network Traffic Classification Scheme in Edge Computing System
- Department of Artificial Intelligence Convergence Education, Korea National University of Education
Cheongju 28173, South Korea
kimkh@knue.ac.kr - Department of Software, Gachon University
Seongnam 13120, South Korea
j17.lee@gachon.ac.kr - Interdisciplinary Program in Creative Engineering, Korea University of Technology and Education
Cheonan 31253, South Korea
glenn89@koreatech.ac.kr - Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
Daejeon 34129, South Korea
sewonoh@etri.re.kr - Future Convergence Engineering, Korea University of Technology and Education, Cheonan
31253, South Korea
yhhan@koreatech.ac.kr
Abstract
This paper proposes a deep recurrent neural network (RNN)-based traffic classification scheme (deep RNN-TCS) for classifying applications from traffic patterns in a hybrid edge computing and cloud computing architecture. We can also classify traffic from a cloud server, but there will be a time delay when packets transfer to the server. Therefore, the traffic classification is possible almost in realtime when it performed on edge computing nodes. However, training takes a lot of time and needs a lot of computing resources to learn traffic patterns. Therefore, it is efficient to perform training on cloud server and to perform serving on edge computing node. Here, a cloud server collects and stores output labels corresponding to the application packets. Then, it trains those data and generates inferred functions. An edge computation node receives the inferred functions and executes classification. Compared to deep packet inspection (DPI), which requires the periodic verification of existing signatures and updated application information (e.g., versions adding new features), the proposed scheme can classify the applications in an automated manner. Also, deep learning can automatically make classifiers for traffic classification when there is enough data. Specifically, input features and output labels are defined for classification as traffic packets and target applications, respecively, which are created as two-dimensional images. As our training data, traffic packets measured at Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Barcelonatech were utilized. Accordingly, the proposed deep RNN-TCS is implemented using a deep long short-term memory system. Through extensive simulation-based experiments, it is verified that the proposed deep RNN-TCS achieves almost 5% improvement in accuracy (96% accuracy) while operating 500 times faster (elapsed time) compared to the conventional scheme.
Key words
RNN, Traffic Classification, Edge Computing, Cloud Computing
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.2298/CSIS200424038K
Publication information
Volume 19, Issue 1 (January 2022)
Year of Publication: 2022
ISSN: 2406-1018 (Online)
Publisher: ComSIS Consortium
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Kim, K., Lee, J., Lim, H., Oh, S. W., Han, Y.: Deep RNN-Based Network Traffic Classification Scheme in Edge Computing System. Computer Science and Information Systems, Vol. 19, No. 1, 165-184. (2022), https://doi.org/10.2298/CSIS200424038K
