ns3-ai-and-rltcp

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. NS3-AI Overview
   • 2.1 What is NS3-AI?
   • 2.2 Features
3. RL-TCP Example
   • 3.1 Overview
   • 3.2 How it Works
4. Setup
   • 4.1 Prerequisites
   • 4.2 Installation
5. Running the Example
6. Results and Analysis
7. Conclusion
8. References

Introduction

Network simulators are a significant tool in network programming. They allow researchers to observe complex/dynamic network environments and experiment with new protocols and algorithms.

One highly cited and credible network simulator is ns-3.

With the development of recent machine learning and AI (artificial intelligent) techniques, researchers have started to apply machine learning in network programming.

As such, ns3-ai was created and has been used in recent studies to apply techniques like reinforcement learning to network programming.

In an effort to shed light on how ns3 and ns3-ai works, we've created this tutorial to bettr understand (and hopefully save some time) in anyone's pursuit to utilize ns3-ai in their own research.

We'll explain ns3-ai, walkthrough the installation process, and run the rl-tcp example while explaining the results.

ns3-ai-overview