A Network Traffic Prediction Model Based on Layered Training Graph Convolutional Network

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Title: A Network Traffic Prediction Model Based on Layered Training Graph Convolutional Network
Authors: Yulian Li, Yang Su
Source: IEEE Access, Vol 13, Pp 24398-24410 (2025)
Publisher Information: IEEE, 2025.
Publication Year: 2025
Collection: LCC:Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
Subject Terms: Gated recurrent unit, graph convolutional network, space-correlated features, time-correlated features, traffic prediction, Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering, TK1-9971
More Details: Routing deployment and resource scheduling in communication networks require accurate traffic prediction. Neural network-based models that extract the time-correlated or space-correlated features of traffic flow have been developed for traffic prediction. The conventional model that extracts space-correlated features of traffic flow have the problem of high computational complexity and long training time which limits the model’s application on rapid routing deployment. This paper therefore proposes a layered training graph convolutional network (LT-GCN) to decrease the training time greatly with the nearly same prediction accuracy as graph convolutional network (GCN). Instead of training on parameters in all hidden layers simultaneously, LT-GCN develops a new layer-by-layer training pattern for multiple hidden layers to degrade the computational complexity in training process. LT-GCN is then further integrated with gated recurrent unit (GRU) that is called LTGG model to achieve the joint extraction of time-correlated and space-correlated features of traffic flow for more accurate prediction. Experimental results demonstrate that LT-GCN outperforms the classical GCN model on training time and LTGG exhibits greater performance than other benchmark models on prediction accuracy.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2169-3536
Relation: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10870254/; https://doaj.org/toc/2169-3536
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3538265
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/0ebe8b1ba17244c3ae043903c62a224f
Accession Number: edsdoj.0ebe8b1ba17244c3ae043903c62a224f
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:21693536
DOI:10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3538265
Published in:IEEE Access
Language:English