prisma-v2: Extension to Cloud Overlay Networks

Redha A. Alliche (1) , Tiago da Silva Barros (2, 3) , Ramon Aparicio-Pardo (2) , Lucile Sassatelli (4, 5, 2)

1 I3S - Laboratoire d'Informatique, Signaux, et Systèmes de Sophia Antipolis
2 Laboratoire d'Informatique, Signaux, et Systèmes de Sophia-Antipolis (I3S) / Equipe SIGNET
3 COATI - Combinatorics, Optimization and Algorithms for Telecommunications
4 UniCA - Université Côte d'Azur
5 IUF - Institut universitaire de France

In this paper, we present prisma-v2, a new release of prisma, a Packet Routing Simulator for Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning. prisma-v2 brings a new set of features. First, it allows simulating overlay network topologies, by integrating virtual links. Second, this release offers the possibility to simulate control packets, which allows to better evaluate the overhead of the network protocol. Last, we integrate the modules along with the core (ns-3) to a docker container, so that it can be run in any machine or platform. prisma-v2 is, to the best of our knowledge, the first realistic overlay network simulation playground that offers to the community the possibility to test and evaluate new network protocols.

Mots clés: ns-3; Multi-Agent; Packet Routing; Reinforcement Learning; Network Simulation; ML tool

Domaines: Réseaux et télécommunications [cs.NI]; Intelligence artificielle [cs.AI]

Redha A. Alliche, Tiago da Silva Barros, Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Lucile Sassatelli. prisma-v2: Extension to Cloud Overlay Networks. ICTON 2023 - 23rd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, Jul 2023, Bucarest, Romania. ⟨10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207272⟩. ⟨hal-04135985⟩