Ciena Corporation
Safeguarding Artificial Intelligence-based network control

Abstract:

An Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based network control system includes an AI system configured to obtain data from a network having a plurality of network elements and to determine actions for network control through one or more Machine Learning (ML) algorithms; a controller configured to cause the actions in the network; and a safeguard module between the AI system and the controller, wherein the safeguard module is configured to one of allow, block, and modify the actions from the AI system.