Expert System for Traffic Detection in Distributed Networks

Distributed networking is a very common term in computer science and most scientific and industrial computing applications. One of the main research goals in designing distributed networks is to determine the best way to maintain the relative stability of the global network. This leads to the investigation of events that affect performance, such as network traffic that occurs whenever resource demands exceed available capacity. When the traffic is left uncontrolled, the performance of the entire system decreases due to severe delays and lost packets. Any further reduction in the performance may lead to a complete shutdown of the network. Therefore, traffic control is required to maintain an acceptable level of network performance. This article examines the possibility of influencing and modifying the unresponsive behavior of UDP or comparable protocols by utilizing an expert system. This can be accomplished by sensing the state of the network and then changing the nature of UDP or non-TCP flows to prevent traffic. The evaluation of this work was based on a case study, which showed that such a system is essential for improving the stability and performance of distributed networks.