01236nas a2200145   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260000800043100002000051700001700071700001800088245005200106856005500158520087700213       2021                            d  bACM1 aPiotr Fröhlich1 aErol Gelenbe1 aMateusz Nowak00aReinforcement Learning and Energy-Aware Routing  uhttps://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3472735.34733903 a<p>We present an approach that uses Reinforcement Learning (RL) with the Random Neural Network (RNN) acting as an adaptive critic, to route traffic in a SDN network, so as to minimize a composite Goal function that includes both packet delay and energy consumption per packet. We directly measure the traffic dependent energy consumption characeristics of the hardware that we use (including energy expended per packet) so as to parametrize the Goal function. The RL based algorithm with the RNN is implemented in a SDN controller that manages a multi-hop network which assigns service requests to specific servers so as to minimize the desired Goal. The overall system’s performance is evaluated through experimental measurements of packet delay and energy consumption under different traffic load values, demonstrating the effectiveness of the proposed approach.</p>