# VIVoNet: Visually-represented, Intent-based, Voice-assisted Networking

## TL;DR

VIVoNet introduces a voice-assisted intent-based networking system that simplifies network management by enabling administrators to control and diagnose networks through voice commands and real-time visualizations, leveraging SDN technology.

## Contribution

The paper presents a novel voice-assisted intent-based networking system that abstracts network complexity and enhances management through voice commands and interactive visualization.

## Key findings

- Enables network configuration via voice commands.
- Provides real-time topology visualization with intent highlights.
- Simplifies network management compared to traditional methods.

## Abstract

Networks have become considerably large, complex and dynamic. The configuration, operation, monitoring, and troubleshooting of networks is a cumbersome and time-consuming task for the network administrators as they must deal with the physical layer, underlying protocols, addressing systems, control rules, and many other low-level details. This research paper proposes an Intent-based networking system (IBNS) coupled with voice-assistance that can abstract the underlying network infrastructure and allow administrators to alter its behavior by expressing intents via voice commands. The system also displays the real-time network topology along with the highlighted intents on an interactive web application that can be used for network diagnostics. Compared to traditional networks, the concepts of software-defined networking (SDN) make it easier to integrate a voice assistant that allows configuring the network based on intents.

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/1904.03228