GeNet: A Multimodal LLM-Based Co-Pilot for Network Topology and Configuration
<|reference_start|>GeNet: A Multimodal LLM-Based Co-Pilot for Network Topology and Configuration: Communication network engineering in enterprise environments is traditionally a complex, time-consuming, and error-prone manual process. Most research on network engineering automation has concentrated on configuration synthesis, often overlooking changes in the physical network topology. This paper introduces GeNet, a multimodal co-pilot for enterprise network engineers. GeNet is a novel framework that leverages a large language model (LLM) to streamline network design workflows. It uses visual and textual modalities to interpret and update network topologies and device configurations based on user intents. GeNet was evaluated on enterprise network scenarios adapted from Cisco certification exercises. Our results demonstrate GeNet's ability to interpret network topology images accurately, potentially reducing network engineers' efforts and accelerating network design processes in enterprise environments. Furthermore, we show the importance of precise topology understanding when handling intents that require modifications to the network's topology.<|reference_end|>
@article{ifland2024genet:,
    title={GeNet: A Multimodal LLM-Based Co-Pilot for Network Topology and
  Configuration},
    author={Beni Ifland, Elad Duani, Rubin Krief, Miro Ohana, Aviram Zilberman,
  Andres Murillo, Ofir Manor, Ortal Lavi, Hikichi Kenji, Asaf Shabtai, Yuval
  Elovici, Rami Puzis},
    journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.08249},
    year={2024},
    archivePrefix={arXiv},
    eprint={2407.08249},
    primaryClass={cs.NI cs.AI}
}