  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.
