Extending the NetPDL Language to Support Traffic Classification

Author

Risso, Fulvio ; Baldini, Andrea ; Bonomi, Flavio

Author_Institution

Politecnico di Torino, Turin

fYear

2007

fDate

26-30 Nov. 2007

Firstpage

22

Lastpage

27

Abstract

Despite the importance of traffic classification in modern networks, the number of languages tailored to this task is extremely limited. These languages can be valuable, because they allow the update of an application (e.g. firewall) in terms of supported protocols by simply updating its protocol description database, instead of recompiling the application from scratch. This paper presents a set of extensions to the Network Protocol Description Language (NetPDL) allowing support of traffic classification from data-link to application-layer protocols. A set of preliminary experimental results obtained with these new extensions is presented as well.

Keywords

computer networks; database management systems; pattern classification; protocols; telecommunication computing; telecommunication traffic; NetPDL language; data-link-application-layer protocols; network protocol description language; network traffic classification; protocol description database; Application software; Bandwidth; Communication system traffic control; Companies; Databases; Peer to peer computing; Protocols; Telecommunication traffic; Testing; Web and internet services;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 2007. GLOBECOM '07. IEEE

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1042-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1043-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.2007.12

Filename

4410922