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Mahjong: A Generic Framework for Network Data Plane Verification

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ANCS '21: Proceedings of the Symposium on Architectures for Networking and Communications Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3493425.3502755

Published: 18 January 2022 Publication History

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Existing network data plane verification approaches check network correctness with various models and algorithms. With respect to a specific scenario, it is hard to judge which network model provides sufficient functionality and suitable performance, because existing verification approaches are implemented with different languages and evaluated against different datasets on different hardware platforms in their papers. A network operator usually has to try out a number of complex verification approaches to find the best one for her/his network and intents. Mahjong has a modular system architecture, a unified input format, and three classic verification tools built-in. Leveraging its well-defined partition interfaces and straight-forward configuration file, not only existing approaches can be refactored and merged into Mahjong, new approaches can also be introduced and evaluated with ease.

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Angi ASacco AEsposito FMarchetto GClemm A(2022)NLP4: An Architecture for Intent-Driven Data Plane Programmability2022 IEEE 8th International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft)10.1109/NetSoft54395.2022.9844035(25-30)Online publication date: 27-Jun-2022
https://doi.org/10.1109/NetSoft54395.2022.9844035

Index Terms

Mahjong: A Generic Framework for Network Data Plane Verification
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Modeling and simulation
    1. Model development and analysis
      1. Modeling methodologies
2. Networks
  1. Network properties
    1. Network reliability
      1. Error detection and error correction

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Angi ASacco AEsposito FMarchetto GClemm A(2022)NLP4: An Architecture for Intent-Driven Data Plane Programmability2022 IEEE 8th International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft)10.1109/NetSoft54395.2022.9844035(25-30)Online publication date: 27-Jun-2022
https://doi.org/10.1109/NetSoft54395.2022.9844035

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