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We introduce weighted NetKAT, a domain-specific language for modeling and verifying quantitative network properties. The language is parametric on a semiring, enabling the treatment of a wide range of quantities in a uniform way. We provide…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2026-04-16 Emmanuel Suárez Acevedo , Tiago Ferreira , Kevin Batz , Oliver Bøving , Nate Foster , Alexandra Silva

We develop StacKAT, a network verification language featuring loops, finite state variables, nondeterminism, and - most importantly - access to a stack with accompanying push and pop operations. By viewing the variables and stack as the…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2025-06-17 Jules Jacobs , Nate Foster , Tobias Kappé , Dexter Kozen , Lily Saada , Alexandra Silva , Jana Wagemaker

This paper presents McNetKAT, a scalable tool for verifying probabilistic network programs. McNetKAT is based on a new semantics for the guarded and history-free fragment of Probabilistic NetKAT in terms of finite-state, absorbing Markov…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2019-04-18 Steffen Smolka , Praveen Kumar , David M Kahn , Nate Foster , Justin Hsu , Dexter Kozen , Alexandra Silva

We introduce a formal language for specifying dynamic updates for Software Defined Networks. Our language builds upon Network Kleene Algebra with Tests (NetKAT) and adds constructs for synchronisations and multi-packet behaviour to capture…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-05-25 Georgiana Caltais , Hossein Hojjat , Mohammad Mousavi , Hunkar Can Tunc

One of the most recent architectures of networks is Software-Defined Networks (SDNs) using a con- troller appliance to control the set of switches on the network. The controlling process includes installing or uninstalling packet-processing…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2014-04-01 Mohamed A. El-Zawawy , Adel I. AlSalem

We tackle the problem of deciding whether two probabilistic programs are equivalent in Probabilistic NetKAT, a formal language for specifying and reasoning about the behavior of packet-switched networks. We show that the problem is…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2018-03-28 Steffen Smolka , Praveen Kumar , Nate Foster , Justin Hsu , David Kahn , Dexter Kozen , Alexandra Silva

Software Defined Networking (SDN) has been recently introduced as a new communication paradigm in computer networks. By separating the control plane from the data plane and entrusting packet forwarding to straightforward switches, SDN makes…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-09-16 Marco Tiloca , Alexandra Stagkopoulou , Gianluca Dini

We present MatchKAT, an algebraic language for modeling match-action packet processing in network switches. Although the match-action paradigm has remained a popular low-level programming model for specifying packet forwarding behavior,…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-16 Xiang Long

We introduce Concurrent NetKAT (CNetKAT), an extension of NetKAT with operators for specifying and reasoning about concurrency in scenarios where multiple packets interact through state. We provide a model of the language based on…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2023-02-03 Jana Wagemaker , Nate Foster , Tobias Kappé , Dexter Kozen , Jurriaan Rot , Alexandra Silva

Software and hardware components are basic parts of modern networks. However the software compo- nent is typical sealed and function-oriented. Therefore it is very difficult to modify these components. This badly affected networking…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2014-07-09 Mohamed A. El-Zawawy , Adel I. AlSalem

This work introduces a concept of explanations with respect to the violation of safe behaviours within software defined networks (SDNs) expressible in NetKAT. The latter is a network programming language that is based on a well-studied…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2019-09-05 Georgiana Caltais

Software Defined Networking (SDN) offers flexibility to program a network based on a set of network requirements. Programming the networks using SDN is not completely straightforward because a programmer must deal with low level details. To…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-07-09 Douglas Comer , Adib Rastegarnia

Software Defined Networking (SDN) drastically changes the meaning and process of designing, building, testing, and operating networks. The current support for wireless net- working in SDN technologies has lagged behind its development and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-09-17 Muxi Yan , Jasson Casey , Prithviraj Shome , Alex Sprintson , Andrew Sutton

We propose Weighted Guarded Kleene Algebra with Tests (wGKAT), an uninterpreted weighted programming language equipped with branching, conditionals, and loops. We provide an operational semantics for wGKAT using a variant of weighted…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-04-30 Spencer Van Koevering , Wojciech Różowski , Alexandra Silva

This work introduces a concept of explanations with respect to the violation of safe behaviours within software defined networks (SDNs) expressible in NetKAT. The latter is a network programming language based on a well-studied mathematical…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-25 Georgiana Caltais , Hunkar Can Tunc

NetKAT is a domain-specific programming language and logic that has been successfully used to specify and verify the behavior of packet-switched networks. This paper develops techniques for automatically learning NetKAT models of unknown…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2025-05-26 Mark Moeller , Tiago Ferreira , Thomas Lu , Nate Foster , Alexandra Silva

Early programming languages for software-defined networking (SDN) were built on top of the simple match-action paradigm offered by OpenFlow 1.0. However, emerging hardware and software switches offer much more sophisticated support for…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-07-06 Mina Tahmasbi Arashloo , Yaron Koral , Michael Greenberg , Jennifer Rexford , David Walker

Software Defined Networking (SDN) has become a new paradigm in computer networking, introducing a decoupled architecture that separates the network into the data plane and the control plane. The control plane acts as the centralized brain,…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-01 Georgiana Caltais , Mahboobeh Zangiabady , Ervin Zvirbulis

The evolution of software defined networking (SDN) has played a significant role in the development of next-generation networks (NGN). SDN as a programmable network having service provisioning on the fly has induced a keen interest both in…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-01-29 Sanjeev Singh , Rakesh Kumar Jha

Software defined networking (SDN) represents a transformative shift in network architecture by decoupling the control plane from the data plane, enabling centralized and flexible management of network resources. However, this architectural…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-12-10 Mohammed N. Swileh , Shengli Zhang
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