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The increasing deployment of small Uncrewed Aerial Systems (sUAS) in diverse and often safety-critical environments demands rigorous validation of onboard decision logic under various conditions. In this paper, we present SaFUZZ, a…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-01-12 Theodore Chambers , Arturo Miguel Russell Bernal , Michael Vierhauser , Jane Cleland-Huang

Destination IP prefix-based routing protocols are core to Internet routing today. Internet autonomous systems (AS) possess fixed IP prefixes, while packets carry the intended destination AS's prefix in their headers, in clear text. As a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-04-06 Lu Yu , Qing Wang , Geddings Barrineau , Jon Oakley , Richard R. Brooks , Kuang-Ching Wang

We consider a distributed Software Defined Networking (SDN) architecture adopting a cluster of multiple controllers to improve network performance and reliability. Besides the Openflow control traffic exchanged between controllers and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-12-09 Tianzhu Zhang , Andrea Bianco , Samuele De Domenico , Paolo Giaccone

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) allows to control the available network resources by an intelligent and centralized authority in order to optimize traffic flows in a flexible manner. However, centralized control may face scalability…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-08-29 Benjamin J. van Asten , Niels L. M. van Adrichem , Fernando A. Kuipers

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is a novel architectural model for cloud network infrastructure, improving resource utilization, scalability and administration. SDN deployments increasingly rely on virtual switches executing on commodity…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-02-15 Nicolae Paladi , Christian Gehrmann

Software Defined Network (SDN) is an emerging network paradigm which provides a centralized view of the network by decoupling the network control plane from the data plane. This strategy of maintaining a global view of the network optimizes…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-05-14 Abha Kumari , Ashok Singh Sairam

Software defined networking implements the network control plane in an external entity, rather than in each individual device as in conventional networks. This architectural difference implies a different design for control functions…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-12-07 AbdelRahman Abdou , Paul C. van Oorschot , Tao Wan

Software Defined Networking (SDN) is a new networking architecture which aims to provide better decoupling between network control (control plane) and data forwarding functionalities (data plane). This separation introduces several…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-02-10 Moreno Ambrosin , Mauro Conti , Fabio De Gaspari , Radha Poovendran

Software-defined networking (SDN) provides an agile and programmable way to optimize radio access networks via a control-data plane separation. Nevertheless, reaping the benefits of wireless SDN hinges on making optimal use of the limited…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-10-31 Chen-Feng Liu , Sumudu Samarakoon , Mehdi Bennis , H. Vincent Poor

In the last few years, the emerging network architecture paradigm of Software-Defined Networking (SDN), has become one of the most important technology to manage large scale networks such as Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs). Recently,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-06-20 Ahmed Alioua , Sidi-Mohammed Senouci , Samira Moussaoui

Smart contract (SC) fuzzing is a critical technique for detecting vulnerabilities in blockchain applications. However, its adoption remains challenging for practitioners due to fundamental differences between SCs and traditional software…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-06-10 Guanming Qiao , Partha Protim Paul

Fuzzing is a widely used technique for detecting vulnerabilities in smart contracts, which generates transaction sequences to explore the execution paths of smart contracts. However, existing fuzzers are falling short in detecting…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Jie Chen , Liangmin Wang

In software-defined networks (SDN), a controller program is in charge of deploying diverse network functionality across a large number of switches, but this comes at a great risk: deploying buggy controller code could result in network and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-07-21 Vasileios Klimis , George Parisis , Bernhard Reus

Software Defined Networks has seen tremendous growth and deployment in different types of networks. Compared to traditional networks it decouples the control logic from network layer devices, and centralizes it for efficient traffic…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-02-22 Zohaib Latif , Kashif Sharif , Fan Li , Md Monjurul Karim , Yu Wang

Smart grids are replacing conventional power grids due to rising electricity use, failing infrastructure, and reliability problems. Two-way communication, demand-side administration, and real-time pricing make smart grids (SGs) dependent on…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-28 Dennis Agnew , Sharon Boamah , Janise McNair

Security vulnerabilities play a vital role in network security system. Fuzzing technology is widely used as a vulnerability discovery technology to reduce damage in advance. However, traditional fuzzing techniques have many challenges, such…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-08-20 Yan Wang , Peng Jia , Luping Liu , Jiayong Liu

Software-defined systems revolutionized the management of hardware devices but introduced quality assurance challenges that remain to be tackled. For example, software defined networks (SDNs) became a key technology for the prompt…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-11-15 Jahanzaib Malik , Fabrizio Pastore

Small cells are a cost-effective way to reliably expand network coverage and provide significantly increased capacity for end users. The ultra-high bandwidth available at millimeter (mmWave) and Terahertz (THz) frequencies can effectively…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-05-12 Angela Sara Cacciapuoti , Ramanathan Subramanian , Kaushik Roy Chowdhury , Marcello Caleffi

Its constant technological evolution characterizes the contemporary world, and every day the processes, once manual, become computerized. Data are stored in the cyberspace, and as a consequence, one must increase the concern with the…

Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) are a vital part of a network-connected device. In this paper, we develop a deep learning based intrusion detection system that is deployed in a distributed setup across devices connected to a network. Our…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-08-13 Abu Shafin Mohammad Mahdee Jameel , Shreya Ghosh , Aly El Gamal