Abstract

Mobile application (simply “app”) identification at a per-flow granularity is vital for traffic engineering, network management, and security practices. However, uncertainty is caused by a growing ...

Highlights

  • In the era of mobile edge computing and the Internet of Things (IoT), the mobile platform is becoming the gateway to the IoT

  • For an encrypted network flow whose server-side Internet Protocol (IP) address is resolved by Domain Name System (DNS) lookups, the correlated traffic is defined as the DNS lookup flows generated by the same app

  • Because our research mainly focuses on encrypted network traffic, the flow contents are not considered in Definition 4

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In the era of mobile edge computing and the Internet of Things (IoT), the mobile platform is becoming the gateway to the IoT. The sensors and numerous wireless radios installed on mobile devices help us seamlessly communicate with various other IoT devices. The IoT devices can further be conveniently controlled by mobile apps. Home app provided in the Google Play Store enables users to connect with various Samsung home appliances, including refrigerators, washers, air conditioners, and more through mobile phones.[1] almost all new IoT products come with smartphone apps to control them.[2] Today, these feature-rich mobile apps are the center of the IoT world.[3]

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