Network Related Services Research Articles

Intrusion detection in cyber-physical systems using a generic and domain specific deep autoencoder model

The rapid growth of network-related services in the last decade has produced a huge amount of sensitive data on the internet. But networks are very much prone to intrusions where unauthorized users attempt to access sensitive information and even disrupt the system. Building a competent network intrusion detection system (IDS) is necessary to prevent such attacks. IDSs generally use machine learning algorithms for classifying the attacks. But the features used for classification are not always suitable or sufficient. Besides, the number of intrusions is much less than the number of non-intrusions. Hence naive approaches may fail to provide acceptable performance due to this class imbalance. To counter this problem, in this paper, we propose a model that extracts useful features from the given features and then uses a deep learning algorithm to classify the intrusions. It is to be noted that underlying data points cannot be thought of as sampled from the same distribution, rather from two different distributions - one generic to all network intrusions, and the other specific to the domain. Keeping this fact in mind, we propose a unique Generic-Specific autoencoder architecture where the generic one learns the features that are common across all forms of network intrusions, and the specific ones learn features that are pertaining only to that domain. The model has been evaluated on the CICIDS2017 dataset, which is the largest dataset of this type available online, and we have set new benchmark results on this dataset. Source code of this work is available at: https://github.com/SoumyadeepThakur/Intrusion-AE

Statelet-Based Efficient and Seamless NFV State Transfer

Network functions virtualization (NFV) environments can provide increased elasticity and flexibility for operators, as network-related services can be scaled and moved as needed. Such operations require a seamless transfer of state to provide a service without interruption or performance degradation. In this paper, we propose and analyze a novel approach for efficient and seamless NFV state transfers. Our approach is based on the concept of statelets, which are compact representations of information in incoming packets that change the state of a virtualized network function. We present and describe slim migration (SliM), a system for efficient NFV state transfers using a statelet interface that we have implemented as an add-on to the data plane development kit, a high-performance packet I/O library. We have evaluated SliM in a testbed and present results that show its benefits in terms of lower delays and lower packet-loss rates. Moreover, our analysis and evaluation results show that SliM offers three times as much shared link capacity to the dataplane as previous approaches, while reducing the duration of a state transfer to one-third of their time.

Design and Implementation of Intelligent Network Configuration Tool

Objectives: Manage the network related services to reduce the man power to meet business requirements in a competitive environment. Methods: A combination of hardware and software system is developed using System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) to administer any active individual components of a network using TC/IP protocol and Telnet 25 as application layer 11 . The system has advantage over the existing conventional methods to manage the network components without physical accessing the individual component or components in bulk. Findings: The tool presented in this study can be considered as the core of future network management system and can be integrated with other in house developed systems. The system facilitates a network engineer to utilize such tool as it is compatible with any manageable network device that supports tcp/ip8and telnet session10. An engineer while sitting on his seat can manage network devises without ­physically­ accessing­ the­ devices ­contrary­ to­ the­ existing­ method­ that­ require­ configuring­ a­ device­ at­ the­ location­ of­ the­ device. The tool is customizable for adding more functionality, such as readymade buttons with pre-programmed scripts to enhance the scalability of the tool. The gui presents all of the functionalities of the system which could be invoked through different buttons such as backup etc. Application/Improvements: The system can be applied to manage the network in­ bulk­ ­remotely­ and­ improved­ the­ efficiency­ in­ network­ management­ industry.­ It­ could­ be­ further­ improved­ by­ making­ intelligent by integrating with the historical knowledge.

Design and Implementation of Intelligent Network Configuration Tool

Objectives: Manage the network related services to reduce the man power to meet business requirements in a competitive environment. Methods: A combination of hardware and software system is developed using System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) to administer any active individual components of a network using TC/IP protocol and Telnet 25 as application layer11. The system has advantage over the existing conventional methods to manage the network components without physical accessing the individual component or components in bulk. Findings: The tool presented in this study can be considered as the core of future network management system and can be integrated with other in house developed systems. The system facilitates a network engineer to utilize such tool as it is compatible with any manageable network device that supports tcp/ip8and telnet session10. An engineer while sitting on his seat can manage network devises without ­physically accessing the devices contrary to the existing method that require configuring a device at the location of the device. The tool is customizable for adding more functionality, such as readymade buttons with pre-programmed scripts to enhance the scalability of the tool. The gui presents all of the functionalities of the system which could be invoked through different buttons such as backup etc. Application/Improvements: The system can be applied to manage the network in bulk ­remotely and improved the efficiency in network management industry. It could be further improved by making intelligent by integrating with the historical knowledge.Keywords: Automation, Bandwidth, Configuration Tool, Intelligent Network, NetCat

Improved Quality and Reliability in Telecommunication Network Testing by means of a Remote Online Test System

Increasing demand for high quality and reliable operation of the telecommunication network services and its applications have been the main challenges of the telecommunication network providers in the last decade. In this paper, a remote online testing facility (Intact – Intelligent Test Automation and Configuration Tool) is introduced that proposes a solution for telecommunication network providers to meet demands and to ensure business services as well as network related services (circuit switched and packet switched) operate efficiently.
 This paper presents a particular solution of remote testing based on the automated functional “End to End” testing approach. “End to End” starts by configuring service properties, subscriber record and service logic on one hand. On the other hand several hundred call scenarios can be executed fully automatically. Moreover the call detail records written by the network elements are verified automatically too. Hence a test description and web automation language was developed which is very easy to learn. This testing approach improves test speed and quality leading to reduced risk and investment on test procedure. As a result, the proposed solution of a remote automated online test system aims to overcome higher cost, longer time to market periods and increased effort in testing.

The Division and Size of Gains from Liberalization of Service Networks

This paper emphasizes the different nature of cross border liberalization in network related services, such as telecoms, compared to liberalization in goods. In the presence of network externalities, it argues that if two disjoint country service networks involving a small and large country are connected as part of international liberalization, the per capita gain for the small country from access to a large network will be large, and the per capita gain for the large country will be small. Benefits of liberalization in network related serv ices, unlike goods, are more likely to be approximately equally divided between large and small countries than is true of trade in goods, where benefits accrue disproportionately to the small country. We also argue that non-cooperation in network related services trade may involve more extreme retaliation than suggested for trade in goods from the optimal tariff literature, so that relative to a non-cooperative outcome, gains from liberalization in network related services become larger than from liberalization in goods. An empirical implementation of global telecoms liberalization for the US, Europe, Canada, and the Rest of the World using the framework developed in the paper shows larger gains to larger regions, consistent with the theme of the paper that goods and services liberalization differ.