A Review on Traffic classification Based on Zero-Length Packets

Authors

  • Divya MG Dept. of Computer Science, Sesachala PG College, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi, India

Keywords:

Machine Learning, Software-defined networking, Network traffic classification

Abstract

A system, or information arrange, is a computerized media communications organize which enables hubs to share assets. In PC systems, registering gadgets trade information with one another utilizing associations between hubs. In this paper, we devise a novel fingerprinting method that can be used as a product based arrangement which empowers machine-learning based characterization of progressing streams. The proposed plan is extremely easy to actualize and requires negligible assets, yet accomplishes high exactness. In particular, for TCP streams, we propose a unique finger impression that depends on zerolength parcels, subsequently empowers an exceedingly proficient inspecting technique which can be embraced with a solitary CAM rule. The proposed fingerprinting plan is vigorous to organize conditions, for example, clog, fracture, delay, retransmissions, duplications and misfortunes and to changing preparing abilities. Consequently, its execution is basically free of position and relocation issues, and in this way yields an appealing answer for virtualized programming based conditions. We recommend a practically equivalent to fingerprinting plan for UDP traffic, which profits by indistinguishable favorable circumstances from the TCP one and achieves high precision also. Results demonstrate that our plan effectively ordered about 97% of the streams on the dataset tried, even on scrambled information.

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Published

2025-11-25

How to Cite

[1]
M. Divya, “A Review on Traffic classification Based on Zero-Length Packets”, Int. J. Comp. Sci. Eng., vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 132–134, Nov. 2025.