{"id":"https://openalex.org/W1983529311","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2620728.2620742","title":"Enabling layer 2 pathlet tracing through context encoding in software-defined networking","display_name":"Enabling layer 2 pathlet tracing through context encoding in software-defined networking","publication_year":2014,"publication_date":"2014-08-12","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W1983529311","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2620728.2620742","mag":"1983529311"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/2620728.2620742","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2620728.2620742","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/2620728.2620742","source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the third workshop on Hot topics in software defined networking","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/2620728.2620742","any_repository_has_fulltext":null},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100323565","display_name":"Hui Zhang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4576-2749"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I20089843","display_name":"Princeton University","ror":"https://ror.org/00hx57361","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I20089843"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Hui Zhang","raw_affiliation_strings":["NEC Laboratories America, Princeton, NJ, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"NEC Laboratories America, Princeton, NJ, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I20089843"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5029827712","display_name":"Cristian Lumezanu","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I20089843","display_name":"Princeton University","ror":"https://ror.org/00hx57361","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I20089843"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Cristian Lumezanu","raw_affiliation_strings":["NEC Laboratories America, Princeton, NJ, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"NEC Laboratories America, Princeton, NJ, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I20089843"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5054561146","display_name":"Junghwan Rhee","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4043-9371"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I20089843","display_name":"Princeton University","ror":"https://ror.org/00hx57361","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I20089843"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Junghwan Rhee","raw_affiliation_strings":["NEC Laboratories America, Princeton, NJ, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"NEC Laboratories America, Princeton, NJ, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I20089843"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5020109730","display_name":"Nipun Arora","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1835-1189"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I20089843","display_name":"Princeton University","ror":"https://ror.org/00hx57361","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I20089843"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Nipun Arora","raw_affiliation_strings":["NEC Laboratories America, Princeton, NJ, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"NEC Laboratories America, Princeton, NJ, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I20089843"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5055715892","display_name":"Qiang Xu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3747-4325"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I20089843","display_name":"Princeton University","ror":"https://ror.org/00hx57361","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I20089843"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Qiang Xu","raw_affiliation_strings":["NEC Laboratories America, Princeton, NJ, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"NEC Laboratories America, Princeton, NJ, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I20089843"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5110097872","display_name":"Guofei Jiang","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Guofei Jiang","raw_affiliation_strings":["NEC Laboratories America, Princetion, NJ, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"NEC Laboratories America, Princetion, NJ, USA","institution_ids":[]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":6,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5100323565"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I20089843"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":5.0177,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":28,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.95392839,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"169","last_page":"174"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10714","display_name":"Software-Defined Networks and 5G","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10714","display_name":"Software-Defined Networks and 5G","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11478","display_name":"Caching and Content Delivery","score":0.9993000030517578,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11598","display_name":"Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting","score":0.9993000030517578,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8308922648429871},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/tracing","display_name":"Tracing","score":0.8102312088012695},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/network-packet","display_name":"Network packet","score":0.6967266201972961},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/encoding","display_name":"Encoding (memory)","score":0.624711275100708},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/path","display_name":"Path (computing)","score":0.5346687436103821},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/context","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","score":0.48017826676368713},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/table","display_name":"Table (database)","score":0.4747981131076813},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-network","display_name":"Computer network","score":0.4693368971347809},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/layer","display_name":"Layer (electronics)","score":0.46809032559394836},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/troubleshooting","display_name":"Troubleshooting","score":0.4541090130805969},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.4409591555595398},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-computing","display_name":"Distributed computing","score":0.42598530650138855},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/path-tracing","display_name":"Path tracing","score":0.4189170002937317},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/packet-forwarding","display_name":"Packet forwarding","score":0.41205504536628723},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operating-system","display_name":"Operating system","score":0.21896538138389587},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-mining","display_name":"Data mining","score":0.11716043949127197},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.08211258053779602}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8308922648429871},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138673069","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q322229","display_name":"Tracing","level":2,"score":0.8102312088012695},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C158379750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214111","display_name":"Network packet","level":2,"score":0.6967266201972961},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C125411270","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18653","display_name":"Encoding (memory)","level":2,"score":0.624711275100708},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777735758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q817765","display_name":"Path (computing)","level":2,"score":0.5346687436103821},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779343474","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109175","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","level":2,"score":0.48017826676368713},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C45235069","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q278425","display_name":"Table (database)","level":2,"score":0.4747981131076813},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.4693368971347809},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779227376","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6505497","display_name":"Layer (electronics)","level":2,"score":0.46809032559394836},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C147494362","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2078905","display_name":"Troubleshooting","level":2,"score":0.4541090130805969},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.4409591555595398},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.42598530650138855},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C110541219","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72948","display_name":"Path tracing","level":3,"score":0.4189170002937317},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120317029","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q874048","display_name":"Packet forwarding","level":3,"score":0.41205504536628723},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.21896538138389587},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124101348","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172491","display_name":"Data mining","level":1,"score":0.11716043949127197},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.08211258053779602},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151730666","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7205","display_name":"Paleontology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C178790620","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11351","display_name":"Organic chemistry","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185592680","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2329","display_name":"Chemistry","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205711294","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176953","display_name":"Rendering (computer graphics)","level":2,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/2620728.2620742","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2620728.2620742","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/2620728.2620742","source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the third workshop on Hot topics in software defined networking","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.715.1108","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.715.1108","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"http://www.nec-labs.com/%7Egfj/zhang-hotsdn-14.pdf","raw_type":"text"},{"id":"pmh:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.716.7452","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.716.7452","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"http://www.nec-labs.com/%7Ehuizhang/research/hots050-zhangA.pdf","raw_type":"text"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/2620728.2620742","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2620728.2620742","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/2620728.2620742","source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the third workshop on Hot topics in software defined networking","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W1983529311.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W1983529311.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":17,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1408671314","https://openalex.org/W1449038650","https://openalex.org/W1537198022","https://openalex.org/W1590488181","https://openalex.org/W1675033504","https://openalex.org/W1858168446","https://openalex.org/W2101042113","https://openalex.org/W2101134669","https://openalex.org/W2105099212","https://openalex.org/W2115526539","https://openalex.org/W2130531694","https://openalex.org/W2136269217","https://openalex.org/W2138743329","https://openalex.org/W2296143987","https://openalex.org/W2408119291","https://openalex.org/W2914189542","https://openalex.org/W4238465620"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2123398485","https://openalex.org/W2000438891","https://openalex.org/W2356898439","https://openalex.org/W2124118389","https://openalex.org/W2165225826","https://openalex.org/W2356804002","https://openalex.org/W2767257903","https://openalex.org/W2376411335","https://openalex.org/W2133938479","https://openalex.org/W2374404659"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Troubleshooting":[0],"Software-Defined":[1],"Networks":[2],"requires":[3],"a":[4,19,37,76],"structured":[5],"approach":[6],"to":[7,51,57,84,141],"detect":[8],"mistranslations":[9],"between":[10],"high-level":[11],"intent":[12],"(policy)":[13],"and":[14,18,74],"low-level":[15],"forwarding":[16],"behavior,":[17],"flexible":[20],"on-demand":[21],"packet":[22,98],"tracing":[23,41],"tool":[24],"is":[25,139],"highly":[26],"desirable":[27],"on":[28,60,88],"the":[29,61,89,102,123,129],"data":[30],"plane.":[31],"In":[32],"this":[33],"paper,":[34],"we":[35],"introduce":[36],"Layer":[38,54,62],"2":[39,55,63],"path":[40,86,107],"utility":[42],"named":[43],"PathletTracer.":[44],"PathletTracer":[45,67,93,116,138],"offers":[46],"an":[47,118],"interface":[48],"for":[49,105,136],"users":[50],"specify":[52],"multiple":[53],"paths":[56,64,70,146],"inspect.":[58],"Based":[59],"of":[65,78],"interests,":[66],"then":[68],"accounts":[69],"with":[71],"identifiable":[72],"IDs,":[73],"installs":[75],"set":[77],"flow":[79],"table":[80],"entries":[81],"into":[82],"switches":[83],"imprint":[85],"IDs":[87],"packets":[90],"going":[91],"through.":[92],"re-uses":[94],"some":[95],"fields":[96],"in":[97,128],"headers":[99],"such":[100],"as":[101],"ToS":[103],"octet":[104],"recording":[106],"IDs.":[108],"To":[109],"efficiently":[110],"carry":[111],"imprints":[112],"using":[113],"limited":[114],"bits,":[115],"uses":[117],"encoding":[119,126],"algorithm":[120],"motivated":[121],"by":[122],"calling":[124],"context":[125],"scheme":[127],"software":[130],"engineering":[131],"domain.":[132],"With":[133],"k":[134],"bits":[135],"encoding,":[137],"able":[140],"trace":[142],"more":[143],"than":[144],"2k":[145],"simultaneously.":[147]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-04-04T16:13:02.066488","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}