Structural Semantics Management: an Application of the Chase in Networking

Anduo Wang, Mubashir Anwar, Fangping Lan, Matthew Caesar

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Abstract

The value of database in advancing networking - in the paradigm shift from protocols to software-defined networking - was once highlighted by database-inspired management of network states. Moving beyond factual states, this paper considers semantics management a new frontier in the databases-networking knowledge 'transfer', seeking to manage network policies via structural manipulation of the corresponding software (program). As a proof of concept, we make a case of semantics-based network transformation with the datalog structure and the chase, an elegant process for handling data dependencies (semantics). Our main result is an extension of the classic chase to faure-log; a networking extension of datalog for the richer networking policies.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2023 31st International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, MASCOTS 2023
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Electronic)9798350319484
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Externally publishedYes
Event31st International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, MASCOTS 2023 - Stony Brook, United States
Duration: Oct 16 2023Oct 18 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE Computer Society's Annual International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunications Systems, MASCOTS
ISSN (Print)1526-7539

Conference

Conference31st International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, MASCOTS 2023
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityStony Brook
Period10/16/2310/18/23

Keywords

  • Software-defined networking
  • network datalog
  • semantics-based transformation
  • the Chase

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Software
  • Modeling and Simulation

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