Accepted Papers

The 33rd IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP 2025)
Seoul, South Korea, September 22-25, 2025  ICNP2025

Accepted Papers

Mahak: An Automated and Efficient Assessment Framework for Internet Control Algorithms
Parsa Pazhooheshy (University of Toronto); Soheil Abbasloo (Microsoft Research); Yashar Ganjali (University of Toronto);

MEC-Sketch: Memory-Efficient Per-Flow Cardinality Measurement in High-Speed Networks
Kejun Guo (Northeastern University); Fuliang Li (Northeastern University); Yunjie Zhang (Northeastern University); Haorui Wan (Northeastern University); Jiaxing Shen (Lingnan University); Xingwei Wang (Northeastern University);

Themis: Addressing Congestion-Induced Unfairness in Long-Haul RDMA Networks
Zihan Niu (Beihang University); Menghao Zhang (Beihang University); Jue Zhang (Beihang University); Renjie Xie (Tsinghua University); Yuan Yang (Tsinghua University); Xiaohe Hu (Infrawaves);

Valve: Scalable RDMA with Gap-based Cache Control Middleware for Data Center Networks
Yuxuan Hu (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications); Jiao Zhang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications); Dexuan Liao (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications); Yuan Li (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications); Yongchen Pan (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications); Tao Huang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications);

CodeScatter: Distortion-Aware Collision Resolution for Concurrent Multiple Access in Backscatter Networks
Dong-Hoon Kim (Incheon National University); Jaehan Lim (Kwangwoon University);

Symphony: Collective Coordination in Multi-Tenant GPU Clusters
Manaf Bin-Yahya (Huawei Technologies Canada); Amir Shani (Huawei Technologies Canada); Hossein Shafieirad (Huawei Technologies Canada); Seyed Hossein Mortazavi (Huawei Technologies Canada); Chen Ying (Huawei Technologies Canada); Aaron Wang (University of Waterloo); Geng Li (Huawei Technologies Canada); Majid Ghaderi (University of Calgary);

Wireless Channel as a Fingerprint: Towards Collision-Free LoRa Networks
Xinyi Liu (Tsinghua University); Shuai Tong (Tsinghua University); Hang Li (Tsinghua University); Jiliang Wang (Tsinghua University); Shen Gao (China Telecom Cloud Computing Research Institute); Jie Wu (China Telecom Cloud Computing Research Institute); Xinyi Liu (nan);

Modeling DNS Queries and Caching to Evaluate the Merits of QNAME Minimization
Casey Deccio (Brigham Young University); Robert Richardson (Brigham Young University); Nathaniel Bennett (Brigham Young University); Nathan Craddock (Brigham Young University);

Copo: Joint Cost and Performance Optimization for Task Placement in Geo-Distributed Clouds
Bichen Wang (School of Computer Science and Technology, Soochow University); Jingzhou Wang (School of Computer Science and Technology, Soochow University and Key Laboratory of Data Intelligence and Advanced Computing in Provincial Universities, Soochow University); Yu-E Sun (Rail Transportation Department, Soochow University); He Huang (School of Computer Science and Technology, Soochow University and Key Laboratory of Data Intelligence and Advanced Computing in Provincial Universities, Soochow University);

Carrera: Enabling High-Performance eBPF-based Sketches in Network Measurement
Xiang Chen (Zhejiang University); Xin Yao (Zhejiang University); Jiayu Li (Zhejiang University); Longlong Zhu (Zhejiang University); Linying Zheng (Zhejiang University); Hongyan Liu (Zhejiang University); Jianshan Zhang (Minjiang University); Dong Zhang (Fuzhou University); Xuan Liu (Yangzhou University); Qun Huang (Peking University); Haifeng Zhou (Zhejiang University); Chunming Wu (Zhejiang University);

INTA: Intent-Based Translation for Network Configuration with LLM Agents
Yunze Wei (Tsinghua University); Xiaohui Xie (Tsinghua University); Tianshuo Hu (Tsinghua University); Yiwei Zuo (Australian National University); Xinyi Chen (Tsinghua University); Kaiwen Chi (Tsinghua University); Yong Cui (Tsinghua University);

Extracting Target Packets for Cross-channel Collisions Through Antithetical Non-Stationary Scaling
Biaokai Zhu (Shanxi Police College); Zhonghao Wang (Shanxi Police College); Ping Li (Anhui University); Ruize Guo (Shanxi Police College); Jie Song (Intelligent Policing Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province); Feng Li (Taiyuan University of Technology); Yiran Li (Shanxi Police College); Sanman Liu (Shanxi Police College);

6GQoS: A Flow-level QoS Assurance Framework for Next-Generation 6G Networks
Gang Yi (Tsinghua University); Tongze Wang (Tsinghua University); Liang Du (China Unicom Guangdong-Hong Kong- Macao Greater Bay Area Innovation Research Institute); Xiaohui Xie (Tsinghua University); Ling Deng (China Unicom Guangdong-Hong Kong- Macao Greater Bay Area Innovation Research Institute); Shixian Deng (China Unicom Guangdong-Hong Kong- Macao Greater Bay Area Innovation Research Institute); Yong Cui (Tsinghua University);

PIPE: Identity-Aware Privacy-Enhanced Source and Path Verification for Strengthened Network Accountability
Jianfeng Guan (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications); Kexian Liu (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications); Su Yao (Tsinghua University); Xiaolong Hu (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications); Ye Qin (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications); Jianli Liu (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications); Songtao Fu (Tsinghua University); Xiangyu Gao (Tsinghua University); Ke Xu (Tsinghua University);

A Distributed Learned Hash Table
Shengze Wang (University of California, Santa Cruz); Yi Liu (University of California, Santa Cruz); Xiaoxue Zhang (University of Nevada, Reno); Liting Hu (University of California, Santa Cruz); Chen Qian (University of California, Santa Cruz);

EffiMatch: Enabling Fast and Accurate Learning-based Packet Classification
Lida Liao (Fuzhou University); Yuhan Wu (Fuzhou University); Jiashuo Yu (Fuzhou University); Longlong Zhu (Zhejiang University); Hongyan Liu (Fuzhou University); Junjie Lin (Fuzhou University); Dong Zhang (Fuzhou University); Xiang Chen (Zhejiang University); Chunming Wu (Zhejiang University);

SRmesh: Deterministic and Efficient Diagnosis of Latency Bottleneck Links in SRv6 Networks
Kaiyang Zhao (DCST, Tsinghua University); Han Zhang (Tsinghua University); Yao Tong (Tsinghua University); Yahui Li (Tsinghua University, China); Xingang Shi (Tsinghua University); Zhiliang Wang (Tsinghua University); Xia Yin (Tsinghua University); Jianping Wu (Tsinghua University);

Gungnir: Autoregressive Model for Unified Generation of IPv6 Fully Responsive Prefixes
Chentian Wei (Tsinghua University); Ying Liu (Tsinghua University); Lin He (Tsinghua University); Daguo Cheng (Tsinghua University); Jiasheng Zhou (Tsinghua University); Jiasheng Zhou (Tsinghua University);

Flick: Frame-Perceptive Packet Scheduling for Low-Latency Video Services in Wi-Fi Networks
Qianyun Gong (Nankai University); Jiapei Xu (Nankai University); Jianxin Shi (Nankai University); Xinjing Yuan (Nankai University); Lingjun Pu (Nankai University); Jingdong Xu (Nankai University);

pPHI: Path Validation for a Lightweight Anonymity Protocol
Mio Kochiyama (Osaka University); Yutaro Yoshinaka (Osaka Univeristy); Junji Takemasa (Osaka University); Yuki Koizumi (Osaka University); Toru Hasegawa (Shimane University);

Undermining Delay-based QUIC Congestion Control: A Receiver-driven Attack via Crafted Host Delays
Shaorui Ren (Tsinghua University); Jia Zhang (Zhongguancun Laboratory); Enhuan Dong (Tsinghua University); Mingwei Xu (Tsinghua University); Yixuan Zhang (Tsinghua University); Jiahao Cao (Tsinghua University); Jianping Wu (Tsinghua University);

BTRFormer: Hierarchical Learning of Encrypted Traffic Using a Masked Autoencoder with Block-Based Traffic Representation
Junnan Yin (Zhongguancun Laboratory Beijing, China); Cui Lei (Zhongguancun Laboratory);

ERA-LEO: An Efficient Rate Adaptation with Probabilistic Constellation Shaping for LEO Satellite Networks
Ying Zhang (Fudan University); Yimeng Feng (Fudan University); Lili Guo (Fudan University); Yue Gao (Fudan University); Zhe Chen (Fudan University); ying zhang (fudan university);

MAC Aggregation over Lossy Channels in DTLS 1.3
Eric Wagner (Fraunhofer FKIE & RWTH Aachen University); David Heye (RWTH Aachen University); Jan Bauer (Fraunhofer FKIE); Klaus Wehrle (RWTH Aachen University); Martin Serror (Fraunhofer FKIE);

Lightning in the Dark: Uncovering Global IPv6 Router Interfaces and Their Security Implications
Jiasheng Zhou (Tsinghua University); Ying Liu (Tsinghua University); Lin He (Tsinghua University); Xiaoyi Shi (Tsinghua University); Yifan Yang (Tsinghua University); Chentian Wei (Tsinghua University); Daguo Cheng (Tsinghua University); Wenwen Gong (Tsinghua University); Jiahai Yang (Tsinghua University);

RA-Sketch: A Unified Framework for Rapid and Accurate Sketch Configurations
Kejun Guo (Northeastern University); Fuliang Li (Northeastern University); Yuting Liu (Northeastern University); Jiaxing Shen (Lingnan University); Xingwei Wang (Northeastern University);

Planner: A Generative Graph Learning Framework for Noisy and Dynamic In-band Network Telemetry
Xiaoquan Zhang (Department of Computer Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China); WaiMing Lau (Department of Computer Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China); Lin Cui (Department of Computer Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China); Fung Po Tso (Department of Computer Science, Loughborough University, UK); Zhuoqian Liang (Department of Computer Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China); Zhen Zhang (Department of Computer Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China); Yuhui Deng (Department of Computer Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China);

Borrow Counter: A Generic Sketch Framework for Non-uniform Flow Estimation
Jiawei Huang (Central South University); Jing Shao (Central South University); Sitan Li (Central South University); Zirong Wei (School of Computer, Electronics and Information, Guangxi University); Shengwen Zhou (School of Computer Science and Engineering, Central South University); Wenlu Zhang (Central South University); Yilin Zhao (Central South University, School of Computer Science and Engineering); Jin Ye (Guangxi University);

Exploring Potential Vulnerabilities in DRL-Based Congestion Control with Adversarial Policy
haoyang chen (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications); Yucheng Zhang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications); XUAN ZHAO (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications); Yao Xiao (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications); Pengjin Xie (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications); Liang Liu (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications); Huadong Ma (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (China));

SkewTide: Bridging Efficiency and Tail Latency in Key-Value Stores via Kernel Re-Architecture
Jinghan Zu (Zhejiang University); Zhengyan Zhou (Zhejiang University); Lingfei Cheng (Zhejiang University); Zhongfeng Jin (National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Center of China (CNCERT/CC)); Haifeng Zhou (Zhejiang University); Chunming Wu (Zhejiang University);

CP-AgentNet: Autonomous and Explainable Communication Protocol Design Using Generative Agents
Dae Cheol Kwon (University of California San Diego); Xinyu Zhang (University of California San Diego);

HeTu: High-Performance Centralized Parallel Data-Plane Verification for Hyper-Scale DCNs
Peng Peng (Xiamen University); Xun Sun (Xiamen University); Zhengtao Shen (ByteDance, China); Feiyang Ding (Xiamen University); Jiawei Chen (ByteDance, China); Lizhao You (Xiamen University); Weirong Jiang (ByteDance); Yongping Tang (ByteDance); Feng Luo (ByteDance);

PrivMLLM: Efficient Three-Party Multimodal Large Language Model Secure Inference Supported Prompt Privacy
Yujie Xue (National University of Defense Technology); Lin Liu (National University of Defense Technology); Yuchuan Luo (National University of Defense Technology); Bing Sun (National University of Defense Technology); Shaojing Fu (National University of Defense Technology);

Towards Automatic Network Diagram Comprehension
Yanyu Ren (Tsinghua University); Dan Li (Tsinghua University); Li Chen (Zhongguancun Laboratory); Xizheng Wang (Tsinghua University); Yu Bai (Zhongguancun Laboratory); Zhiyuan Wu (Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences); Fei Long (Tsinghua University); Yukai Miao (Zhongguancun Laboratory);

Aion: A Memory-Efficient Approach for Long-Term Periodic Flow Detection
Yilin Zhao (Central South University); Jiawei Huang (Central South University); Xianshi Su (Central South University); Jing Shao (Central South University); Yijun Li (School of Computer Science and Engineering,Central South University); Jiacheng Xie (Central South University); Sitan Li (Central South University);

PMAPD: A Passive-enhanced Multi-level Aliased Prefix Detection Approach for IPv6 Scanning
Wei Zhang (Tsinghua University); Gang Ren (Tsinghua University); Xia Yin (Tsinghua University); Lin He (Tsinghua University);

TSN-Counter: Dual-Granularity Cooperative Time Failure Detection and Classification in TSN
Zhuangye Luo (Central South University); Feng Zeng (Corresponding Author) (Central South University); Xi Chen (Central South University);

LIBRA: Multi-Path Transport in Distributed Training Data Center Network
Xinshuo Wang (National Network New Media Engineering Research Center, Institute of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences); Baihua Chen (National Network New Media Engineering Research Center, Institute of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences); Lei Liu (National Network New Media Engineering Research Center, Institute of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences);

OddEEC: A New Sketch Technique for Error Estimating Coding
Huayi Wang (Georgia Tech); Jingfan Meng (Georgia Tech); Jun Xu (Georgia Tech); Jun Xu (Georgia Tech);

Pallas: A Data-Plane-Only Approach to Accurate Persistent Flow Detection on Programmable Switches in High-Speed Networks
Weihe Li (University of Edinburgh); Beyza Bütün (IMDEA Networks Institute and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid); Tianyue Chu (Telefonica Research); Marco Fiore (IMDEA Networks Institute); Paul Patras (The University of Edinburgh);

Time-Triggered Scheduling with Tolerance for Time Synchronization Deviation in TSN
Jiamin Cui (Beijing Jiaotong University); Cheng Long (Beijing Jiaotong University); Zonghui Li (Beijing Jiaotong University); Rui Wang (Beijing Smart-chip Microelectronics Technology Co. Ltd); Kang G. Shin (The University of Michigan);

Mamba4Net: Distilled Hybrid Mamba Large Language Models For Networking
Linhan Xia (ICNLab, Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University, Shenzhen, P.R.China); Mingzhan Yang (ICNLab, Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University, Shenzhen, P.R.China); Jingjing Wang (ICNLab, Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University, Shenzhen, P.R.China); Ziwei Yan (ICNLab, Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University, Shenzhen, P.R.China); Yakun Ren (Sf Technology, Shenzhen, P.R.China); Guo Yu (GienTech Technology Co.,Ltd., Shenzhen, P.R.China); Kai Lei (ICNLab, Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University, Shenzhen, P.R.China); Linhan Xia (ICNLab, Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University, Shenzhen, P.R.China);

MAZ3: Memory-Assisted ZeRO-3 for Efficient Collective Communication
Yang Liu (Northeastern University); Chenyang Hei (Northeastern University); Fuliang Li (Northeastern University); Chengxi Gao (Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences); Xingwei Wang (Northeastern University); yang liu (none);

UPEA: A Novel BGP Convergence Verification Algorithm with Zero False Positives and Minimal False Negatives
Wenwu Yan (Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences); Bo Hu (Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences); Weiqing Huang (Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences); Chao Ma (Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences); Xiaobin Tian (Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences); Dong Wei (Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences); wenwu yan (Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences);

The Forest Behind the Tree: Revealing Hidden Smart Home Communication Patterns
François De Keersmaeker (UCLouvain); Rémi Van Boxem (JUNIA); Cristel Pelsser (UCLouvain); Ramin Sadre (UCLouvain);

TuCCL: Tailored and Unified Configuration Optimizations for High-Performance Collective Communication Library
Ziming Li (Northeastern University); Chenyang Hei (Northeastern University); Fuliang Li (Northeastern University); Tongrui Liu (Northeastern University -China); Chengxi Gao (Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences); Xiuzhu Sha (Northeastern University); Xingwei Wang (Northeastern University); Tongrui Liu (Northeastern University -China);

Modeling Flow-level Traffic Demand for Network Performance Evaluation and Optimization
Sijiang Huang (Tsinghua University); Xiaohui Xie (Tsinghua University); Mowei Wang (Huawei Technologies); Lingfeng Peng (Tsinghua University); Cong Li (Industrial and Commercial Bank of China); Yong Zhang (Industrial and Commercial Bank of China); Yingjie Qin (Industrial and Commercial Bank of China); Liang Zhang (Huawei); Yong Cui (Tsinghua University);

SubRecon: Efficient Internet‑wide IPv6 Subnet Discovery and Its Applications
Jiasheng Zhou (Tsinghua University); Ying Liu (Tsinghua University); Lin He (Tsinghua University); Yifan Yang (Tsinghua University); Xiaoyi Shi (Tsinghua University); Daguo Cheng (Tsinghua University); Chentian Wei (Tsinghua University); Yun Fan (Xidian University); Guanglei Song (The Zhongguancun Laboratory in Beijing);

ReWeave: Traffic Engineering with Robust Path Weaving for Localized Link Failure Recovery
Jingyi Guan (School of Computer Science, Fudan University); Kun Qiu (Institue of Space Internet, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; School of Computer Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China); Jin Zhao (Fudan University);

Canvas: Scalable Collective Communication Scheduling for Large-Scale GPU Clusters
Chenyang Hei (Northeastern University); Yi Zhao (Northeastern University); Fuliang Li (Northeastern University); Chengxi Gao (Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences); Tongrui Liu (Northeastern University -China); Xiuzhu Sha (Northeastern University); Xingwei Wang (Northeastern University); Tongrui Liu (Northeastern University -China);

Guided Exploration of Control-Plane Routing States
Tibor Schneider (ETH Zürich); Jean Mégret (ETH Zürich); Laurent Vanbever (ETH Zurich);

SlideLoRa: Reliable Channel Activity Monitoring across Massive Logical Channels in LoRa Networks
Jiamin Jiang (Shenzhen University); Shiming Yu (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University); Hao Wang (Wuhan University); Haiyang Li (Shenzhen University); Yuanqing Zheng (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University); Lu Wang (Shenzhen University);

LOMAS: Latency-driven OFDMA Scheduling Design in Wi-Fi 6 Networks
Yi-An Tai (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University); Yao-Wen Liu (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University); Ping-Kuan Kao (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University); Ting-Yu Lee (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University); Cheng-I Hu (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University); Chi-Yu Li (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University);

CoreSync: A Protocol for Joint Core Scheduling and Overload Control of µs-Scale Tasks
Bhaskar Subhash Pardeshi (Georgia Tech); Eric Stuhr (Georgia Tech); Ahmed Saeed (Georgia Tech);

SplitSketch: Achieving Accurate Quantile Estimation under Highly Dynamic Traffic Distribution
Jin Ye (Guangxi University); Zirong Wei (Guangxi University); Jing Shao (Central South University); Huilin Hu (Guangxi University); Sitan Li (Central South University); Yilin Zhao (Central South University); Jiawei Huang (Central South University);

AnyTuner: Optimizing IP Anycast Performance via Strategic BGP Routing Policy
Minyuan Zhou (Nanjing University); Jiaqi Zheng (Nanjing University); Congying Wang (Nanjing University); Wanchun Dou (Nanjing University); Guihai Chen (Nanjing University);

Non-uniformity is All You Need: Efficient and Timely Encrypted Traffic Classification With ECHO
Shilo Daum (The Hebrew University); Tal Shapira (Tel Aviv University); Anat Bremler Barr (Tel Aviv University); David Hay (The Hebrew University);

A Power Line Backbone-Assisted Wireless Transit Network
Wei Sun (Wichita State University); Minghong Fang (University of Louisville);

MORS: Traffic-Aware Routing based on Temporal Attributes for Model Training Clusters
Yuchao Zhang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications); Chenyue Zheng (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications); Wenfei Wu (Peking University); Zhuo Jiang (Douyin Vision Co., Ltd.); Lei Wang (Douyin Vision Co., Ltd.); Huichen Dai (Douyin Vision Co., Ltd.); Zhang Zhang (Douyin Vision Co., Ltd.); Jianglong Nie (Peking University); Wendong Wang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China);

ARTEMIS: Adaptive Reweighing for Transferable Evasion via Meta-learning in Zero-Query Network Intrusion Detection Systems
Lei Wang (Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School); Qingsong Zou (Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School); Qing Li (Peng Cheng Laboratory); Jianping Zhang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong); Yong Jiang (Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School);