A Network Traffic Characteristics Reconstruction Method for Mitigating the Impact of Packet Loss in Edge Computing Scenarios

This paper presents TCReC, an innovative model designed for reconstructing network traffic characteristics in the presence of packet loss. With the rapid expansion of wireless networks driven by edge computing, IoT, and 5G technologies, challenges such as transmission instability, channel competitio...

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Main Authors: Jiawei Ye, Yanting Chen, Aierpanjiang Simayi, Yu Liu, Zhihui Lu, Jie Wu
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-05-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/17/5/208
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author Jiawei Ye
Yanting Chen
Aierpanjiang Simayi
Yu Liu
Zhihui Lu
Jie Wu
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Yanting Chen
Aierpanjiang Simayi
Yu Liu
Zhihui Lu
Jie Wu
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description This paper presents TCReC, an innovative model designed for reconstructing network traffic characteristics in the presence of packet loss. With the rapid expansion of wireless networks driven by edge computing, IoT, and 5G technologies, challenges such as transmission instability, channel competition, and environmental interference have led to significant packet loss rates, adversely impacting deep learning-based network traffic analysis tasks. To address this issue, TCReC leverages masked autoencoder techniques to reconstruct missing traffic features, ensuring reliable input for downstream tasks in edge computing scenarios. Experimental results demonstrate that TCReC maintains detection model accuracy within 10% of the original data, even under packet loss rates as high as 70%. For instance, on the ISCX-VPN-2016 dataset, TCReC achieves a Reconstruction Ability Index (RAI) of 94.02%, while on the CIC-IDS-2017 dataset, it achieves an RAI of 94.99% when combined with LSTM, significantly outperforming other methods such as Transformer, KNN, and RNN. Additionally, TCReC exhibits robustness across various packet loss scenarios, consistently delivering high-quality feature reconstruction for both attack traffic and common Internet application data. TCReC provides a robust solution for network traffic analysis in high-loss edge computing scenarios, offering practical value for real-world deployment.
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spelling doaj-art-bd6e4f256b1541d09d1a612a1e2c8d492025-08-20T02:33:50ZengMDPI AGFuture Internet1999-59032025-05-0117520810.3390/fi17050208A Network Traffic Characteristics Reconstruction Method for Mitigating the Impact of Packet Loss in Edge Computing ScenariosJiawei Ye0Yanting Chen1Aierpanjiang Simayi2Yu Liu3Zhihui Lu4Jie Wu5School of Computer Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, ChinaSchool of Computer Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, ChinaSchool of Computer Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, ChinaSchool of Computer Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, ChinaSchool of Computer Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, ChinaSchool of Computer Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, ChinaThis paper presents TCReC, an innovative model designed for reconstructing network traffic characteristics in the presence of packet loss. With the rapid expansion of wireless networks driven by edge computing, IoT, and 5G technologies, challenges such as transmission instability, channel competition, and environmental interference have led to significant packet loss rates, adversely impacting deep learning-based network traffic analysis tasks. To address this issue, TCReC leverages masked autoencoder techniques to reconstruct missing traffic features, ensuring reliable input for downstream tasks in edge computing scenarios. Experimental results demonstrate that TCReC maintains detection model accuracy within 10% of the original data, even under packet loss rates as high as 70%. For instance, on the ISCX-VPN-2016 dataset, TCReC achieves a Reconstruction Ability Index (RAI) of 94.02%, while on the CIC-IDS-2017 dataset, it achieves an RAI of 94.99% when combined with LSTM, significantly outperforming other methods such as Transformer, KNN, and RNN. Additionally, TCReC exhibits robustness across various packet loss scenarios, consistently delivering high-quality feature reconstruction for both attack traffic and common Internet application data. TCReC provides a robust solution for network traffic analysis in high-loss edge computing scenarios, offering practical value for real-world deployment.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/17/5/208edge computingnetwork traffic analysispacket lossnetwork traffic characteristic reconstruction
spellingShingle Jiawei Ye
Yanting Chen
Aierpanjiang Simayi
Yu Liu
Zhihui Lu
Jie Wu
A Network Traffic Characteristics Reconstruction Method for Mitigating the Impact of Packet Loss in Edge Computing Scenarios
Future Internet
edge computing
network traffic analysis
packet loss
network traffic characteristic reconstruction
title A Network Traffic Characteristics Reconstruction Method for Mitigating the Impact of Packet Loss in Edge Computing Scenarios
title_full A Network Traffic Characteristics Reconstruction Method for Mitigating the Impact of Packet Loss in Edge Computing Scenarios
title_fullStr A Network Traffic Characteristics Reconstruction Method for Mitigating the Impact of Packet Loss in Edge Computing Scenarios
title_full_unstemmed A Network Traffic Characteristics Reconstruction Method for Mitigating the Impact of Packet Loss in Edge Computing Scenarios
title_short A Network Traffic Characteristics Reconstruction Method for Mitigating the Impact of Packet Loss in Edge Computing Scenarios
title_sort network traffic characteristics reconstruction method for mitigating the impact of packet loss in edge computing scenarios
topic edge computing
network traffic analysis
packet loss
network traffic characteristic reconstruction
url https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/17/5/208
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