User-Plane Algorithms for Stateless and Stateful Inference in Programmable Networks

In the last decade, the complexity of networks has increased significantly to accommodate the rise of innovative applications. This growing complexity has rendered traditional human-in-the-loop network management approaches inadequate, necessitating greater automation and flexibility in managing these networks. The introduction of Software- Defined Networking (SDN) with a programmable control plane marked a major advancement in this direction, enabling a wide range of network automation applications to be executed within the SDN control plane.