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MP-DEC: multi-perspective deep embedding custering for network protocol data

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Junkang Ren
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Qing Li *
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Ruijuan Chu
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Yifan Chen
DOI:10.1080/17445760.2026.2620536delete
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To address rapidly evolving cyber threats, precise protocol analysis is fundamental to modern defenses. This paper proposes MP-DEC: a multi-perspective deep clustering framework for hierarchical protocol analysis. Its innovations include a feature weighting mechanism that distinguishes protocol types from formats, a featureenhanced autoencoder integrating these weights, and a joint optimization strategy enabling precise hierarchical separation. Evaluated on curated and MACCDC 2012 datasets, MP-DEC achieves 91.8% V-Measure for protocol types and 93.6% clustering purity for formats. The framework provides more interpretable, structured representations for the tested structured non-encrypted protocol data, offering foundational support for downstream security tasks like anomaly detection and threat hunting.
Keywords:
Cybersecurity
protocol clustering
deep embedding clustering
autoencoder
network traffic analysis

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International Journal of Parallel Emergent and Distributed Systems
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