Talk Like a Packet: Rethinking Network Traffic Analysis with Transformer Foundation Models

Magazine article

IEEE communications magazine, Vol.64(5), pp.36-42

01/05/2026

Abstract

Adaptation models

Analytical models

Foundation models

Large language models

Natural language processing

Payloads

Predictive models

Semantics

Telecommunication traffic

Tokenization

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Title: Talk Like a Packet: Rethinking Network Traffic Analysis with Transformer Foundation Models
Creators: Samara Mayhoub - Aston University
Chuan Heng Foh - University of Surrey
Mahdi Boloursaz Mashhadi - University of Surrey
Mohammad Shojafar - University of Surrey
Rahim Tafazolli - University of Surrey
Publication Details: IEEE communications magazine, Vol.64(5), pp.36-42
Number of pages: 7
Publication Date: 01/05/2026
Identifiers: 991193142802346; WOS:001727401800001
Academic Unit: School of Computer Science & Electronic Engineering
Language: English
Resource Type: Magazine article