Flow.ZIP is a backward-compatible header compression mechanism designed for existing data center networks. Our solution leverages a combination of last-hop network offload and MPLS support, both of which are ubiquitous in modern data center deployments. Flow.ZIP overcomes scalability limitations in these components by selectively and intelligently coordinating compression for a subset of flows. Doing so, Flow.ZIP achieves up to 58% reduction in average flow completion time on real-world data center workloads
Our paper will appear in SIGCOMM 2026.
similation/: Contains code for the ns-3 simulations of Flow.ZIP.testbed/: Contains code for the implementation of Flow.ZIP.- More details can be found within the respective folders.