Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for encoding and decoding a packet buffer for data exchange over a communications network, including parsing a data container definition file to determine a packet format; generating a code file based on the data container definition file; inserting the code file into a source tree of an application; compiling the source tree to generate an executable file; and executing the executable on a computing device in communication with the communications network, wherein the executable file encodes and decodes the packet buffer for data exchange over the communications network.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for encoding and decoding a packet buffer for data exchange over a communications network, including parsing a data container definition file to determine a packet format; generating a code file based on the data container definition file; inserting the code file into a source tree of an application; compiling the source tree to generate an executable file; and executing the executable on a computing device in communication with the communications network, wherein the executable file encodes and decodes the packet buffer for data exchange over the communications network.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for simulating a large network topology and characterizing network devices. the method includes generating a simulated open shortest path first (OSPF) network topology using a simulator device; generating link state advertisement (LSA) OSPF packets based on the simulated OSPF network topology using the simulator device; and communicating the OSPF packets to a gateway device for flooding a real OSPF network topology with the OSPF packets.