# IoT-Zoo: A Container-Based Framework for Heterogeneous IoT Device Profiles and Reproducible Traffic Capture

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.15653 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2606.15653/

## Key facts

- No citing papers in the map yet (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 5 of its 18 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 7 Apr 2026.

## Builds on (most cited first, 5 of 5)

- [ICSSIM-A Framework for Building Industrial Control Systems Security Simulation Testbeds](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2210.13325/) (2022)
- [IoT-Flock: An Open-source Framework for IoT Traffic Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2004.00844/) (2020)
- [Gotham Testbed: a Reproducible IoT Testbed for Security Experiments and Dataset Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2207.13981/) (2022)
- [GothX: a generator of customizable, legitimate and malicious IoT network traffic](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2407.07456/) (2024)
- [STGen: A Novel Lightweight IoT Testbed for Generating Sensor Traffic for the Experimentation of IoT Protocol and its Application in Hybrid Network](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2504.17725/) (2025)

## Abstract (arXiv)

The validation of networking and security solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT) requires realistic and reproducible experimental data. However, existing platforms often achieve scalability by replicating a limited set of device types, which restricts profile diversity and fails to capture the heterogeneity of real-world IoT environments. In this paper, we present IoT-Zoo, a container-based testbed designed to support reproducible experimentation through heterogeneous, dataset-driven IoT device profiles. Built upon Containernet, IoT-Zoo automates the deployment of multi-domain scenarios and supports real application protocols such as MQTT and RTSP. The platform provides a single-command interface for environment provisioning and automated traffic capture (PCAP), enabling the generation of consistent traffic baselines and reducing the operational effort required to evaluate networking and security solutions.