The Internet was designed to connect things easily, but a lot has changed since its inception. Users now expect the internet to find the “what” (i.e., the content), but the current communication model ...

Although vendor-written, this contributed piece does not promote a product or service and has been edited and approved by Network World editors. Named Data Networking (NDN) may be in the early stages ...

The Named Data Networking (NDN) project has been formed to develop a new Internet architecture that builds on the strengths and fixes the weaknesses of the current host-based, point-to-point ...

The Internet protocol suite, commonly known as TCP/IP, enabled exponential Internet growth. However, as a point-to-point architecture, it has limitations. Over the past two decades, Named Data ...

Do we really need new network protocols? The short answer is yes. Sure, the existing set of network protocols have worked surprisingly well, and attempts at improving them have frequently resulted in ...

Information-Centric Networking (ICN) marks a paradigm shift from conventional, host-centric networking to a model where the focus is on the retrieval and distribution of data itself. At its core, ICN ...