NAT traversal

Computer network

Latency (audio)

Biology

Operating system

Software deployment

The Internet

World Wide Web

Engineering

Network packet

Paleontology

IP address management

Reuse

Wireless sensor network

Information-centric networking

Context (archaeology)

Internet Protocol

Protocol stack

Computer science

Internet protocol suite

Waste management

Telecommunications

Information-Centric Networking (ICN) embraces a family of network architectures rethinking Internet communication principles around named-data. After several years of research and the emergence of a few popular proposals, the idea to replace the Internet protocol with data-centric networking remains a subject of debate. ICN advantages have been advocated in the context of 5G networks for the support of highly mobile, multi-access/source and latency-minimal patterns of communications. However, large scale testing and insertion in operational networks are yet to happen, likely due to the lack of a clear incremental deployment strategy. In this paper, we analyze a recent proposal Hybrid-ICN (hICN), an ICN integration inside IP (rather that over/ under/ in place of) that has the ambition to trade-off no ICN architectural principles. By reusing existing packet formats, hICN brings innovation inside the IP stack, requiring minimal software upgrades and guaranteeing transparent interconnection with existing IP networks.

Enabling ICN in the Internet Protocol