Content-centric wireless networking: A survey

Abstract Content-Centric Networking (CCN) is a candidate future Internet architecture that gives favourable promises in distributed wireless environments. The latter ones seriously call into question the capability of TCP/IP to support stable end-to-end communications, due to lack of centralized control, node mobility, dynamic topologies, intermittent connectivity, and harsh signal propagation conditions. The CCN paradigm, relying on name-based forwarding and in-network data caching , has great potential to solve some of the problems encountered by IP-based protocols in wireless networks. In this paper, we examine the applicability of CCN principles to wireless networks with distributed access control, different degrees of node mobility and resource constraints. We provide some guidelines for readers approaching research on CCN, by highlighting points of strength and weaknesses and reviewing the current state of the art. The final discussion aims to identify the main open research challenges and some future trends for CCN deployment on a large scale.

[1]  Lixia Zhang,et al.  Data naming in Vehicle-to-Vehicle communications , 2012, 2012 Proceedings IEEE INFOCOM Workshops.

[2]  Johann van der Merwe,et al.  A survey on peer-to-peer key management for mobile ad hoc networks , 2007, CSUR.

[3]  Mario Gerla,et al.  Content Centric Networking in tactical and emergency MANETs , 2010, 2010 IFIP Wireless Days.

[4]  Lan Wang,et al.  OSPFN: An OSPF Based Routing Protocol for Named Data Networking , 2012 .

[5]  Kevin R. Fall,et al.  A delay-tolerant network architecture for challenged internets , 2003, SIGCOMM '03.

[6]  Marco Conti,et al.  Multihop Ad Hoc Networking: The Reality , 2007, IEEE Communications Magazine.

[7]  Praveen Sharma,et al.  A case for MANET-aware content centric networking of smartphones , 2012, 2012 IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM).

[8]  Horst Hellbrück,et al.  CCN-WSN - A lightweight, flexible Content-Centric Networking protocol for wireless sensor networks , 2013, 2013 IEEE Eighth International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing.

[9]  Marthinus J. Booysen,et al.  A two-tier Content-Centric Architecture for Wireless Sensor Networks , 2013, 2013 21st IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP).

[10]  Nikos Fotiou,et al.  A Survey of Information-Centric Networking Research , 2014, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials.

[11]  Djamel Khadraoui,et al.  A self-organizing content centric network model for hybrid vehicular ad-hoc networks , 2011, DIVANet '11.

[12]  Victor C. M. Leung,et al.  A content centric approach to dissemination of information in vehicular networks , 2012, DIVANet '12.

[13]  Giovanni Pau,et al.  ACM HotMobile 2013 poster: vehicular inter-networking via named data , 2013, MOCO.

[14]  Raouf Boutaba,et al.  A survey of naming and routing in information-centric networks , 2012, IEEE Communications Magazine.

[15]  Alexander Afanasyev,et al.  journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/comcom , 2022 .

[16]  Uichin Lee,et al.  On the design of content-centric MANETs , 2011, 2011 Eighth International Conference on Wireless On-Demand Network Systems and Services.

[17]  Mario Gerla,et al.  BLOOGO: BLOOm filter based GOssip algorithm for wireless NDN , 2012, NoM '12.

[18]  Gennaro Boggia,et al.  CCN - Java opensource kit EmulatoR for wireless ad hoc networks , 2012, CFI.

[19]  Mario Gerla,et al.  Vehicular Cloud Computing , 2012, 2012 The 11th Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop (Med-Hoc-Net).

[20]  Olivier Festor,et al.  CCNx for Contiki: implementation details , 2012 .

[21]  Antonella Molinaro,et al.  Design and analysis of a transport-level solution for content-centric VANETs , 2013, 2013 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC).

[22]  Antonella Molinaro,et al.  CRoWN: Content-Centric Networking in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks , 2012, IEEE Communications Letters.

[23]  Mario Gerla,et al.  Social network based security scheme in mobile information-centric network , 2013, 2013 12th Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop (MED-HOC-NET).

[24]  Gene Tsudik,et al.  Securing instrumented environments over content-centric networking: the case of lighting control and NDN , 2013, 2013 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS).

[25]  Giovanni Pau,et al.  MADN - Multipath Ad-hoc Data Network prototype and experiments , 2013, 2013 9th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC).

[26]  George Pavlou,et al.  Cache "less for more" in information-centric networks (extended version) , 2013, Comput. Commun..

[27]  Nicola Blefari-Melazzi,et al.  Offloading cellular networks with Information-Centric Networking: The case of video streaming , 2012, 2012 IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM).

[28]  Mario Gerla,et al.  Energy-efficient content retrieval in mobile cloud , 2013, MCC '13.

[29]  Antonella Molinaro,et al.  E-CHANET: Routing, forwarding and transport in Information-Centric multihop wireless networks , 2013, Comput. Commun..

[30]  Wei You,et al.  Information-centric networking: a natural design for social network applications , 2012, IEEE Communications Magazine.

[31]  Ozan K. Tonguz,et al.  On the Broadcast Storm Problem in Ad hoc Wireless Networks , 2006, 2006 3rd International Conference on Broadband Communications, Networks and Systems.

[32]  Lixia Zhang,et al.  Ad hoc networking via named data , 2010, MobiArch '10.

[33]  Antonella Molinaro,et al.  Content-centric networking: is that a solution for upcoming vehicular networks? , 2012, VANET '12.

[34]  Nathalie Mitton,et al.  Named Data Networking: A natural design for data collection in Wireless Sensor Networks , 2013, 2013 IFIP Wireless Days (WD).

[35]  Eylem Ekici,et al.  Vehicular Networking: A Survey and Tutorial on Requirements, Architectures, Challenges, Standards and Solutions , 2011, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials.

[36]  Lixia Zhang,et al.  Named Data Networking for military communication systems , 2012, 2012 IEEE Aerospace Conference.

[37]  Priya Mahadevan,et al.  Interest flooding attack and countermeasures in Named Data Networking , 2013, 2013 IFIP Networking Conference.

[38]  Bengt Ahlgren,et al.  A survey of information-centric networking , 2012, IEEE Communications Magazine.

[39]  Lixia Zhang,et al.  DMND: Collecting data from mobiles using Named Data , 2010, 2010 IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference.

[40]  Antonella Molinaro,et al.  Enhancing content-centric networking for vehicular environments , 2013, Comput. Networks.

[41]  F. Guidec,et al.  Opportunistic Content-Based Dissemination in Disconnected Mobile Ad Hoc Networks , 2007 .

[42]  Younghan Kim,et al.  Potential of information-centric wireless sensor and actor networking , 2013, 2013 International Conference on Computing, Management and Telecommunications (ComManTel).

[43]  Guoqiang Zhang,et al.  Caching in information centric networking: A survey , 2013, Comput. Networks.

[44]  Pan Hui,et al.  Haggle: A networking architecture designed around mobile users , 2006 .

[45]  Xiao Li,et al.  Scalable VANET content routing using hierarchical bloom filters , 2013, 2013 9th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC).

[46]  Xiaofei Wang,et al.  AMVS-NDN: Adaptive mobile video streaming and sharing in wireless named data networking , 2013, 2013 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS).

[47]  Songwu Lu,et al.  Content management in a mobile ad hoc network: Beyond opportunistic strategy , 2011, INFOCOM.

[48]  Ian F. Akyildiz,et al.  Wireless sensor networks: a survey , 2002, Comput. Networks.

[49]  Alexander L. Wolf,et al.  Content-based publish/subscribe networking and information-centric networking , 2011, ICN '11.

[50]  Dario Rossi,et al.  Evaluating CCN multi-path interest forwarding strategies , 2013, Comput. Commun..

[51]  V. Jacobson,et al.  Congestion avoidance and control , 1988, CCRV.

[52]  Alexander Afanasyev,et al.  Rapid traffic information dissemination using named data , 2012, NoM '12.

[53]  Torsten Braun,et al.  Content discovery in opportunistic content-centric networks , 2012, 37th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks - Workshops.

[54]  George Xylomenos,et al.  Supporting diverse traffic types in information centric networks , 2011, ICN '11.

[55]  Brian Burch,et al.  Less for More , 1990 .

[56]  Mario Gerla,et al.  Interest propagation in named data manets , 2013, 2013 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC).