An Effective Transmission Scheme Based on Early Congestion Detection for Information-Centric Network

As one of the candidates for future network architecture, Information-Centric Networking (ICN) has revolutionized the manner of content retrieval by transforming the communication mode from host-centric to information-centric. Unlike a traditional TCP/IP network, ICN uses a location-independent name to identify content and takes a receiver-driven model to retrieve the content. Moreover, ICN routers not only perform a forwarding function but also act as content providers due to pervasive in-network caching. The network traffic is more complicated and routers are more prone to congestion. These distinguished characteristics pose new challenges to ICN transmission control mechanism. In this paper, we propose an effective transmission scheme by combining the receiver-driven transport protocol and the router-driven congestion detection mechanism. We first outline the process of content retrieval and transmission in an IP-compatible ICN architecture and propose a practical receiver-driven transport protocol. Then, we present an early congestion detection mechanism applied on ICN routers based on an improved Active Queue Management (AQM) algorithm and design a receiver-driven congestion control algorithm. Finally, experiment results show that the proposed transmission scheme can maintain high bandwidth utilization and significantly reduce transmission delay and packet loss rate.

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