Information centric networking for long term evolution
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsOm Prakash Suthar, Paul A. Polakos
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method for improving content delivery for a user equipment (UE) is implemented on a computing device and includes: receiving a request from an application layer on the UE, determining whether said request is an ICN-based request using Information Centric Networking (ICN) transport protocol or an IP-based request using Internet Protocol (IP) transport protocol, and for each ICN-based request according to the determining: forwarding the ICN-based request to an ICN function on the UE, and compressing ICN headers in the ICN-based request using robust header (RoHC) compression.
Claims18
A user equipment (UE) comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a protocol stack operative to be used by said processor comprising:
- an application layer,
- an Information Centric Networking (ICN) transport function operative to indicate in an initial attach request sent by said UE that said UE is ICN capable by inserting an ICN indication in a Protocol Configuration Option Information Element (PCO IE) field in said initial attach request,
- a forwarding agent, wherein said forwarding agent is operative to receive ICN-based requests and Internet Protocol (IP) based requests from said application layer, and to forward said ICN-based requests to said ICN transport function, and
- a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) operative to receive said ICN-based requests from said ICN transport function, and forward said ICN-based requests to a Radio Link Control (RLC) protocol.
A method for improving content delivery for a user equipment (UE), the method implemented on a computing device and comprising:
- indicating in an initial attach request sent by said UE that said UE is Information Centric Networking (ICN) capable by inserting an ICN indication in a Protocol Configuration Option Information Element (PCO IE) field in said initial attach request;
- receiving a request from an application layer on said UE;
- determining whether said request is an ICN-based request using Information Centric Networking (ICN) transport protocol or an IP-based request using Internet Protocol (IP) transport protocol;
- and
- upon determining that said request comprises an ICN-based request:
- forwarding said ICN-based request to an ICN transport function on said UE, and
- compressing ICN headers in said ICN-based request using robust header (RoHC) compression.
A user equipment (UE) comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled the memory, the processor operable for:
- indicating in an initial attach request sent by said UE that said UE is Information Centric Networking (ICN) capable by inserting an ICN indication in a Protocol Configuration Option Information Element (PCO IE) field in said initial attach request;
- receiving a request from an application layer on said UE;
- determining whether said request is an ICN-based request using Information Centric Networking (ICN) transport protocol or an IP-based request using Internet Protocol (IP) transport protocol;
- forwarding each said ICN-based request to an ICN function on said UE;
- and
- compressing ICN headers in said each ICN-based request using robust header (RoHC) compression.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.