Hybrid information-centric and host-oriented networks

A non-transitory machine-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, through a first interface coupled to an information-centric network (ICN), a content packet or interest packet;
• identifying, based on a forwarding information base and by a memory, a destination address for the content packet or interest packet;
• providing the interest packet to an edge node of the ICN,
• receiving a communication indicating the edge node cannot satisfy the interest packet,
• responsive to receiving the communication, producing a host oriented network (HON) packet including the destination address;
• and
• providing the HON packet to a HON through a second interface.

A method comprising:

• receiving, at an access network of a host-oriented network (HON) and from a user equipment (UE) of an information-centric network (ICN), a communication requesting content from a node of the HON;
• providing, by one or more data radio bearers dedicated for transporting ICN packets between the UE and the access network, the communication to the access network;
• providing the interest packet to an edge node of the ICN;
• receiving a communication indicating the edge node cannot satisfy the interest packet;
• and
• responsive to receiving the communication, providing, by the access network and over one or more EPS bearers, the requested content from the node of the HON to the UE.