Methods and systems for compression and decompression of information centric networking names at the packet data convergence protocol (PDCP)

A method, comprising:

• receiving, at an electronic device, a first information centric network (ICN) packet comprising an ICN name or an ICN common field;
• compressing, at the electronic device, the ICN name or the ICN common field at a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer based on a predetermined mapping between the ICN name and a compressed value;
• providing, at the electronic device, the compressed ICN name or the compressed ICN common field to a lower protocol layer;
• and
• transmitting, by the electronic device to a second electronic device, a second ICN packet comprising the compressed ICN name or the compressed ICN common field,
• wherein information associated with the predetermined mapping is exchanged between the electronic device and the second electronic device using a PDCP control Protocol Data Unit (PDU) packet, and
• wherein the predetermined mapping comprises a mapping between a plurality of ICN names and a plurality of unique and sequential compressed values.

An electronic device, comprising:

• radio front end circuitry;
• and
• processor circuitry, coupled to the radio front end circuitry, configured to:
• receive, using the radio front end circuitry from a second electronic device, a first information centric network (ICN) packet including at least one of a compressed ICN name or a compressed ICN common field;
• decompress the compressed ICN name or the compressed ICN common field at a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer based on a predetermined mapping between the ICN name and a compressed value;
• and
• provide the decompressed ICN name or the decompressed ICN common field to a higher protocol layer,
• wherein information associated with the predetermined mapping is exchanged between the electronic device and the second electronic device using a PDCP control Protocol Data Unit (PDU) packet, and
• wherein the predetermined mapping comprises a mapping between a plurality of ICN names and a plurality of unique and sequential compressed values.