Apparatus and methods for packetized content routing and delivery

Computer readable apparatus comprising a non-transitory storage medium having at least one computer program stored thereon, the at least one computer program comprising a plurality of instructions configured to, when executed on a digital processing device, cause a border node apparatus of a resource route (RR)-enabled network to:

• receive, from an edge node of a non-RR network, data representative of a first request for at least one resource, the at least one resource disposed on the RR-enabled network;
• based on receipt of the data representative of the first request, transmit data representative of a second request to a resource route (RR) mapping process, the data representative of the second request relating to a request for a network address associated with the at least one resource;
• receive, from the RR mapping process, a first data communication, the first data communication comprising data indicating the network address;
• and
• utilize the network address to backfill the at least one resource from an origin server apparatus of the RR-enabled network.

Computer readable apparatus comprising a non-transitory storage medium having at least one computer program stored thereon, the at least one computer program comprising a plurality of instructions configured to, when executed on a digital processing device, cause an edge node apparatus of a resource route (RR)-enabled network to:

• transmit, to a server apparatus of a non-RR network, data representative of a first request for a network address associated with at least one resource disposed on the non-RR network;
• receive, from the server apparatus of the non-RR network, data representative of a first response to the first request, the data representative of the first response comprising the network address;
• utilize the data representative of the first response to identify at least one of an edge node apparatus of the non-RR network or an origin server apparatus of the non-RR network;
• and
• enable backfill of the at least one resource from the non-RR network from the at least one of the edge node apparatus of the non-RR network or the origin server apparatus of the non-RR network.