Transport session state protocol

A computer system for facilitating an efficient transport protocol, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a storage device storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
• generating a first interest which indicates a query for optimal transport parameters, wherein a name for an interest is a hierarchically structured variable length identifier that includes contiguous name components ordered from a most general level to a most specific level, wherein the query is based on a name prefix that includes one or more contiguous name components;
• transmitting the first interest to a responding entity, which causes the responding entity to compute the optimal parameters based on historical information associated with the name prefix;
• and
• in response to receiving from the responding entity a first response which includes the computed optimal parameters, performing an operation that increases network efficiency based on the historical information, thereby facilitating a transport protocol which increases network efficiency.