DINNRS: A Distributed In-Network Name Resolution System for information-centric networks

Information-Centric Networking (ICN) is a promising network paradigm designed to address the challenges arising from the inherent ambiguity of IP addresses. ICN prioritizes the content itself as the main factor in network transmission. The Name Resolution System (NRS) is the primary component of the ICN architecture, relying on flat naming. Unfortunately, existing NRS frequently encounters scalability and performance issues. In this paper, we present the Distributed In-Network Name Resolution System (DINNRS), an NRS that leverages the software-defined networking and ICN paradigm. DINNRS offers global-scale name-based routing with high scalability and minimal request delay. Additionally, we propose a modular control domain architecture for easy implementation and an enhanced marked cuckoo filter for fast resolving. Simulation experiments using the ICN emulator demonstrate that our methods result in significant performance gains, with a 61.2% reduction in data acquire latency and a 55.2% lower link load control overhead compared to MDHT.

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This paper presents the Distributed In-Network Name Resolution System (DINNRS), which leverages software-defined networking and Information-Centric Networking (ICN) paradigm to provide high scalability and minimal request delay. Our methods, including an enhanced marked cuckoo filter for fast resolving, achieve significant performance gains in simulation experiments.