RFC 9531: Path Steering in Content-Centric Networking (CCNx) and Named Data Networking (NDN)
Recent RFCs 2024-03-12
Summary:
Path steering is a mechanism to discover paths to the producers of
Information-Centric Networking (ICN) Content Objects and steer
subsequent Interest messages along a previously discovered path. It
has various uses, including the operation of state-of-the-art
multi-path congestion control algorithms and for network measurement
and management. This specification derives directly from the design
published in "Path Switching in Content Centric and Named Data
Networks" (4th ACM Conference on Information-Centric Networking) and,
therefore, does not recapitulate the design motivations,
implementation details, or evaluation of the scheme. However, some
technical details are different, and where there are differences, the
design documented here is to be considered definitive.
This document is a product of the IRTF Information-Centric Networking
Research Group (ICNRG). It is not an IETF product and is not an
Internet Standard.