Abstract: Methods and systems for providing requested content to a user device in an Overlay Information Centric Network (O-ICN) architecture are disclosed herein. The method may include receiving a request for accessing content, from the user device. The request is routed to the ICN manager from an ICN router. The method may also include parsing the request to determine whether the request is an ICN based request. The ICN-based request is associated with a flag. Further, the method includes based on the determination, identifying at least one network entity hosting the requested content. The identification is based on a name of the content. The method also includes sending a notification to the at least one identified network entity for providing the requested content to the user device.

Abstract: A method and a system is disclosed herein for co-operative on-path and off-path caching policy for information centric networks (ICN). In an embodiment, a computer implemented method and system is provided for cooperative on-path and off-path caching policy for information centric networks in which the edge routers or on-path routers optimally store the requested ICN contents and are supported by a strategically placed central off-path cache router for additional level of caching. A heuristic mechanism has also been provided to offload and to optimally store the contents from the on-path routers to off-path central cache router. The present scheme optimally stores the requested ICN contents either in the on-path edge routers or in strategically located off-path central cache router. The present scheme also ensures optimal formulation resulting in reduced cache duplication, delay and network usage.

Abstract: A method and system is provided for distributed optimal caching for information centric networking. The system and method disclosed herein enables each router/node in the network to make an independent decision to solve the optimization problem based upon a cost feedback from its neighbors. Content is received by a first router which determines if it should store the content in its cache based on a Characterizing Metrics (CM) value or send it to a neighbor router j, where the neighbor router j is selected based on a transaction cost determination. The node j on receiving the content shared with itself again performs similar computation to determine if the content should be stored in its cache. The method is performed iteratively for optimal distributed caching.

Abstract: A method and system is provided for device-to-device (D2D) offloading in long term evolution (LTE) networks. The present application provides a method and system for device-to-device (D2D) offloading in long term evolution (LTE) networks, comprising processor implemented steps of selecting an offloader by a eNodeB (eNB) for a user device out of a plurality of user devices based on location of the user device and other closed proximity user devices, corresponding load and channel conditions upon receiving the offloading request from the user device; exchanging a control messages between the user device and the eNB; and between the eNB and the offloader; and scheduling of resource blocks (RBs) by the eNB for the user device and the offloader in D2D offloading.

Abstract: A technique for estimating cache size for cache routers in information centric networks (ICNs) is disclosed. In an example, an average rate of incoming requests and a probability of occurrence of each request at a cache router in a predefined time interval is determined. Further, a relation between cache hit and cache miss with and without replacement is derived based on the probability of occurrence of each request. Furthermore, an entropy of the requests is computed based on the probability of occurrence of each request. Moreover, a diversity index of the requests is calculated based on the entropy and the average rate of the requests. A cache size for the cache router is then estimated based on a user defined probability of cache hit, the average rate of the requests, the diversity index of the requests and the relation between the cache hit and cache miss with and without replacement.

Abstract: The present application provides a method and system for optimal caching of content in the Information Centric Networks (ICN) and a cache replacement based on a content metric value. The method and system comprises requesting for a plurality of content by a user to a nearest local or edge ICN cache router; delivering by the local or edge ICN cache router the requested plurality of content to the user if it is available in its cache; else forwarding the request for the plurality of content to any of intermediate ICN cache router for finding source of the requested plurality of content; downloading the plurality of content in its downstream path; and storing the downloaded plurality of content based on a content metric value derived by a content metric system (CMS) based on a plurality of network parameters for the requested plurality of content.

Abstract: Methods and systems for providing requested content to a user device in an Overlay Information Centric Network (O-ICN) architecture are disclosed herein. The method may include receiving a request for accessing content, from the user device. The request is routed to the ICN manager from an ICN router. The method may also include parsing the request to determine whether the request is an ICN based request. The ICN-based request is associated with a flag. Further, the method includes based on the determination, identifying at least one network entity hosting the requested content. The identification is based on a name of the content. The method also includes sending a notification to the at least one identified network entity for providing the requested content to the user device.

Abstract: A method and system is provided for scheduling interference aware optimal uplink for device-to-device communication underlying LTE networks.