Abstract: A method for processing a request for content by a routing device in a communication network implementing a name-based routing. The device includes plural interfaces to receive a request for content and a data packet associated with a content, and a routing table adapted to determine, based on a content name, at least one interface to route the request. The method includes: receiving the request through a first interface; if the device is not able to provide said data packet, searching for the name of the content in a table of pending requests associated with the first interface; in case the content name does not appear in the table, storing the name of the content in the table; and transmitting the request through at least one second interface, the second interface being determined as a function of the name of the content on the basis of the routing table.

Abstract: A method for processing a request for content by a routing device in a communication network implementing a name-based routing. The device includes plural interfaces to receive a request for content and a data packet associated with a content, and a routing table adapted to determine, based on a content name, at least one interface to route the request. The method includes: receiving the request through a first interface; if the device is not able to provide said data packet, searching for the name of the content in a table of pending requests associated with the first interface; in case the content name does not appear in the table, storing the name of the content in the table; and transmitting the request through at least one second interface, the second interface being determined as a function of the name of the content on the basis of the routing table.

Abstract: In a peer-to-peer communication network between terminals, classes are assigned respectively to said terminals, a class indicating the transmission capacity of the terminal. The transmission capacity of a terminal corresponds to at least one transmission characteristic associated with the terminal and depends at least on a type of underlying physical network to which the terminal belongs. At a first terminal, a request is received to transmit digital content to a second terminal, the request indicating the class assigned to the second terminal. Then a decision is made whether or not to transmit a least a portion of the digital content to the second terminal, on the basis of said indicated class. Finally, the decision is transmitted to the second terminal.