Abstract: Presented herein are a combination of techniques that will ensure that the traffic is sent to the proxy right from the first packet without any delay using transient transport, and upgraded to Hybrid Information-Centric Networking (hICN) immediately upon completion of the stack initialization and we have full connectivity. More specifically, a mechanism is provided to dynamically establish hICN connections to transport latency-sensitive traffic, due to a transient User Datagram Protocol (UDP) fallback. This allows a reliable conversion between the push-based IP model, and the pull-based hICN model with no connectivity interruption. This is useful to implement proxy functionalities exposing regular IP applications to hICN to leverage its benefits in terms of performance or seamless mobility.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an agent executed on a device receives performance metrics regarding a transport layer of the device. The agent sends the performance metrics to an application executed on the device. The application makes, based on the performance metrics, a determination indicating one or more adjustments to a packet flow of a plurality of packet flows sent by the application. The application, based on the determination, sends an adjusted packet flow according to the one or more adjustments as part of the plurality of packet flows.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an agent executed by a device maps a packet flow of the device with a session of an application executed by the device based on execution information about the application that is captured by an operating system of the device. The agent determines, based in part on mapping the packet flow of the device with the session of the application, one or more adjustments for a packet of the packet flow according to an application profile. The agent forms an adjusted packet by applying the one or more adjustments to a packet of the packet flow, wherein the one or more adjustments indicate to a networking device how packets of the packet flow should be processed. The agent sends the adjusted packet as part of the packet flow to an external destination via a network.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a device that executes an application obtains a delay budget objective for traffic for the application to be sent by a Hybrid Information-Centric Networking source to the device. The device makes a determination as to whether the traffic for the application to be sent by the Hybrid Information-Centric Networking source to the device should use a forward error correction mechanism or a retransmission mechanism, in an attempt to optimize the delay budget objective. The device sends, to the Hybrid Information-Centric Networking source, a Hybrid Information-Centric Networking request for the traffic for the application, wherein the Hybrid Information-Centric Networking request is indicative of the determination. The device receives, from the Hybrid Information-Centric Networking source, one or more packets of the traffic for the application, after sending the Hybrid Information-Centric Networking request.

Abstract: Techniques for providing Hybrid information-centric networking (hICN) via a proxy application is described. A hICN proxy application provides hICN to legacy applications by diverting network traffic of a plurality of network traffic types to the hICN proxy application and storing network traffic information for the network traffic in a connection table. The hICN proxy application also translates the diverted network traffic to a hICN network traffic protocol and selects a forwarding strategy for the translated network traffic in order to send the hICN traffic over various non-hICN network protocol types. The hICN proxy application also transmits the translated traffic to a server proxy application using the selected forwarding strategy.

Abstract: Presented herein are a combination of techniques that will ensure that the traffic is sent to the proxy right from the first packet without any delay using transient transport, and upgraded to Hybrid Information-Centric Networking (hICN) immediately upon completion of the stack initialization and we have full connectivity. More specifically, a mechanism is provided to dynamically establish hICN connections to transport latency-sensitive traffic, due to a transient User Datagram Protocol (UDP) fallback. This allows a reliable conversion between the push-based IP model, and the pull-based hICN model with no connectivity interruption. This is useful to implement proxy functionalities exposing regular IP applications to hICN to leverage its benefits in terms of performance or seamless mobility.

Abstract: Content can be delivered by a producer service to one or more consumer services over an information centric network (“ICN”) by storing application frames in a forwarding cache of an ICN node. The consumer services may retrieve applications frames from the ICN node rather than from the producer service directly.

Abstract: A network device in a network edge receives content directed to a mobile device attached to the network edge from an upstream network device and forwards the content toward the mobile device. The network device makes a decision whether to cache the content based at least in part on a popularity of the content in a region covered by the network device and a prediction error for an estimated probability that the mobile device will transition from the region to another region. The popularity is directly correlated with a first bias toward caching the content. The prediction error is inversely correlated with a second bias toward caching the content. The decision is implemented: the network device either caches the content or foregoes caching the content, in accordance with the decision.

Abstract: Techniques for providing Hybrid information-centric networking (hICN) via a proxy application is described. A hICN proxy application provides hICN to legacy applications by diverting network traffic of a plurality of network traffic types to the hICN proxy application and storing network traffic information for the network traffic in a connection table. The hICN proxy application also translates the diverted network traffic to a hICN network traffic protocol and selects a forwarding strategy for the translated network traffic in order to send the hICN traffic over various non-hICN network protocol types. The hICN proxy application also transmits the translated traffic to a server proxy application using the selected forwarding strategy.

Abstract: Content can be delivered by a producer service to one or more consumer services over an information centric network (“ICN”) by storing application frames in a forwarding cache of an ICN node. The consumer services may retrieve applications frames from the ICN node rather than from the producer service directly.

Abstract: A network device in a network edge receives content directed to a mobile device attached to the network edge from an upstream network device and forwards the content toward the mobile device. The network device makes a decision whether to cache the content based at least in part on a popularity of the content in a region covered by the network device and a prediction error for an estimated probability that the mobile device will transition from the region to another region. The popularity is directly correlated with a first bias toward caching the content. The prediction error is inversely correlated with a second bias toward caching the content. The decision is implemented: the network device either caches the content or foregoes caching the content, in accordance with the decision.