NDN's Stateful Forwarding Plane Meeting Frequent Connectivity Changes of LEO Satellite Constellations

Sirapop Theeranantachai, Beichuan Zhang, Lixia Zhang

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Abstract

As a data-centric network architecture, Named Data Networking (NDN) has a unique feature in its stateful forwarding plane, where Interest packets are routed towards data sources, leaving behind breadcrumb traces that steer requested data packets back to consumers. However, if one wishes to run NDN on LEO satellite networks (satnet), the frequent connectivity handovers in such an environment would disrupt the states of NDN's forwarding plane. In this poster, we first graphically illustrate several functions enabled by NDN's stateful forwarding plane, then describe the disruptions to this forwarding plane by frequent handovers due to fast LEO satellite movement, and explain the difference between the LEO satellite handover problem and today's mobile IP node handover. We argue that effective solutions to the above problems should be developed to enable NDN deployment over LEO satnets.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationICN 2023 - Proceedings of the 2023 10th ACM Conference on Information-Centric Networking
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages127-129
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9798400704031
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 8 2023
Event10th ACM Conference on Information-Centric Networking, ICN 2023 - Reykjavik, Iceland
Duration: Oct 9 2023Oct 10 2023

Publication series

NameICN 2023 - Proceedings of the 2023 10th ACM Conference on Information-Centric Networking

Conference

Conference10th ACM Conference on Information-Centric Networking, ICN 2023
Country/TerritoryIceland
CityReykjavik
Period10/9/2310/10/23

Keywords

  • LEO satellite constellation
  • Named Data Networking

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Information Systems
  • Information Systems and Management

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