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Abstract | ||
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In this work we investigate Named Data Networking's (NDN's) architectural properties and features, such as content caching and intelligent packet forwarding, in the context of Content Delivery Network (CDN) workflows. More specifically, we evaluate NDN's properties for PoP (Point of Presence) to PoP and PoP to device connectivity. We use the Apache Traffic Server (ATS) platform to create a CDN-like caching hierarchy in order to compare NDN with HTTP-based content delivery. Overall, our work demonstrates that several properties inherent to NDN can benefit content providers and users alike through in-network caching of content, fast retransmission, and stateful hop-by-hop packet forwarding. Our experimental results demonstrate that HTTP delivers content faster under stable conditions due to a mature software stack. However, NDN performs better in the presence of packet loss, even for a loss rate as low as 0.1%, due to packet-level caching in the network and fast retransmissions from close upstreams. We further show that the Time To First Byte (TTFB) in NDN is consistently lower than HTTP (~ 100ms in HTTP vs. ~50ms in NDN), a vital requirement for CDNs. Unlike HTTP, NDN also supports transparent failover to another upstream when a failure occurs in the network. Finally, we present implementation-agnostic (implementation choices can be Software Defined Networking, Information Centric Networking, or something else) network properties that can benefit CDN workflows. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2020 | 10.1109/CloudNet51028.2020.9335806 | 2020 IEEE 9th International Conference on Cloud Networking (CloudNet) |
Keywords | DocType | ISBN |
CDN workflows,content delivery network workflows,intelligent packet forwarding,NDN properties,CDN-like caching hierarchy,HTTP-based content delivery,content providers,in-network content caching,stateful hop-by-hop packet forwarding,packet loss,packet-level caching,software defined networking,information centric networking,network properties,named data networking,point of presence,device connectivity,Apache Traffic Server platform,ATS platform,fast retransmission,software stack,time to first byte,transparent failover,network failure | Conference | 978-1-7281-9487-5 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
1 | 0.35 | 0 |
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5 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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| Rama Krishna Thelagathoti | 1 | 1 | 0.35 |
| Spyridon Mastorakis | 2 | 6 | 3.82 |
| Anant Shah | 3 | 1 | 0.35 |
| Harkeerat Bedi | 4 | 4 | 1.78 |
| Susmit Shannigrahi | 5 | 5 | 3.64 |