Globally accessible names in named data networking

Information Centric Networking (ICN) paradigms aim at optimizing computer networks for information distribution. Named Data Networking (NDN) and its implementation CCNx propose a promising globally implementable ICN. Routing on names, however, may result in extremely large global routing tables. In this paper, we propose to confine the global routing table size by decoupling context-related names, such as domain names, from names routable within the network. By aggregating routable names to their topological location, the size of global routing tables decreases to the number of Autonomous Systems. Furthermore, mapping context-related names back to location-aggregated names using a directory service eases the process of sharing information on the ICN. The robustness of the network is further increased by employing dynamic multihoming without changing application names.