Exploring In-Network Computing with Information-Centric Networking: Review and Research Opportunities
The advent of 6G networks and beyond calls for innovative paradigms to address the stringent demands of emerging applications, such as extended reality and autonomous vehicles, as well as technological frameworks like digital twin networks. Traditional cloud computing and edge computing architecture...
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| description | The advent of 6G networks and beyond calls for innovative paradigms to address the stringent demands of emerging applications, such as extended reality and autonomous vehicles, as well as technological frameworks like digital twin networks. Traditional cloud computing and edge computing architectures fall short in providing their required flexibility, scalability, and ultra-low latency. Cloud computing centralizes resources in distant data centers, leading to high latency and increased network congestion, while edge computing, though closer to data sources, lacks the agility to dynamically adapt to fluctuating workloads, user mobility, and real-time requirements. In-network computing (INC) offers a transformative solution by integrating computational capabilities directly into the network fabric, enabling dynamic and distributed task execution. This paper explores INC through the lens of information-centric networking (ICN), a revolutionary communication paradigm implementing routing-by-name and in-network caching, and thus emerging as a natural enabler for INC. We review state-of-the-art advancements involving INC and ICN, addressing critical topics such as service naming, executor selection strategies, compute reuse, and security. Furthermore, we discuss key challenges and propose research directions for deploying INC via ICN, thereby outlining a cohesive roadmap for future investigation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8081c36396b64eb0946ea90df93082c72025-01-24T13:33:39ZengMDPI AGFuture Internet1999-59032025-01-011714210.3390/fi17010042Exploring In-Network Computing with Information-Centric Networking: Review and Research OpportunitiesMarica Amadeo0Giuseppe Ruggeri1Department of Engineering, University of Messina, C.da di Dio, Vill. S.Agata, 98166 Messina, ItalyConsorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni (CNIT), Viale G.P. Usberti, 181/A, 43124 Parma, ItalyThe advent of 6G networks and beyond calls for innovative paradigms to address the stringent demands of emerging applications, such as extended reality and autonomous vehicles, as well as technological frameworks like digital twin networks. Traditional cloud computing and edge computing architectures fall short in providing their required flexibility, scalability, and ultra-low latency. Cloud computing centralizes resources in distant data centers, leading to high latency and increased network congestion, while edge computing, though closer to data sources, lacks the agility to dynamically adapt to fluctuating workloads, user mobility, and real-time requirements. In-network computing (INC) offers a transformative solution by integrating computational capabilities directly into the network fabric, enabling dynamic and distributed task execution. This paper explores INC through the lens of information-centric networking (ICN), a revolutionary communication paradigm implementing routing-by-name and in-network caching, and thus emerging as a natural enabler for INC. We review state-of-the-art advancements involving INC and ICN, addressing critical topics such as service naming, executor selection strategies, compute reuse, and security. Furthermore, we discuss key challenges and propose research directions for deploying INC via ICN, thereby outlining a cohesive roadmap for future investigation.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/17/1/42in-network computinginformation-centric networkingnamed data networkingcompute reuseedge computing |
| spellingShingle | Marica Amadeo Giuseppe Ruggeri Exploring In-Network Computing with Information-Centric Networking: Review and Research Opportunities Future Internet in-network computing information-centric networking named data networking compute reuse edge computing |
| title | Exploring In-Network Computing with Information-Centric Networking: Review and Research Opportunities |
| title_full | Exploring In-Network Computing with Information-Centric Networking: Review and Research Opportunities |
| title_fullStr | Exploring In-Network Computing with Information-Centric Networking: Review and Research Opportunities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring In-Network Computing with Information-Centric Networking: Review and Research Opportunities |
| title_short | Exploring In-Network Computing with Information-Centric Networking: Review and Research Opportunities |
| title_sort | exploring in network computing with information centric networking review and research opportunities |
| topic | in-network computing information-centric networking named data networking compute reuse edge computing |
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