A Survey of Quality-of-Service and Quality-of-Experience Provisioning in Information-Centric Networks

Information-centric networking (ICN) is a promising approach to address the limitations of current host-centric IP-based networking. ICN models feature ubiquitous in-network caching to provide faster and more reliable content delivery, name-based routing to provide better scalability, and self-certi...

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Main Authors: Nazmus Sadat, Rui Dai
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-04-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2673-8732/5/2/10
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description Information-centric networking (ICN) is a promising approach to address the limitations of current host-centric IP-based networking. ICN models feature ubiquitous in-network caching to provide faster and more reliable content delivery, name-based routing to provide better scalability, and self-certifying contents to ensure better security. Due to the differences in the core architecture of ICN compared to existing IP-based networks, it requires special considerations to provide quality-of-service (QoS) or quality-of-experience (QoE) support for applications based on ICNs. This paper discusses the latest advances in QoS and QoE research for ICNs. First, an overview of ICN architectures is given, followed by a summary of different factors that influence QoS and QoE. Approaches for improving QoS and QoE in ICNs are then discussed in five main categories: in-network caching, name resolution and routing, transmission and flow control, software-defined networking, and media-streaming-based strategies. Finally, open research questions for providing QoS and QoE support in ICNs are outlined for future research.
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spelling doaj-art-c0fa6df1918e494e844a377319555b2c2025-08-20T03:27:21ZengMDPI AGNetwork2673-87322025-04-01521010.3390/network5020010A Survey of Quality-of-Service and Quality-of-Experience Provisioning in Information-Centric NetworksNazmus Sadat0Rui Dai1School of Computing and Analytics, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY 41099, USADepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USAInformation-centric networking (ICN) is a promising approach to address the limitations of current host-centric IP-based networking. ICN models feature ubiquitous in-network caching to provide faster and more reliable content delivery, name-based routing to provide better scalability, and self-certifying contents to ensure better security. Due to the differences in the core architecture of ICN compared to existing IP-based networks, it requires special considerations to provide quality-of-service (QoS) or quality-of-experience (QoE) support for applications based on ICNs. This paper discusses the latest advances in QoS and QoE research for ICNs. First, an overview of ICN architectures is given, followed by a summary of different factors that influence QoS and QoE. Approaches for improving QoS and QoE in ICNs are then discussed in five main categories: in-network caching, name resolution and routing, transmission and flow control, software-defined networking, and media-streaming-based strategies. Finally, open research questions for providing QoS and QoE support in ICNs are outlined for future research.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-8732/5/2/10ICNQoSQoECCNNDNFuture Internet
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A Survey of Quality-of-Service and Quality-of-Experience Provisioning in Information-Centric Networks
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Future Internet
title A Survey of Quality-of-Service and Quality-of-Experience Provisioning in Information-Centric Networks
title_full A Survey of Quality-of-Service and Quality-of-Experience Provisioning in Information-Centric Networks
title_fullStr A Survey of Quality-of-Service and Quality-of-Experience Provisioning in Information-Centric Networks
title_full_unstemmed A Survey of Quality-of-Service and Quality-of-Experience Provisioning in Information-Centric Networks
title_short A Survey of Quality-of-Service and Quality-of-Experience Provisioning in Information-Centric Networks
title_sort survey of quality of service and quality of experience provisioning in information centric networks
topic ICN
QoS
QoE
CCN
NDN
Future Internet
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