B-ICP: Backpressure Interest Control Protocol for Multipath Communication in NDN

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Abstract

Named Data Networking (NDN) is a promising communication paradigm to support content distribution for the Future Internet. The objective of this paper is to maximize the consumer downloading rate by retrieving content via multiple paths concurrently. This is supported by adaptive forwarding in NDN. The majority of solutions for selecting the forwarding interfaces do so based on latency. However, this can overload the low-latency paths quickly. This can occur as users reduce requesting rates based on congestion signals, from the low-latency paths. Hence, the high-latency paths are not fully utilized. This paper solves this problem by introducing Backpressure Interest Control Protocol (B-ICP). In B-ICP, routers estimate the forwarding capabilities of interfaces based on congestion signals and limit the forwarding rates to interfaces accordingly. Thus, B-ICP avoids congesting certain paths earlier than others, with the aim being evenly distributed path utilization. Simulation-based evaluations show that B-ICP improves throughput, converges to equilibriums quickly and supports the producers that join the network dynamically in comparison with existing solutions.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2017 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1-6
Number of pages6
Volume2018-January
ISBN (Electronic)9781509050192
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2017
Event2017 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2017 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 4 Dec 20178 Dec 2017

Publication series

Name2017 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2017 - Proceedings
Volume2018-January

Conference

Conference2017 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2017
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingapore
Period4/12/178/12/17

Keywords

  • Adaptive Forwarding Control
  • Concurrent Multipath Communication
  • Load balancing
  • Named Data Networking

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