rfc-9138

Design Considerations for Name Resolution Service in Information-Centric Networking (ICN)

J. Hong, T. You, L. Dong, C. Westphal, B. Ohlman

date2021-12 streamIRTF statusINFORMATIONAL pages17 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9138 doi10.17487/RFC9138

This document provides the functionalities and design considerations for a Name Resolution Service (NRS) in Information-Centric Networking (ICN). The purpose of an NRS in ICN is to translate an object name into some other information such as a locator, another name, etc. in order to forward the object request. This document is a product of the Information-Centric Networking Research Group (ICNRG).