NDN-NP: Named Data Networking Next Phase - Project Timeline
The Named Data Networking Next Phase project (NDN-NP) is the next iteration of a collaborative project (one of the three Future Internet Architecture Awards) for the research, development, and testbed deployment of a new Internet architecture that replaces IP with a network layer that routes directly on content names. For more information see http://www.named-data.net/ and the Named Data Networking Next Phase proposal.
Sponsored by:
Principal Investigator: kc claffy
Funding source: CNS-1345286 Period of performance: May 1, 2014 - April 30, 2018.
Timeline for the Proposed Efforts
| Description | Date | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Network Environment - Open mHealth (UCLA) | |||
| Review limitations in current IP-based architecture for Open mHealth needs. | Year 1 | done | |
| Design namespace, repository, trust and communication model for use cases, e.g., diabetes or PTSD treatment | Year 1; updated in Year 2 | done | |
| Repository implementation providing backing storage for prototype applications. | Year 1 | done | |
| Integrate named data networking into the Ohmage mobile data collection framework. | Year 2 | done | |
| Pilot user-facing application using NDN, for beta testing by Open mHealth project team. | Year 2 | done | |
| Finish and document the NDNFit driver application | Year 3 | done | |
| Network Environment - Enterprise Building Automation & Management (UCLA) | |||
| Review limitations in current IP-based architecture, for Facilities Management needs. | Year 1 | done | |
| Design NDN namespace, repository, trust and communication model for use cases, such as energy management, new building commissioning, feedback control. | Year 1; updated in Year 2 | done | |
| Implement low-level NDN applications, such as energy management data gathering. | Year 1 | done, done | |
| Preliminary embedded platform support. | Year 2 | done | |
| Integrate "live" UCLA building data into the NDN testbed, mirroring data from 10-20 UCLA buildings. | Year 2 | done | |
| Implement high-level NDN application for enterprise building monitoring, based on the above data, applying distributed 3D visualization work done in the first FIA project. | Year 2 | done | |
| Re-connect the campus data to our Mini-EBAMS testbed, and complete the design, implementation, demonstration, and documentation of approaches to trust, aggregation, access control, and visualization that leverage hierarchical naming of real UCLA building sensors and their data. | Year 3 | done | |
| Demonstrate system integration of IoT devices that use native NDN communication. | Year 3 | done | |
| Application Cluster - Mobile Multimedia (UIUC / UCLA) | |||
| Mobile-aware, web-based conferencing based on WebRTC. | Year 1 | done | |
| Design namespace and communication model for peer-to-peer 3D gaming and visualization and one or more vehicle-to-vehicle prototype applications. | Year 1 | in progress, done | |
| File sharing platform, second revision. | Year 1 | done, done | |
| Networked 3D environment demonstration in BAS/BMS and gaming contexts. | Year 2 | done | |
| Design of information-maximizing synchronization, forwarding and caching suitable for mobile applications, and integration into end-to-end vehicle-to-vehicle demonstrations. | Year 1; demo in Year 2 | done | |
| Finalize the NDN team's primary videoconferencing tool: Flume | Year 3 | done, roadmap | |
| Investigate the NDN-based data catalog's applicability to climate and physics communities. | Year 3 | done, done | |
| Investigate integration of the catalog with layer 2 reservation systems | Year 3 | done | |
| Resolve, implement, and document NLSR physical and logical interface discovery | Year 3 | done | |
| Resolve, re-implement, and document NLSR use of sync to retrieve routing updates | Year 3 | done | |
| Evaluating hyperbolic routing in mini-NDN and testbed | Year 3 | done | |
| Library Development for Application-Driven Research (UCLA / Washington University) | |||
| Release general-purpose C++ reference library. | Year 1 | done | |
| Java library with mobile support, focused on requirements of Open mHealth environment. | Year 1 | done | |
| Enhanced key generation, signing, publishing, and revocation library support. | Year 1 | done, tutorial | |
| Support for common trust models expressed in naming | Year 1 | done | |
| Framework for encryption-based access control for our specific environments. | Year 1 | done | |
| Preliminary library for embedded devices and port of routing daemon (focus on BAS/BMS needs). | Year 2 | done | |
| Python bindings and/or native support; support for C# bindings and Javascript library. | Year 1, Year 2 | Python, JS | |
| Prototype apache httpd-style server-side publishing support for dynamic web applications. | Year 1 | done | |
| Update trust models based on network environment experience | Year 2 | in progress, done | |
| Improved autoconfiguration support | Year 3 | done, done | |
| Congestion control | Year 3 | done, done | |
| Security (University of Michigan / Colorado State University) | |||
| Develop common framework for key management and deployment | Year 1 | done | |
| Define naming conventions and data formats to assist application developers with trust models | Year 2 | done | |
| Implement cross-certifying model (SDSI) to accommodate realistic trust relationships | Year 2 | ||
| Develop library and client tools to enable transparent generation, publication, and validation of keys | Year 2 | in progress | |
| Improved automation of certificate management. | Year 3 | done | |
| Data signing and verification based on schematized trust. | Year 3 | done | |
| Encryption/decryption using name-based access control. | Year 3 | done | |
| Routing and Forwarding Strategy (University of Memphis / University of Arizona / UCLA) | |||
| Sketch a design for each of the three inter-domain routing approaches and choose the most promising one based on simulation. | Year 1 | NLSR, Hyperbolic Graph Generator Hyperbolic Forwarding Scenario | |
| Design and implement forwarding strategies for local area networks. | Year 1 | done | |
| - Autoconfig: geolocation-based router selection | Year 2 | in progress | |
| - Design readvertise | Year 2 | done | |
| - Readvertise end-host routes into NLSR | Year 2, Year 3 | done | |
| Implement chosen routing design and evaluate it using internal testbed at Memphis. | Year 2 | done | |
| Deploy routing protocol on the NDN testbed. | Year 2 | Link State Done, Current Status | |
| - Localhop scope definition | Year 2 | done | |
| - Localhop scope restriction in strategy | Year 2 | done | |
| - NACK in multicast strategy | Year 2 | done | |
| - ASF strategy does not check whether out record exists before calculating RTT | Year 2 | done | |
| - NLSR Developer's Guide. | Year 3 | done | |
| - NLSR face discovery. | Year 3 | done | |
| Deploying Hyperbolic Routing | Year 2, Year 3 | done | |
| Geohyperbolic routing. | Year 3 | done | |
| Tools (University of Memphis) | |||
| New Mini-NDN features | |||
| - enabled security. | Year 3 | done | |
| - cluster edition. | Year 3 | done | |
| - WiFi capability.(proof-of-concept) | Year 3 | done | |
| Porting NLSR to ndnSIM. | Year 3 | ||
| Scalable Forwarding (Washington University) | |||
| Integrate scalable FIB, PIT and CS into NDN-curated CCNx code base. | Year 1 | done | |
| Release operational, scalable NDN node prototype in Open Network Lab for external evaluation. | Year 1 | done | |
| Develop initial release of distributed router platform. | Year 1 | done | |
| Release and support distributed NDN node prototype in Open Network Lab for external evaluation. | Year 1 | done | |
| Design and release initial modular strategy layer interface, and exemplar strategies. | Year 1 | done | |
| Design and release revised modular strategy layer interface, and exemplar strategies. | Year 2 | @Patrick | |
| Revise and release distributed router platform code base. | Year 2 | done | |
| Publish study of distributed router evaluation. | Year 2 | ||
| - Scalable Name-based packet forwarding | Year 2 | done | |
| - Reliably scalable name prefix lookup | Year 2 | done | |
| - Scalable pending interest table design | Year 2 | done | |
| Publish study and evaluation of synchronization implementation alternatives | Year 2 | ||
| - RoundSync | Year 3 | done | |
| - Sync Survey | Year 3 | done | |
| - Scalable Name-based Sync | Year 3 | done | |
| Education and Outreach (Colorado State University) | |||
| Incorporate new NDN material into courses at NDN collaborating institutions | Year 1 | Zhang (UCLA), Wang (UMemphis), Gersch (CSU) | |
| Publish NDN educational material to encourage integration by other instructors | Year 1,Year 2 | done, done, done, done | |
| Continue biweekly seminar series on architecture insights; integrate code review | Year 1,Year 2 | Held seven seminars | |
| Host two annual community workshops | Year 1,Year 2 | NDN Comm 2014 | NDN Comm 2015 | NDN Comm 2017 | |
| Evaluation (CAIDA / UC San Diego) | |||
| Clarify description of architecture | Year 1 | done | |
| Interview representatives of chosen environments for feedback on NDN application usability and responsiveness to our criteria | Year 2 | done | |
| Survey internal and community users of our cluster of mobile application for feedback on NDN application usability and responsiveness to our criteria | Year 2 | done | |
| Brainstorm new applications that would be easier to develop given current architecture | Year 2 | done | |