Publish/subscribe over information centric networks: A Standardized approach in CONVERGENCE
Nicola Bléfari-Melazzi, Stefano Salsano, Andrea Detti, Giuseppe Tropea, Leonardo Chiariglione, Angelo Difino, Angelos‐Christos G. Anadiotis, Aziz S. Mousas, Iakovos S. Venieris, Charalampos Z. Patrikakis · Cineca Institutional Research Information System (Tor Vergata University) · 2012
Originally conceived as a "network of hosts", the Internet is evolving into an Internet of services, an Internet of media, an Internet of people and an Internet of "things". This implies a strategic shift from "host-centri" to "content-centric" and "data-centric" networking. CONVERGENCE proposes to enhance the Internet with a novel, information-centric, publish-subscribe service model, based on the Versatile Digital Item (VDI): a common container for all kinds of digital content, derived from the MPEG-21 standard. Results in terms of standardization activities and software implementation are presented.