Applicability of ICN-Based Network Architectures to Satellite-Assisted Emergency Communications
Tomaso de Cola, Gustavo González, Vicente E. Mujica · 2016
Support of data communication during disaster management operations is traditionally achieved by means of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networks, which however show some limitation in terms of mobility support and resilience to link disruption. A new promising networking paradigm is represented by Information Centric Networking (ICN) architectures implementing caching functions, which are studied in this paper for their potentials to support emergency communications in integrated satellite-terrestrial networks. Simulation campaigns show the advantages offered by the Named Data Networking (NDN) architecture in terms of delivery latency and overall gain in comparison to IP-based architectures.