A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 9269
Title: Experimental Scenarios of Information-Centric Networking (ICN) Integration in 4G Mobile Networks Author: P. Suthar, M. Stolic, A. Jangam, Ed., D. Trossen, R. Ravindran Status: Informational Stream: IRTF Date: August 2022 Mailbox: psut...@google.com, misto...@cisco.com, anjan...@cisco.com, dirk.tros...@huawei.com, r.ravind...@f5.com Pages: 33 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-irtf-icnrg-icn-lte-4g-12.txt URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9269 DOI: 10.17487/RFC9269 A 4G mobile network uses IP-based transport for the control plane to establish the data session at the user plane for the actual data delivery. In the existing architecture, IP-based unicast is used for the delivery of multimedia content to a mobile terminal, where each user is receiving a separate stream from the server. From a bandwidth and routing perspective, this approach is inefficient. Evolved multimedia broadcast and multicast service (eMBMS) provides capabilities for delivering contents to multiple users simultaneously, but its deployment is very limited or at an experimental stage due to numerous challenges. The focus of this document is to list the options for using Information-Centric Networking (ICN) in 4G mobile networks and elaborate the experimental setups for its further evaluation. The experimental setups discussed provide guidance for using ICN either natively or with an existing mobility protocol stack. With further investigations based on the listed experiments, ICN with its inherent capabilities such as network-layer multicast, anchorless mobility, security, and optimized data delivery using local caching at the edge may provide a viable alternative to IP transport in 4G mobile networks. This document is a product of the Information-Centric Networking Research Group of the IRTF. INFORMATIONAL: This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce, rfc-dist and IRTF-Announce lists.To subscribe or unsubscribe, see https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce https://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist https://www.irtf.org/mailman/listinfo/irtf-announce For searching the RFC series, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/search For downloading RFCs, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/retrieve/bulk Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce mailing list IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce