The Emerging of Named Data Networking: Architecture, Application, and Technology

Abstract

Named Data Networking (NDN) is developed to accommodate future internet traffic. In recent years, NDN’s popularity has grown due to the evolution of the Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Services, and Blockchain. As part of Future Internet Architecture, the NDN architecture enables dynamic content management, mobility, privacy, and trustworthiness. However, there has yet to be a survey manuscript exploring NDN in the context of these contemporary technologies and applications. Hence this manuscript comprehensively highlights these motivations and the promises. Overall, Blockchain and 5G technology have dominated the trend with 73% of research interest, while transportation applications dominate 64% of the research interest. These significant insights show the emergence of the NDN and the potential to help the revolution of future internet traffic.