Current communication between devices and cloud infrastructure for the Internet of Things is based largely on IPv4 or IPv6. Information-Centric Networking (ICN) proposes to retrieve information from the ‘network’ based on named content instead of focussing on communication with a endpoints identified by addresses. Traditional sensors such as temperature sensors, GPS etc can be seen in ICN as producers of information and actuators such as motors or pumps can be seen as consumers of commands.
This project will investigate the implementation of an ICN approach on embedded systems such as ESP32s and the communication of this embedded implementation with existing ICN implementations deployed in the cloud or locally. Learning outcomes: In-depth knowledge of communication approaches such Information-Centric Networking and challenges of the Internet fo Things.