Information-Centric Networking: Towards a Reliable and Robust 21st Century Internet

New ways of collecting, accessing and sharing information are transforming science, technology, commerce and society. All will require a more robust and reliable Internet than we have today. Information Centric Networking is a promising solution to the current shortcomings: performance, complexity, security, privacy, trust and reliability. Glenn Edens presents an overview of motivations, implications and architectures, including Content Centric Networking, for an ICN-based 21st Century Internet.