Experimental realization of a Persistent Identifier Infrastructure stack for Named Data Networking

Abstract

The continuation of Persistent Identifier Infrastructures is crucial when next-generation Internet architectures based on Information-Centric Networking (ICN) arise. When moving to ICN, we must ensure the resolution of Persistent Identifiers (PID), such as the billions of Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) used today, to provide continued access to scientific literature and research data. It provides the base for the necessary transformations in the Handle System architecture and protocol for running a PID system on the Named Data Networking (NDN) architecture, which is a recent incarnation of ICN. Furthermore, it examines the PID-specific resolution access patterns, investigates the expected performance for the PID stack in NDN, and shows that the NDN architecture can hardly outperform classic host-to-host network connectivity with use cases provided by the Handle System for resolving PIDs.