Empowering Named Data Networks for Ad-Hoc Long-Range Communication

Abstract

This work leverages Named Data Networks (NDN), an emerging information-centric network architecture, to interconnect diverse wireless links at the network layer and implements flexible routing and forwarding strategies for efficient information dissemination. The system focuses on implementing the interface between NDN and LoRaWAN, and interconnecting LoRaWAN and WiFi via the NDN Forwarding Daemon (NFD) into a ubiquitous ad hoc network, which bears very longrange and multi-hop capabilities for Device-to-Device (D2D) communication. Field experimental results show that the newly built ad hoc network can easily cover a radius of several kilometers and make full use of NDN features to maximize utilization of heterogeneous wireless links and efficiency of information dissemination.