Contextual dimensions for cache replacement schemes in information-centric networks: a systematic review
In recent years, information-centric networks (ICNs) have gained attention from the research and industry communities as an efficient and reliable content distribution network paradigm, especially to address content-centric and bandwidth-needed applications together with the heterogeneous requiremen...
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doaj-859fc2e21d50446d96f1db09404990072021-03-13T15:05:11ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ Computer Science2376-59922021-03-017e41810.7717/peerj-cs.418Contextual dimensions for cache replacement schemes in information-centric networks: a systematic reviewStéfani Pires0Artur Ziviani1Leobino N. Sampaio2Department of Computer Science, Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, BrazilNational Laboratory for Scientific Computing (LNCC), Petrópolis, BrazilDepartment of Computer Science, Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, BrazilIn recent years, information-centric networks (ICNs) have gained attention from the research and industry communities as an efficient and reliable content distribution network paradigm, especially to address content-centric and bandwidth-needed applications together with the heterogeneous requirements of emergent networks, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Vehicular Ad-hoc NETwork (VANET) and Mobile Edge Computing (MEC). In-network caching is an essential part of ICN architecture design, and the performance of the overall network relies on caching policy efficiency. Therefore, a large number of cache replacement strategies have been proposed to suit the needs of different networks. The literature extensively presents studies on the performance of the replacement schemes in different contexts. The evaluations may present different variations of context characteristics leading to different impacts on the performance of the policies or different results of most suitable policies. Conversely, there is a lack of research efforts to understand how the context characteristics influence policy performance. In this direction, we conducted an extensive study of the ICN literature through a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) process to map reported evidence of different aspects of context regarding the cache replacement schemes. Our main findings contribute to the understanding of what is a context from the perspective of cache replacement policies and the context characteristics that influence cache behavior. We also provide a helpful classification of policies based on context dimensions used to determine the relevance of contents. Further, we contribute with a set of cache-enabled networks and their respective context characteristics that enhance the cache eviction process.https://peerj.com/articles/cs-418.pdfInformation-centric networkCache replacement policyContext awareness |
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Contextual dimensions for cache replacement schemes in information-centric networks: a systematic review |
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Contextual dimensions for cache replacement schemes in information-centric networks: a systematic review |
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In recent years, information-centric networks (ICNs) have gained attention from the research and industry communities as an efficient and reliable content distribution network paradigm, especially to address content-centric and bandwidth-needed applications together with the heterogeneous requirements of emergent networks, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Vehicular Ad-hoc NETwork (VANET) and Mobile Edge Computing (MEC). In-network caching is an essential part of ICN architecture design, and the performance of the overall network relies on caching policy efficiency. Therefore, a large number of cache replacement strategies have been proposed to suit the needs of different networks. The literature extensively presents studies on the performance of the replacement schemes in different contexts. The evaluations may present different variations of context characteristics leading to different impacts on the performance of the policies or different results of most suitable policies. Conversely, there is a lack of research efforts to understand how the context characteristics influence policy performance. In this direction, we conducted an extensive study of the ICN literature through a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) process to map reported evidence of different aspects of context regarding the cache replacement schemes. Our main findings contribute to the understanding of what is a context from the perspective of cache replacement policies and the context characteristics that influence cache behavior. We also provide a helpful classification of policies based on context dimensions used to determine the relevance of contents. Further, we contribute with a set of cache-enabled networks and their respective context characteristics that enhance the cache eviction process. |
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Information-centric network Cache replacement policy Context awareness |
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