Patent ID: 9049251
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An internet protocol (IP) content router, comprising: a forwarding information base (FIB) engine comprising a data store comprising forwarding instructions; an IP packet classifier comprising a processor configured to classify a first incoming IP packet as an information centric networking (ICN) packet and a second incoming IP packet as a non-ICN packet; an IP packet processor comprising a processor, wherein the IP packet processor is coupled to the FIB engine and to the IP packet classifier, wherein the IP packet processor is configured to: an IP protocol classifier coupled to the IP packet classifier, wherein the IP protocol classifier is configured to classify the ICN packet based on an identity of one of a plurality of session level protocols; and a plurality of application processing engines (APEs) coupled to the protocol classifier, wherein each of the APEs corresponds to a session level protocol, and wherein each of the APEs is configured to interpret a name in an IP interest (IP-I) packet and respond to a request for content if the content is contained within an application content store.