Network function execution in information centric networks

US11381636B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

• S M Iftekharul Alam · Hillsboro, US
• Stepan Karpenko · Hillsboro, US
• Satish Chandra Jha · Hillsboro, US
• Yi Zhang · Nanhu, CN
• Kuilin Clark Chen · Hillsboro, US
• Kathiravetpillai Sivanesan · Portland, US
• Gabriel Arrobo Vidal · Hillsboro, US
• Srikathyayani Srikanteswara · Portland, US
• Hassnaa Moustafa · Portland, US
• Eve M. Schooler · Portola Valley, US
• Sebastian Schoenberg · Hillsboro, US
• Venkatesan Nallampatti Ekambaram · Somerville, US
• Ravikumar Balakrishnan · Beaverton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 28, 2019
• Grant date: Jul 5, 2022
• Expiry date: Nov 12, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W64/00
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

To address technical problems facing managing multiple sources of information from multiple vehicles, vehicular computing power may be exploited to process such information before sharing with others, which may help reduce network traffic overhead. A technical solution to improve this information processing over vehicular networks by using a hybrid Named Function Network (NFN) and Information Centric Network (ICN), such as in a hybrid NFN/ICN. An NFN may be used to orchestrate computations in a highly dynamic environment after decomposing the computations into a number of small functions. A function may include a digitally signed binary supplied by a car vendor or other trusted authority and executed within a controlled environment, such as a virtual machine, container, Java runtime-environment, or other controlled environment.