[ndnSIM] Difference between Custom and Real NDN Applications

[Spyridon (Spyros) Mastorakis]

Hi,

> On Oct 13, 2017, at 12:50 AM, Inayat Ali <falcon19khan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> What's the difference between NDN Real and custom applications in ndnSIM tutorial?

as it is stated in the tutorial, real apps use the Face abstraction provided by ndn-cxx, while custom apps are designed to follow the NS-3 principles more closely (e.g., the ones in the /apps folder).

> How to implement a new mobility support techniques in NDN? I mean Should i write a new custom/real NDN application or a new forwarding strategy to implement my new Idea?

This is a research question that has to do with whether you need some kind of support from the network in terms of dealing with Interest and Data packets. An application can generate requests for data (consumer) and respond to requests with Data (producer), while a forwarding strategy can decide on what to do with forwarded Interests and returned Data packets across the network.

Thanks,

Spyridon (Spyros) Mastorakis
Personal Website: http://cs.ucla.edu/~mastorakis/ <http://cs.ucla.edu/~mastorakis/>
Internet Research Laboratory
Computer Science Department
UCLA

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