[ndnSIM] Related configuration about producer in ndnSIM

[Lixia Zhang]

> On Dec 7, 2020, at 2:46 PM, Shuai Dong via ndnSIM <ndnsim at lists.cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> In a wireless environment, will the producer rebroadcast the interest if this producer does not have the corresponding data? If so, is there any way to prevent the producer from rebroadcasting?
> 
> Thanks!
> Shuai

Just to share a few thoughts:

1/ How about just called an NDN node as an NDN node, instead of "producer" to avoid confusion?
we call a node producer when it produces data.

2/ regarding the question of whether a node would forward a received interest: since you asked "*will* a node forward", that sounds like seeking for a universal answer, I'm not sure one exists. Resilient networking needs nodes help each other out, but a specific decision can be affected by several factors 
- duplicate suppression
- the node in wrong position (e.g. further away from where the data might be residing)
- wireless network overloaded?
- local resource constraints? (e.g. low battery)

The forwarding strategy may also play an important role here.

Lixia