Information-Centric Networking solutions for the Internet of Things: A systematic mapping review

摘要

Due to the similarity between the data-driven nature of sensor and actuator networks enabling the Internet of Things (IoT) and the data-oriented model of Information-Centric Networks (ICN), recent research began investigating ICN-based IoT systems. This paper provides a thorough systematic mapping review of such research with the aim to identify their strengths, weaknesses, and open-research issues. Thus, after introducing the IoT ecosystem, its main requirements, existing IP-based solutions, and their limitations, the survey investigates the ICN-IoT associations that have been proposed in the recent literature. To do so, a new taxonomy that captures the fundamental aspects of ICN-based IoT solutions is introduced along with a multidimensional framework that provides a comprehensive multi-criteria analysis of the reviewed research. This paper also summarizes the main observations learned from the analysis and draws recommendations about open research issues that require the attention of the community. Such issues include limited standardization efforts, hybrid ICN/IP deployments, push-based communications, efficient caching schemes, and QoS solutions.