METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR INFORMATION-CENTRIC NETWORKING (ICN) BASED SURROGATE SERVER MANAGEMENT UNDER DYNAMIC CONDITIONS AND VARYING CONSTRAINTS

摘要

Methods, apparatus and systems for surrogate server management in an ICN network is disclosed. One representative method may include subscribing, by a network entity, to attribute information to be published; obtaining, by the network entity, the published attribute information; determining, by the network entity, based on the obtained attribute information, whether to activate a virtual machine (VM) to be executed in a surrogate server or to deactivate the VM executing in the surrogate server; and sending, by the network entity to a second network entity, a command to activate or deactivate the VM.