Named Data Networking Link Protocol

NDNLP is a link protocol for delivering CCNx messages over a local one-hop link.

NDNLP provides the following two features:

• Fragmentation and Reassembly
• Acknowledgement and Retransmission

ndnld/ is an implementation of NDNLP to use with CCNx on linux.

Read NDN Technical Report NDN-0006 for more details.

USAGE

Install

1. cd ndnld/
2. make
3. sudo make install

Start

1. ccndstart
2. ndnld
   The program will daemonize itself.

Stop

1. killall ndnld

Uninstall

1. cd ndnld/
2. sudo make uninstall

CONFIGURATION

ndnldc is a command-line utility to configure ndnld.

ndnldc should be called after starting ndnld. Configuration does not persist after ndnld is restarted.

Create UDP Connection

Commands to create a UDP connection between r1 (192.0.2.1) and r2 (192.0.2.2):

ndn@r1:~$ ndnldc -c -p udp -h 192.0.2.2
ndn@r2:~$ ndnldc -c -p udp -h 192.0.2.1

FaceID will be echoed back.

Create Ethernet Connection

Commands to create a Ethernet connection between r1 (08:00:27:01:01:01) and r2 (08:00:27:01:01:02), where both routers use eth1 interface to communicate:

ndn@r1:~$ ndnldc -c -p ether -h 08:00:27:01:01:02 -i eth1
ndn@r2:~$ ndnldc -c -p ether -h 08:00:27:01:01:01 -i eth1

FaceID will be echoed back.

Register a Prefix

Commands to register a prefix on FaceID 11:

ndn@r1:~$ ndnldc -r -f 11 -n ccnx:/example

Other Commands

Please read section 3.4 of technical report.