Named Data Networking In Mobile Communication Network

This paper discusses the effect that Named Data Networking (NDN), a newly proposed Internet architecture, will have on the existing structure of mobile communication The recent years have witnessed a tremendous growth in the number of mobile internet users and the need for mobility support is indispensable for seamless Internet connectivity. The existing communication network architecture requires that the mobile devices should be aware of the location of other devices to make the connectivity possible, however with NDN there is a total paradigm shift, the application can make the connection even without knowing the location of other device. We will discuss how we can achieve this through NDN approach.