In this paper, we demonstrate how NDN can be used as network primitive on low-cost robots with the Robot Operating System (ROS).
To overcome time-consuming and memory-consuming caching and name-based forwarding of Named Data Networking (NDN) routers and design high-speed NDN software routers, we highlight how caching and name-based forwarding consume computation time (CPU cycles) and I/O bandwidth of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) computers. We implement a prototype of building blocks of the state-of-the-art NDN software router and empirically measure the consumption of CPU cycles and dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) channels. Based on the empirical measurements, we reveal several implications for designing high-speed NDN software routers on current commercial computers.
