CPC H04L 12/4633 (2013.01) [H04L 12/2801 (2013.01); H04L 67/63 (2022.05); H04Q 11/0067 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0079 (2013.01)] | 5 Claims |
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, at a node, a content-centric network (CCN) packet from an upstream node;
identifying a subset of one or more downstream nodes associated with the CCN packet;
appending an identifier to the CCN packet, wherein the identifier is associated with at least the subset of one or more downstream nodes;
forwarding the CCN packet with the appended identifier to the one or more downstream nodes; and
transmitting an indication to each of the one or more downstream nodes indicating one or more identifiers associated with each of the one or more downstream nodes, wherein the transmitting the indication occurs prior to receiving the CCN packet.
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