CLONE: An NDN Architecture for Content Distribution at Remote Tourist Sites – a TCP/IP and NDN Comparison

This demo provides a comparison between the content-oriented Named-Data Networking (NDN) architecture supported by cache cloudlets, called CLONE, and the existing location-oriented TCP/IP architecture. CLONE aims to address the challenges of poor mobile network coverage and/or high data roaming charges for tourists at remote tourist sites. To achieve this, CLONE places cloudlets at the edge of an NDN network, close to end-users. The comparison between CLONE and TCP/IP is based on the Discover Places Android application, a virtual tour guide that delivers both audio and visual content to tourists in popular locations in Ireland. This demo aims to explore the Quality-of-Experience (QoE) of end-users under both network architectures over the 2G, LTE and Wi-Fi technologies.