Content Networking - Architectures, Protocols, and Practice (Tutorial)

The Internet, and in particular the World Wide Web (WWW), have become an integral part of people's life. With the increase in popularity, however, users have to face more and more problems when using the Internet - high access delays, poor quality of service and unreliable services. This tutorial helps participants in understanding the reasons for these problems. It explains the challenges in making content available on the WWW, describes basic concepts and principles for improving the current situation and outlines possibilities for tapping into the huge potential of custom-tailored provisioning of converged services over the Internet.