Design and Evaluation of an Application-Oriented Data-Centric Communication Framework for Emerging Cyber-Physical Systems.

Emergent Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs) like VANETs and UAV swarms are expected to fulfill essential roles in critical infrastructure domains. This increasing utility and the present nurturing economic conditions that enable their cost-effective deployment herald a period of significant growth and adoption. In addition, these systems are increasingly required to support complex data-intensive and QoS-sensitive applications in challenging operating conditions. However, the growth of these systems is limited by current Internet protocols that do not comprehensively meet the communication requirements of these systems. In this work, we present the design and evaluation of Software-Defined NAmed-data enabled Publish-subscribe (SNAP) communication framework that can effectively meet the communication requirements of demanding applications in emergent CPSs.