NOL: Name Overlay Service for Improving Internet Routing Scalability

Internet routing system is the fundamental components of Internet. As the Internet growth, Internet routing system is facing the scaling issues of global routing table expanding due to the wide use of multi-homing, traffic engineering, and mobility. Existing proposed solutions need to change host protocol stack or routing architecture, hence, no incentive for practical deployment. In this paper, we describe a new mechanism for the scaling issue. This mechanism adding a name overlay layer on TCP/IP protocol stack, Comparing with current solutions, it is easier to be deployed. It benefits the Internet edge users from multi-homing, traffic engineering and mobility, and also facilitates the reduction the global routing table size.