Bootstrapping a publish/subscribe information centric network

In this paper, we focus on the bootstrap operation of a publish/subscribe information centric network. We consider a set of interconnected network nodes and describe how they organize themselves into a fully functional network by publishing and subscribing to control plane information. Network bootstrap includes establishing point-to-point communication between network elements, exchanging topological information and setting up the rendezvous system. We showcase the network's publish/subscribe service with a complete example.