Performance Enhancement of Information Centric Networking by Deploying Virtualization Concept

In this paper, we combine Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and Content Centric Network (CCN) concepts, in order to forward the request (Interest) efficiently and cache the content (Data) effectively. So, we introduce a model that is consisted of virtualized devices which are capable of working together with physical devices. For the virtual environment, the virtual gateway router is connected with virtual controller that assist the regional routers for content forwarding and retrieving process. For the physical environment, regional routers are deployed at a place that is nearest to the users in order to improve the network performance. 1