packet_formats.md

Packet Formats

PiCN tools and nodes can operate with different packet formats. At the moment, the following formats are available:

• ndntlv (default)
• simple

NDN Packet Fomat and Link Protocol (ndntlv)

Specification

• NDN Packet Format Specification 0.2-2
• NDN Link Protocol v2

Implementation Status

Partial

Extensions

Additional NACK reasons (link protocol):

Value	Reason	Description
160	NO_CONTENT	No content available
161	COMP_QUEUE_FULL	No resources to perform computation
162	COMP_PARAM_UNAVAILABLE	One or many input data is unavailable
163	COMP_EXCEPTION	An excpetion occured during computation
164	COMP_TERMINATED	Computation terminated by computing entity

Detailed desciption in PiCN.Packets.NackReason.py

Simple (simple)

String-based and human-readable packet format. For debug-purposes only.