Network of Internets: Fundamental Design Choices

• Names are the means of reference

• Late-Binding of names to addresses

  • Separate ìdomainsî for each internet
  • Routing between domains based upon names

• Indirection

  • Relaying is fundamental
  • Inherent dependence on intermediate agents
  • Bundles as a common end-to-end mechanism

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