ZTE Communications ›› 2011, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (1): 49-53.

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Research on the Next Generation Naming System

Fuhong Lin and Changjia Chen   

  1. School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University
  • Online:2011-03-25 Published:2011-03-25
  • About author:Fuhong Lin (dr.lin.bjtu@139.com) is a doctoral student at the School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University. His research interests include network architecture and P2P networks. He has participated in several projects funded by the“973”Program, National High Technology Development Program of China “( 863”Program), and National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). He has also published more than 10 papers.

    Changjia Chen (changjiachen@sina.com), received his doctoral degree from the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Hawaii. He is a professor and doctoral advisor at the School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University; director of the Teaching and Research Office of Communications Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University; a fellow of the Chinese Institute of Electronics; and a senior member of IEEE. His research interests include communications theory, information and encoding theories, and network theory. He has participated in projects funded by“973”Program,“863”Program, NSFC, and the Chinese Ministry of Railways. He has published more than 100 papers.
  • Supported by:
    This work was funded by the National Basic Research Program of China ( “973”Program) under Grant No. 2007CB307100.

Abstract: Academia has recently proposed new naming systems based on flat Distributed Hash Table (DHT). These naming systems are designed to overcome defects—such as lack of support for data migration and replication—in the Domain Name System (DNS). DHT naming systems have long resolution delay and are not suitable for practical application. This paper introduces two new naming systems that have the advantages of both DNS and DHT systems. The first is a three-layer system based on one-hop DHT and is suitable for small-scale application. The second adopts a hybrid DHT structure, can be implemented in different domains, and can be applied globally. Theoretical analyses demonstrate that these two systems are feasible for practical use.

Key words: naming system, DNS, DHT, naming, name resolution mapping