Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for Named Data Networking For Containerized Applications In Internet Protocol Networks

MUMBAI, India, Oct. 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617043899 A) filed by Tata Communications Limited on April 06, 2026, for Named Data Networking For Containerized Applications In Internet Protocol Networks.

Inventors include Sood, Tushar; and Tahiliani, Mohit P..

The application for the patent was published on October 02, 2026, under issue no. 40/2026.

Abstract: A system and methods for providing named data networking (NDN) in existing traditional IP-based networks are disclosed. In one embodiment, a container network interface (CNI) at a computing node in a network is capable of handling "pure NDN" (or "native NDN") requests from containers hosted by the computing node. When a requested named da...