By studying the advantages and drawbacks of each of the five proposed options, we concluded that the first and the fifth options are the most suitable to integrate the CCN concept into LTE.
The reasons of selecting the first integration option are:
• Enhances service continuity by accelerating content
delivery to users.
• Reduces bandwidth consumption on the EPS core
network and internet.
• By leveraging in-network caching, the user’s traffic
will be localized on the EPS core network.
• Optimizes network resources on the EPS core network
and the Internet .
• Does not affect the protocols used in the EPS core
network.
• Could improve the content delivery by delivering
content from the location close to users.