What's New:

• VPP hicn plugin:
  • Support VPP 20.01
  • Added dump binary api for hicn router
  • Added PIT/CS configuration section in startup.conf
  • Source address is optional when creating an ip face with the cli and binary api
  • Using vpp api types for IP addresses in the hicn binary api. This prevents byte swapping when using the vapi
  • Supporting tunnels in vpp
  • Reworked binary api to handle faces. The api is now generic and accommodate for each type of face (currently IP/UDP)
  • Added incomplete face conversion to complete face when the forwarder gains the information about the adjacency
  • Supporting multihoming with MapMe in case the producer is facing the forwarder
  • General improvements and bug fixes
• hicn-light forwarder
  • Several improvements and bug fixes
  • Upstream and downstream path control (leveraging policy framework and MapMe)
  • Full support in Android, including Android GUI applications
  • Support to run hicn-light as system service in Ubuntu/Centos.
• transport library
  • Added zero-copy produce() API to RTC producer socket
  • Fix few memory leaks and improved memory management
  • Better exception handling
  • Added isRunning() API to consumer and producer socket
• Management and control
  • NETCONF/YANG support via sysrepo/netopeer.
  • YANG model of the vSwitch
  • New control library supporting both hicn-light and VPP to create/delete/list faces and routes
  • Face management component optimized for mobility support 
• Application support
  • Viper video player for Android and iOS
  • HTTP proxy.
  • Docker hub, Vagrant cloud, Google Play store nightly builds.

Bug fixes