An Incrementally Deployable IP-Compatible-Information-Centric Networking Hierarchical Cache System

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Document: manuscript review for Applied Sciences

Manuscript title: An Incrementally Deployment IP-Compatible-ICN Hierarchical Cache system

Manuscript ID: applsci-879642

Comments and suggestions:

1. Current manuscript requires extensive English proofreads.
2. In Abstract O(TB) is not defined. Authors are suggested to avoid using such terms in the abstract if cannot be further explained and defined.
3. Line 11: “ICN” must be fully defined at its first occurrence in the manuscript.
4. Authors are suggested to add few more recently related research articles to their related research section. Such as adding following works may be considered,
   1. Enabling the content dissemination through caching in the state-of-the-art sustainable information and communication technologies (Sustainable Cities and Society, 2020)
   2. Named Data Networking for Efficient IoT-based Disaster Management in a Smart Campus (Sustainability, 2020)
   3. An Effective Fairness Scheme for Named Data Networking (Electronics, 2020)
   4. Advancing the State of the Fog Computing to Enable 5G Network Technologies (Sensors, 2020)
   5. Two Optimization Algorithms for Name-Resolution Server Placement in Information-Centric Networking (Applied Sciences, 2020)
   6. EHCP: An Efficient Hybrid Content Placement Strategy in Named Data Networking Caching (IEEE Access, 2019)
   7. DCS: Distributed caching strategy at the edge of vehicular sensor networks in information-centric networking (Sensors, 2019)
   8. A Periodic Caching Strategy solution for Smart City in Information-Centric Internet of Things (Sustainability, 2018)
5. In Figure 2: IC is missing in “ICN cache-supported router”.
6. Properly align the mathematical equations.
7. For better readability Left align the text of “Parameter” column of Table 1.
8. Figure 6,7,8,9,10, 11, 12: Not Clear (seems like Screenshots) and no spacing between captions and paragraph.
9. The full description of abbreviations like GNRS are missing.

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Reviewer 2 Report

The article presents an interesting issue. Detailed reading of the text indicates the need for the following corrections:

- Fig.6.: illegible graph descriptions;

- Fig.7.: illegible graph descriptions;

- Fig.8.: illegible graph descriptions;

- Fig.12.: illegible graph descriptions;

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Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

Reference number missing at the line 358.

Author Response

Dear reviewer：

       I have already add the reference number at the Line 361 in the new revised manuscript.