OCEAN: Optional Capability-Based En Route Acknowledgement in Network Layer

OCEAN is a security system designed for Industrial IoT (the use of connected devices in factories and industrial settings) that aims to prevent packet loss (data getting dropped during transmission) while keeping data transmission fast and secure. It uses specialized hardware (an ASIC and FPGA, which are types of programmable computer chips) combined with a network protocol (set of rules for how data moves between devices) that verifies packets at each hop and caches (temporarily stores) them until receiving confirmation they arrived safely.