1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: determining, by a computing device, a number, k, of network nodes for a content centric networking (CCN) network; determining an average degree of connectivity, and a degree-of-connectivity distribution, that achieves an optimal performance metric for the CCN network; generating a network topology of k network nodes that satisfies the average degree of connectivity, and satisfies the degree-of-connectivity distribution; and mapping the k nodes of the generated network topology to nodes of a physical computer network.