1. A computer system for facilitating scheduling of interests in a content centric network, the system comprising: a processor; and a storage device storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform a method, the method comprising: determining network properties associated with name prefixes of interests transmitted by a plurality of local applications, wherein a name for an interest is a hierarchically structured variable length identifier that includes contiguous name components ordered from a most general level to a most specific level, and wherein a name prefix includes one or more contiguous name components; generating a first interest which indicates a command to set a window size for a transport stack associated with a respective local application based on the network properties; allocating a predetermined number of tokens to the transport stack based on a name prefix and a priority or a weight assigned to the transport stack; and transmitting the first interest to a component associated with the transport stack, which causes the component to set the window size for the transport stack, thereby facilitating scheduling of interests based on the network properties.