9. The computer system of claim 8 , wherein the field lengths of the fixed header and the compressed fixed header are the same, and wherein the pattern in the third set of fields indicate that the header of the CCN message has been compressed.
8. The computer system of claim 7 , wherein the compressed fixed header includes a set of fields representing a format of the compressed fixed header, wherein the set of fields is one of: a first set of fields comprising a pattern identifying the format, a version, a packet type, a packet length, and a hop limit; a second set of fields comprising a pattern identifying the format, a version, a packet type, a header length, and a packet length; and a third set of fields comprising a pattern identifying the format, a version, a packet type, a header length, a packet length, and a hop limit.