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+Mini-CCNx: Rapid Prototyping for CCN networks
+========================================================
+
+### What is Mini-CCNx?
+
+Mini-CCNx is a Mininet fork that aims at extending Mininet to support
+the emulation of CCNx nodes. 
+
+
+### Installation
+
+See `INSTALL` for installation instructions and details.
+
+### Documentation
+
+[Mini-CCNx Wiki](https://github.com/carlosmscabral/mn-ccnx).
+
+### Credits
+
+The Mininet Team:
+
+* Bob Lantz
+* Brandon Heller
+* Nikhil Handigol
+* Vimal Jeyakumar
+
+The Mini-CCNx team:
+
+* Carlos Cabral
+* Christian Esteve
+