A framework of fog computing: Architecture, challenges, and optimization

IEEE Access

Volumn 5, Issue , 2017, Pages 25445-25454

  Liu, Yang ^a   Fieldsend, Jonathan E ^a   Min, Geyong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fog computing; Genetic algorithms; Internet of Things; Optimization

Indexed keywords

BIG DATA; CLOUD COMPUTING; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; EDGE COMPUTING; FAULT TOLERANCE; FOG; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INTERNET OF THINGS; LOGIC GATES; OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

APPLICATION SCENARIO; COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING PLATFORM; INTERNET OF THINGS APPLICATIONS; ITS DATA; LATENCY REDUCTION; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION;

FOG COMPUTING;

EID: 85032446751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21693536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2017.2766923     Document Type: Article

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