Offloading in fog computing for IoT: Review, enabling technologies, and research opportunities

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 87, Issue , 2018, Pages 278-289

  Aazam, Mohammad ^a   Zeadally, Sherali ^b   Harras, Khaled A ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Edge computing; Fog computing; Internet of things (IoT); Middleware; Offloading

Indexed keywords

5G MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; AUGMENTED REALITY; CLOUD COMPUTING; EDGE COMPUTING; FOG; INTERNET OF THINGS; LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE); LOW POWER ELECTRONICS; MIDDLEWARE; VEHICLE TO VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS; VIRTUAL REALITY; WIDE AREA NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING (AAL); COMPUTATIONAL REQUIREMENTS; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT); NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY; OFFLOADING; RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES; VEHICULAR COMMUNICATIONS;

FOG COMPUTING;

EID: 85047072761     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2018.04.057     Document Type: Article

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