A multi-cloudlet infrastructure for future smart cities: An empirical study

EdgeSys 2018 - Proceedings of the 1st ACM International Workshop on Edge Systems, Analytics and Networking, Part of MobiSys 2018

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 19-24

  Gedeon, Julien ^a   Krisztinkovics, Jeff ^a   Meurisch, Christian ^a   Stein, Michael ^a   Wang, Lin ^a   Mühlhäuser, Max ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cloudlets; Coverage; Edge Computing; Fog Computing; Mobile Applications; Smart Cities

Indexed keywords

EDGE COMPUTING; MOBILE COMPUTING; SMART CITY;

CELLULAR BASE STATIONS; CLOUDLETS; COMMUNICATION RANGE; COVERAGE; COVERAGE ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; RESOURCECONSTRAINED DEVICES;

FOG COMPUTING;

EID: 85060221318     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/3213344.3213348     Document Type: Conference Paper

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