Fog computing and the internet of things: A review

Big Data and Cognitive Computing

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 1-18

  Atlam, Hany F ^a,b   Walters, Robert J ^a   Wills, Gary B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Cloud of things; Fog as a service; Fog computing; Internet of Things; IoT with fog computing

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; DIGITAL STORAGE; FOG COMPUTING; INTERNET OF THINGS;

CAPACITY FAILURE; CENTRALISED; CLOUD OF THING; CLOUD-COMPUTING; COMPUTING PARADIGM; FAST RESPONSE; FOG AS A SERVICE; INTERNET OF THING WITH FOG COMPUTING; NETWORK FAILURE; RAPID GROWTH;

FOG;

EID: 85089836933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 25042289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/bdcc2020010     Document Type: Review

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