Can cloudlet coordination support cloud computing infrastructure?

Abstract

The popularity of mobile applications on smartphones requires mobile devices to perform high-performing processing tasks. The computational resources of these devices are limited due to memory, battery life, heat, and weight dissipation. To overcome the limitations of mobile devices, cloud computing is considered the best solution. The major issues faced by cloud computing are expensive roaming charges and growing demand for radio access. However, some major benefits associated with cloud computing are fast application processing, fast transfer of data, and substantial reduction in the use of mobile resources. This study evaluated the association between the distance of cloud servers and cloudlets with and without coordination and data latency. Fast communication in the cloudlet environment is facilitated by coordinated cloudlets, which have a positive influence on the infrastructure of cloud computing. The coordinated cloudlets can be efficiently accessed in different areas, such as vehicular networks, vehicular fog computing, and fog computing.

Communication Requirements and Deployment Challenges of Cloudlets in Smart Grid

“…Cloudlets also need to be coordinated during design and implementation. Coordinated cloudlets are described as small clouds in network infrastructures that are interconnected [13], and each server is discoverable, localised and stateless with one or more VM in operation. An end-to-end direct connection through a Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) could facilitate real-time applications for geographically distributed cloudlets.…”

“…To deploy cloudlets in the smart grid, security is one factor of high interest to the DNOs. The requirement is that cloudlets have to be remotely managed and provisioned adequately to enhance security and performance [13]. As new security measures can be provided on-demand and customisable through NFV, security functions like next-generation firewalls, gateways, and access policies could easily be implemented.…”