Simulation Tools for Fog Computing: A Comparative Analysis

Abstract

Fog Computing (FC) was introduced to offer resources closer to the users. Researchers propose different solutions to make FC mature and use simulators for evaluating their solutions at early stages. In this paper, we compare different FC simulators based on their technical and non-technical characteristics. In addition, a practical comparison is conducted to compare the three main FC simulators based on their performance such as execution time, CPU, and memory usage for running different applications. The analysis can be helpful for researchers to select the appropriate simulator and platform to evaluate their solutions on different use cases. Furthermore, open issues and challenges for FC simulators are discussed that require attention and need to be addressed in the future.

A Comprehensive Survey on Resource Allocation Strategies in Fog/Cloud Environments

“…In this phase, we removed 303 duplicated articles. The term "fog computing" was first coined by Cisco in 2012 [27], and the search conducted in the elected databases did not provide results focused on fog computing published earlier than the year 2016; articles before this year were oriented to cloud computing environments, a concept that is closely related to our research, but out of the scope of this survey. In this sense, articles published before 2016 were removed.…”