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Edge computing is a promising solution to enable low-latency IoT applications, by shifting computation from remote data centers to local devices, less powerful but closer to the end user devices. However, this creates the challenge on how…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-03-04 Claudio Cicconetti , Marco Conti , Andrea Passarella

The rapid increase in data traffic demand has overloaded existing cellular networks. Planned upgrades in the communication architecture (e.g. LTE), while helpful, are not expected to suffice to keep up with demand. As a result, extensive…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-03-03 Pavlos Sermpezis , Luigi Vigneri , Thrasyvoulos Spyropoulos

Edge computing is an emerging concept based on distributing computing, storage, and control services closer to end network nodes. Edge computing lies at the heart of the fifth generation (5G) wireless systems and beyond. While current…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-05-15 Mohammed S. Elbamby , Cristina Perfecto , Chen-Feng Liu , Jihong Park , Sumudu Samarakoon , Xianfu Chen , Mehdi Bennis

Contrary to using distant and centralized cloud data center resources, employing decentralized resources at the edge of a network for processing data closer to user devices, such as smartphones and tablets, is an upcoming computing…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-01-22 Cheol-Ho Hong , Blesson Varghese

With the proliferation of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the wide penetration of wireless networks, the surging demand for data communications and computing calls for the emerging edge computing paradigm. By moving the services and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-08-19 Quyuan Luo , Shihong Hu , Changle Li , Guanghui Li , Weisong Shi

Two enablers of the 5th Generation (5G) of mobile communication systems are the high data rates achievable with millimeter-wave radio signals and the cloudification of the network's mobile edge, made possible also by Multi-access Edge…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-03-29 Nicola di Pietro , Mattia Merluzzi , Emilio Calvanese Strinati , Sergio Barbarossa

In the traditional cellular-based mobile edge computing (MEC), users at the edge of the cell are prone to suffer severe inter-cell interference and signal attenuation, leading to low throughput even transmission interruptions. Such edge…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-05 Langtian Qin , Hancheng Lu , Yuang Chen , Baolin Chong , Feng Wu

Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) delivers low-latency services by hosting applications near end-users. To promote sustainability, these systems are increasingly integrated with renewable Energy Harvesting (EH) technologies, enabling…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Shuyi Chen , Panagiotis Oikonomou , Zhengchang Hua , Nikos Tziritas , Karim Djemame , Nan Zhang , Georgios Theodoropoulos

Edge computing is one of the key driving forces to enable Beyond 5G (B5G) and 6G networks. Due to the unprecedented increase in traffic volumes and computation demands of future networks, multi-access (or mobile) edge computing (MEC) is…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-05-17 Mariam Ishtiaq , Nasir Saeed , Muhammad Asif Khan

5G communication brings substantial improvements in the quality of service provided to various applications by achieving higher throughput and lower latency. However, interactive multimedia applications (e.g., ultra high definition video…

Multimedia · Computer Science 2022-09-14 Muhammad Asif Khan , Emna Baccour , Zina Chkirbene , Aiman Erbad , Ridha Hamila , Mounir Hamdi , Moncef Gabbouj

Edge computing has become increasingly popular across many domains and enterprises. However, given the locality constraint of edges (i.e., only close-by edges are useful), multiplexing diverse workloads becomes challenging. This results in…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-06-26 Faria Kalim , Shadi A. Noghabi

In order to mitigate the long processing delay and high energy consumption of mobile augmented reality (AR) applications, mobile edge computing (MEC) has been recently proposed and is envisioned as a promising means to deliver better…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-10-16 Jinke Ren , Yinghui He , Guan Huang , Guanding Yu , Yunlong Cai , Zhaoyang Zhang

Mobile-edge computing (MEC) is a promising technology to enable real-time information transmission and computing by offloading computation tasks from wireless devices to network edge.

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-12-05 Mengyu Liu , Yuan Liu

In recent years, enormous growth has been witnessed in the computational and storage capabilities of mobile devices. However, much of this computational and storage capabilities are not always fully used. On the other hand, popularity of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-10-31 Venkatraman Balasubramanian , Kees Kroep , Kishor Chandra Joshi , R. Venkatesha Prasad

The fifth generation (5G) mobile telecommunication network is expected to support Multi- Access Edge Computing (MEC), which intends to distribute computation tasks and services from the central cloud to the edge clouds. Towards…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-07-03 Bin Han , Stan Wong , Christian Mannweiler , Marcos Rate Crippa , Hans D. Schotten

Edge computing caters to a wide range of use cases from latency sensitive to bandwidth constrained applications. However, the exact specifications of the edge that give the most benefit for each type of application are still unclear. We…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-03-23 Faria Kalim , Shadi A. Noghabi , Shiv Verma

Heavy data load and wide cover range have always been crucial problems for internet of things (IoT). However, in mobile-edge computing (MEC) network, the huge data can be partly processed at the edge. In this paper, a MEC-based big data…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-05-08 Shuo Wan , Jiaxun Lu , Pingyi Fan , Khaled B. Letaief

To overcome devices' limitations in performing computation-intense applications, mobile edge computing (MEC) enables users to offload tasks to proximal MEC servers for faster task computation. However, current MEC system design is based on…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-05-19 Chen-Feng Liu , Mehdi Bennis , Merouane Debbah , H. Vincent Poor

Metaverse is an emerging virtual universe where humans can have real-time interactions and solid social links like in the physical world, and it opens up a new era of Internet and interactions. In Metaverse, an immersive and photorealistic…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-12-05 Yitong Wang , Jun Zhao

With the advances of the Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G/6G wireless communications, the paradigms of mobile computing have developed dramatically in recent years, from centralized mobile cloud computing to distributed fog computing and…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-09-29 Yitong Wang , Jun Zhao