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Mobile edge computing (MEC) has empowered mobile devices (MDs) in supporting artificial intelligence (AI) applications through collaborative efforts with proximal MEC servers. Unfortunately, despite the great promise of device-edge…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-31 Wenhao Zhuang , Yuyi Mao

The paper introduces confidential computing approaches focused on protecting hierarchical data within edge-cloud network. Edge-cloud network suggests splitting and sharing data between the main cloud and the range of networks near the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-06-21 Yeghisabet Alaverdyan , Suren Poghosyan , Vahagn Poghosyan

The growth of low-end hardware has led to a proliferation of machine learning-based services in edge applications. These applications gather contextual information about users and provide some services, such as personalized offers, through…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-02-06 Akanksha Atrey , Ritwik Sinha , Saayan Mitra , Prashant Shenoy

Computation offloading becomes useful for users of limited computing power and mobile edge computing (MEC) can help mobile users perform their tasks more effectively. In this paper, we consider MEC when users perform tasks with local data…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-02-07 Jinho Choi

In the ever-evolving landscape of computing, the advent of edge and fog computing has revolutionized data processing by bringing it closer to end-users. While cloud computing offers numerous advantages, including mobility, flexibility and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-12-03 Miguel Mota-Cruz , João H Santos , José F Macedo , Karima Velasquez , David Perez Abreu

As digital technology advances, the proliferation of connected devices poses significant challenges and opportunities in mobile crowdsourcing and edge computing. This narrative review focuses on the need for privacy protection in these…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-10-29 Syed Raza Bashir , Shaina Raza , Vojislav Misic

This letter considers a mobile edge computing (MEC) system with one access point (AP) serving multiple users over a multicarrier channel, in the presence of a malicious eavesdropper. In this system, each user can execute the respective…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-05-08 Jie Xu , Jianping Yao

Location-based services are increasingly used in our daily activities. In current services, users however have to give up their location privacy in order to acquire the service. The literature features a large number of contributions which…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2014-04-21 Jens Mathias Bohli , Dan Dobre , Ghassan O. Karame , Wenting Li

As the explosive growth of smart devices and the advent of many new applications, traffic volume has been growing exponentially. The traditional centralized network architecture cannot accommodate such user demands due to heavy burden on…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-04-03 Shuo Wang , Xing Zhang , Yan Zhang , Lin Wang , Juwo Yang , Wenbo Wang

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

Mobile edge computing (MEC) is a promising technique for providing low-latency access to services at the network edge. The services are hosted at various types of edge nodes with both computation and communication capabilities. Due to the…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-06-18 Stephen Pasteris , Shiqiang Wang , Mark Herbster , Ting He

To overcome long propagation delays for data exchange between the remote cloud data center and end devices in Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC), Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) is merging to push mobile computing, network control and storage to the…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-12-21 Zhenhua Duan , Cong Tian , Nan Zhang , Mengchu Zhou , Bin Yu , Xiaobing Wang , Jiangen Guo , Ying Wu

While becoming more and more present in our every day lives, services that operate on users' locations or location trajectories suffer from general fear of misappropriation of the transmitted location data. Several works have investigated…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-04-27 Michael Guldner , Torsten Spieldenner , René Schubotz

The widespread adoption of continuously connected smartphones and tablets developed the usage of mobile applications, among which many use location to provide geolocated services. These services provide new prospects for users: getting…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-10-09 Primault Vincent , Boutet Antoine , Ben Mokhtar Sonia , Brunie Lionel

As LLM-powered agents are increasingly deployed in edge-cloud environments, personalized memory has become a key enabler of long-term adaptation and user-centric interaction. However, cloud-assisted memory management exposes sensitive user…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-15 Yining Chen , Jihao Zhao , Bo Tang , Haofen Wang , Yue Zhang , Fei Huang , Feiyu Xiong , Zhiyu Li

Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC), an enhancement of 5G, processes data closer to its generation point, reducing latency and network load. However, the distributed and edge-based nature of 5G-MEC presents privacy and security challenges,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-01-14 Thilina Pathirana , Ruxandra F. Olimid

As an extension of cloud computing, fog computing at the edge of networks provides low latency, location awareness, and real-time interactions. At the same time, millimeter wave (mmWave) communications are able to provide directional…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-11-06 Yong Niu , Yu Liu , Yong Li , Zhangdui Zhong , Bo Ai , Pan Hui

Mobile edge computing is a new computing paradigm, which pushes cloud computing capabilities away from the centralized cloud to the network edge. However, with the sinking of computing capabilities, the new challenge incurred by user…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-09-17 Tao Ouyang , Zhi Zhou , Xu Chen

Crowdsourced mobile edge caching and sharing (Crowd-MECS) is emerging as a promising content delivery paradigm by employing a large crowd of existing edge devices (EDs) to cache and share popular contents. The successful technology adoption…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2020-03-11 Changkun Jiang , Lin Gao , Tong Wang , Yufei Jiang , Jianqiang Li

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