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As mobile edge computing (MEC) finds widespread use for relieving the computational burden of compute- and interaction-intensive applications on end user devices, understanding the resulting delay and cost performance is drawing significant…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-04-21 Yang Cai , Jaime Llorca , Antonia M. Tulino , Andreas F. Molisch

Network Virtualization is one of the key technologies for developing the future mobile networks. However, the performance of virtual mobile entities may not be sufficient for delivering the service required for future networks in terms of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-05-11 Jonathan Prados-Garzon , Juan J. Ramos-Munoz , Pablo Ameigeiras , Pilar Andres-Maldonado , Juan M. Lopez Soler

Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) is an emerging network paradigm that provides cloud and IT services at the point of access of the network. Such proximity to the end user translates into ultra-low latency and high bandwidth, while, at the same…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-01-29 Giuseppe Avino , Marco Malinverno , Francesco Malandrino , Claudio Casetti , Carla-Fabiana Chiasserini

The Fifth Generation (5G) of mobile networks offers new and advanced services with stricter requirements. Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) is a key technology that enables these new services by deploying multiple devices with computing and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-07-06 Gianfranco Nencioni , Rosario G. Garroppo , Ruxandra F. Olimid

Computation task service delivery in a computing-enabled and caching-aided multi-user mobile edge computing (MEC) system is studied in this paper, where a MEC server can deliver the input or output datas of tasks to mobile devices over a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-07-17 Yaping Sun , Zhiyong Chen , Meixia Tao , Hui Liu

Traditional highly-centralized mobile core networks (e.g., Evolved Packet Core (EPC)) need to be constantly upgraded both in their network functions and backhaul links, to meet increasing traffic demands. Network Function Virtualization…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-04-04 Abhishek Gupta , Massimo Tornatore , Brigitte Jaumard , Biswanath Mukherjee

In Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) networks, users covered by a mobile network can exploit edge clouds (ECs), computational resources located at the network's edge, to execute virtual network functions (VNFs). ECs are particularly useful…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-06-17 Federico Giarrè , Holger Karl

Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) is a new computing paradigm that enables cloud computing and information technology (IT) services to be delivered at the network's edge. By shifting the load of cloud computing to individual local servers, MEC…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-01-04 Cheng Wang , Zenghui Yuan , Pan Zhou , Zichuan Xu , Ruixuan Li , Dapeng Oliver Wu

Mobile-edge computing (MEC) is an emerging technology for enhancing the computational capabilities of mobile devices and reducing their energy consumption via offloading complex computation tasks to the nearby servers. Multiuser MEC at…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-11-20 Zezu Liang , Yuan Liu , Tat-Ming Lok , Kaibin Huang

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

Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) is an emerging paradigm that provides computing, storage, and networking resources within the edge of the mobile Radio Access Network (RAN). MEC servers are deployed on generic computing platform within the RAN…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-04-12 Tuyen X. Tran , Abolfazl Hajisami , Parul Pandey , Dario Pompili

Next-generation wireless networks will provide users ubiquitous low-latency computing services using devices at the network edge, called mobile edge computing (MEC). The key operation of MEC, mobile computation offloading (MCO), is to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-05-31 Seung-Woo Ko , Kaifeng Han , Kaibin Huang

Virtual reality (VR) over wireless is emerging as an important use case of 5G networks. Immersive VR experience requires the delivery of huge data at ultra-low latency, thus demanding ultra-high transmission rate. This challenge can be…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-26 Yaping Sun , Zhiyong Chen , Meixia Tao , Hui Liu

Multi-access edge computing (MEC) is a promising solution for providing the computational resources and low latency required by vehicular services such as autonomous driving. It enables cars to offload computationally intensive tasks to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Paniz Parastar , Giuseppe Caso , Jesus Alberto Omana Iglesias , Andra Lutu , Ozgu Alay

Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) will enable context-aware services for users of mobile 4G/5G networks. MEC application developers need tools to aid the design and the performance evaluation of their apps. During the early stages of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-03-28 Alessandro Noferi , Giovanni Nardini , Giovanni Stea , Antonio Virdis

Network slicing is one of the most critical 5G pillars. It allows for sharing a 5G infrastructure among different tenants leading to improved service customisation and increased operators' revenues. Concurrently, introducing the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-02-18 Simone Bolettieri , Dinh Thai Bui , Raffaele Bruno

Mobile (cellular) networks enable innovation, but can also stifle it and lead to user frustration when network performance falls below expectations. As mobile networks become the predominant method of Internet access, developer, research,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Utkarsh Goel , Mike P. Wittie , Kimberly C. Claffy , Andrew Le

To support the growing demand for data-intensive and low-latency IoT applications, Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) is emerging as an effective edge-computing approach enabling the execution of delay-sensitive processing tasks close to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-01-27 Simone Bolettieri , Raffaele Bruno , Enzo Mingozzi

All the content consumed by mobile users, be it a web page or a live stream, undergoes some processing along the way; as an example, web pages and videos are transcoded to fit each device's screen. The recent multi-access edge computing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-09-25 Francesco Malandrino , Carla Fabiana Chiasserini , Giuseppe Avino , Marco Malinverno , Scott Kirkpatrick

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