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With the proliferation of computation-extensive and latency-critical applications in the 5G and beyond networks, mobile-edge computing (MEC) or fog computing, which provides cloud-like computation and/or storage capabilities at the network…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-02-27 Hong Xing , Liang Liu , Jie Xu , Arumugam Nallanathan

In mobile edge computing systems, base stations (BSs) equipped with edge servers can provide computing services to users to reduce their task execution time. However, there is always a conflict of interest between the BS and users. The BS…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-08 Yiming Chen , Xingyuan Hu , Bo Gu , Shimin Gong , Zhou Su

In this paper, we deal with the problem of relay selection in mobile edge computing networks, where a source node transmits a computation-intensive task to a destination via the aid of multiple relay nodes. It differs from the traditional…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-02-19 Jie Liang , Zhiyong Chen , Cheng Li , Bin Xia , Ning Liu

In recent years, edge computing, as an important pillar for future networks, has been developed rapidly. Task offloading is a key part of edge computing that can provide computing resources for resource-constrained devices to run…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-05-09 Liangjun Song , Gang Sun , Hongfang Yu , Mohsen Guizani

Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) enables low-latency applications by bringing computation closer to the user, but dynamic task arrivals and communication threats like jamming complicate reliable task offloading and resource allocation. In this…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-23 Ghazal Asemian , Mohammadreza Amini , Burak Kantarci

In this article, we consider the problem of relay assisted computation offloading (RACO), in which user A aims to share the results of computational tasks with another user B through wireless exchange over a relay platform equipped with…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-09-04 Xihan Chen , Yunlong Cai , Qingjiang Shi , Min-Jian Zhao , Benoit Champage , Lajos Hanzo

The vast data deluge at the network's edge is raising multiple challenges for the edge computing community. One of them is identifying edge storage servers where data from edge devices/sensors have to be stored to ensure low latency access…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-04-10 N. Sreekumar , A. Chandra , J. B. Weissman

Caching high-frequency reuse contents at the edge servers in the mobile edge computing (MEC) network omits the part of backhaul transmission and further releases the pressure of data traffic. However, how to efficiently decide the caching…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-03-02 Yuqi Han , Rui Wang , Jun Wu , Dian Liu , Haoqi Ren

Common deployment models for Edge Computing are based on (composable) microservices that are offloaded to cloudlets. Runtime adaptations-in response to varying load, QoS fulfillment, mobility, etc.-are typically based on coarse-grained and…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-05-24 Julien Gedeon , Martin Wagner , Karolis Skaisgiris , Florian Brandherm , Max Mühlhäuser

The emerging edge caching provides an effective way to reduce service delay for mobile users. However, due to high deployment cost of edge hosts, a practical problem is how to achieve minimum delay under a proper edge deployment strategy.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-08-10 Tao Yu , Shunqing Zhang , Xiaojing Chen , Shugong Xu

The growth in artificial intelligence (AI) technology has attracted substantial interests in latency-aware task offloading of mobile edge computing (MEC)-namely, minimizing service latency. Additionally, the use of MEC systems poses an…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-10 Minwoo Kim , Jonggyu Jang , Youngchol Choi , Hyun Jong Yang

In the context of fog computing, we consider a simple case when data centers are installed at the edge of the network and assume that if a request arrives at an overloaded data center, then it is forwarded to a neighboring data center with…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-06-03 Christine Fricker , Fabrice Guillemin , Philippe Robert , Guilherme Thompson

Task offloading and scheduling in Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) are vital for meeting the low-latency demands of modern IoT and dynamic task scheduling scenarios. MEC reduces the processing burden on resource-constrained devices by enabling…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-23 Arild Yonkeu , Mohammadreza Amini , Burak Kantarci

The current trend in end-user devices' advancements in computing and communication capabilities makes edge computing an attractive solution to pave the way for the coveted ultra-low latency services. The success of the edge computing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-04-15 Sam Aleyadeh , Abdallah Moubayed , Abdallah Shami

Edge computing applications typically require generated data to be preprocessed at the source and then transmitted to an edge server. In such cases, transmission time and preprocessing time are coupled, yielding a tradeoff between them to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-12-06 Peng Zou , Omur Ozel , Suresh Subramaniam

After the advent of the Internet of Things and 5G networks, edge computing became the center of attraction. The tasks demanding high computation are generally offloaded to the cloud since the edge is resource-limited. The Edge Cloud is a…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Hassan Asghar , Eun-Sung Jung

A growing number of critical workflow applications leverage a streamlined edge-hub-cloud architecture, which diverges from the conventional edge computing paradigm. An edge device, in collaboration with a hub device and a cloud server,…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-02-23 Andreas Kouloumpris , Georgios L. Stavrinides , Maria K. Michael , Theocharis Theocharides

We consider a computation offloading system where jobs are processed sequentially at a local server followed by a higher-capacity cloud server. The system offers two service modes, differing in how the processing is split between the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-17 Darin Jeff , Eytan Modiano

Adopting serverless computing to edge networks benefits end-users from the pay-as-you-use billing model and flexible scaling of applications. This paradigm extends the boundaries of edge computing and remarkably improves the quality of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-08-15 Peiyuan Guan , Chen Chen , Ziru Chen , Lin X. Cai , Xing Hao , Amir Taherkordi

We consider a service system with an infinite number of exponential servers sharing a finite service capacity. The servers are ordered according to their speed, and arriving customers join the fastest idle server. A capacity allocation is…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-08-23 Refael Hassin , Liron Ravner