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Mobile edge computing (MEC) is one of the promising solutions to process computational-intensive tasks within short latency for emerging Internet-of-Things (IoT) use cases, e.g., virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), autonomous…

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In this paper, we investigate how to deploy computational intelligence and deep learning (DL) in edge-enabled industrial IoT networks. In this system, the IoT devices can collaboratively train a shared model without compromising data…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-10-29 Shunpu Tang , Lunyuan Chen , Ke HeJunjuan Xia , Lisheng Fan , Arumugam Nallanathan

Collaborative Edge Computing (CEC) is an effective method that improves the performance of Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) systems by offloading computation tasks from busy edge servers (ESs) to idle ones. However, ESs usually belong to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-11-15 Xingqiu He , Yuhang Shen , Hongxi Zhu , Sheng Wang , Chaoqun You , Tony Q. S. Quek

The integration of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with mobile edge computing (MEC) and Internet of Things (IoT) technology in smart farms is pivotal for efficient resource management and enhanced agricultural productivity sustainably. This…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-30 Tingnan Bao , Aisha Syed , William Sean Kennedy , Melike Erol-Kantarci

With the emergence of edge computing, the problem of offloading jobs between an Edge Device (ED) and an Edge Server (ES) received significant attention in the past. Motivated by the fact that an increasing number of applications are using…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-12-22 Andrea Fresa , Jaya Prakash Champati

We consider the problem of jointly optimizing users' offloading decisions, communication and computing resource allocation in a sliced multi-cell mobile edge computing (MEC) network. We minimize the weighted sum of the gap between the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-01-12 Sheyda Zarandi , Hina Tabassum

The problem of resource constrained scheduling in a dynamic and heterogeneous wireless setting is considered here. In our setup, the available limited bandwidth resources are allocated in order to serve randomly arriving service demands,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-04-01 Apostolos Avranas , Marios Kountouris , Philippe Ciblat

In the evolving landscape of the Internet of Things (IoT), integrating cognitive radio (CR) has become a practical solution to address the challenge of spectrum scarcity, leading to the development of cognitive IoT (CIoT). However, the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-18 Nadia Abdolkhani , Nada Abdel Khalek , Walaa Hamouda

The deployment of inference services at the network edge, called edge inference, offloads computation-intensive inference tasks from mobile devices to edge servers, thereby enhancing the former's capabilities and battery lives. In a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-02 Zhiyan Liu , Qiao Lan , Kaibin Huang

Currently, the generative model has garnered considerable attention due to its application in addressing the challenge of scarcity of abnormal samples in the industrial Internet of Things (IoT). However, challenges persist regarding the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-05-07 Siyuan Li , Xi Lin , Hansong Xu , Kun Hua , Xiaomin Jin , Gaolei Li , Jianhua Li

Technological evolution of mobile user equipments (UEs), such as smartphones or laptops, goes hand-in-hand with evolution of new mobile applications. However, running computationally demanding applications at the UEs is constrained by…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-03-14 Pavel Mach , Zdenek Becvar

The emergence of 5G networks has enabled the deployment of a two-tier edge and vehicular-fog network. It comprises Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) and Vehicular-Fogs (VFs), strategically positioned closer to Internet of Things (IoT)…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-04-22 Frezer Guteta Wakgra , Binayak Kar , Seifu Birhanu Tadele , Shan-Hsiang Shen , Asif Uddin Khan

Deep-learning-based intelligent services have become prevalent in cyber-physical applications including smart cities and health-care. Deploying deep-learning-based intelligence near the end-user enhances privacy protection, responsiveness,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-02-23 Sina Shahhosseini , Dongjoo Seo , Anil Kanduri , Tianyi Hu , Sung-soo Lim , Bryan Donyanavard , Amir M. Rahmani , Nikil Dutt

Advancements in extended reality (XR) are driving the development of the metaverse, which demands efficient real-time transformation of 2D scenes into 3D objects, a computation-intensive process that necessitates task offloading because of…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-04-06 Ibrahim Aliyu , Seungmin Oh , Sangwon Oh , Jinsul Kim

Over the years, significant contributions have been made by the research and industrial sectors to improve wearable devices towards the Internet of Wearable Things (IoWT) paradigm. However, wearables are still facing several challenges.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-03 Waleed Bin Qaim , Aleksandr Ometov , Claudia Campolo , Antonella Molinaro , Elena Simona Lohan , Jari Nurmi

By exploiting the superiority of non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA), NOMA-aided mobile edge computing (MEC) can provide scalable and low-latency computing services for the Internet of Things. However, given the prevalent stochasticity of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-07-01 Meihui Hua , Hui Tian , Xinchen Lyu , Wanli Ni , Gaofeng Nie

The development of Internet of Things (IoT) technology enables the rapid growth of connected smart devices and mobile applications. However, due to the constrained resources and limited battery capacity, there are bottlenecks when utilizing…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-09-09 Minxian Xu , Chengxi Gao , Shashikant Ilager , Huaming Wu , Chengzhong Xu , Rajkumar Buyya

With the development of 5G technology, mobile edge computing (MEC) is becoming a useful architecture, which is envisioned as a cloud computing extension version. Users within MEC system could deal with data processing at edge terminals,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-05-10 Hangfan Li , Xiaoxiong Zhong , Xinghan Wang , Yun Ji , Sheng Zhang

Due to their inherent flexibility and autonomous operation, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been widely used in Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) to provide real-time biomedical edge computing service for wireless body area network…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-12-25 Siqi Mu , Shuo Wen , Yang Lu , Ruihong Jiang , Bo Ai

In various Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications, a number of devices and sensors are used to collect data sets. As devices become more capable and smarter, they can not only collect data sets, but also process them locally. However, since…

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