An efficient algorithm for dynamic task offloading using cloudlets in mobile cloud computing

• Published in: International journal of communication systems Vol. 33; no. 13
• Main Authors: D, Shobha Rani, M, Pounambal, V, Saritha
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 10.09.2020
• Subjects: Algorithms; Cloud computing; cloudlets; Completion time; Computation offloading; dynamic task offloading; Electronic devices; Energy consumption; mobile cloud computing; Mobile computing
• ISSN: 1074-5351; 1099-1131
• DOI: 10.1002/dac.3890

Summary It is a visible fact that the growth of mobile devices is enormous. More computations are required to be carried out for various applications in these mobile devices. But the drawback of the mobile devices is less computation power and low available energy. The mobile cloud computing helps in resolving these issues by integrating the mobile devices with cloud technology. Again, the issue is increased in the latency as the task and data to be offloaded to the cloud environment uses WAN. Hence, to decrease the latency, this paper proposes cloudlet‐based dynamic task offloading (CDTO) algorithm where the task can be executed in device environment, cloudlet environment, cloud server environment, and integrated environment. The proposed algorithm, CDTO, is tested in terms of energy consumption and completion time. To decrease the latency, this paper proposes cloudlet‐based dynamic task offloading algorithm (CDTO) where the task can be executed in device environment, cloudlet environment, cloud server environment, or integrated environment. The proposed algorithm, CDTO, is tested in terms of energy consumption and completion time.