The Role of Cloudlets in Hostile Environments

The convergence of mobile computing and cloud computing is predicated on a reliable, high-bandwidth end-to-end network. This basic requirement is hard to guarantee in hostile environments such as military operations and disaster recovery. In this article, the authors examine how VM-based cloudlets t...

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Published inIEEE pervasive computing Vol. 12; no. 4; pp. 40 - 49
Main Authors Satyanarayanan, Mahadev, Lewis, Grace, Morris, Edwin, Simanta, Soumya, Boleng, Jeff, Kiryong Ha
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.10.2013
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Cloud computing
Computation
Convergence
Disaster relief
fault tolerance
high availability
Military operations
Mobile communication
Mobile communication systems
Mobile computing
Mobile handsets
Networks
pervasive computing
Proximity
virtual machines
Wireless communication
Wireless sensor networks
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ISSN1536-1268
1558-2590
DOI10.1109/MPRV.2013.77

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Summary:The convergence of mobile computing and cloud computing is predicated on a reliable, high-bandwidth end-to-end network. This basic requirement is hard to guarantee in hostile environments such as military operations and disaster recovery. In this article, the authors examine how VM-based cloudlets that are located in close proximity to associated mobile devices can overcome this challenge. This article is part of a special issue on the edge of the cloud.
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ISSN:1536-1268
1558-2590
DOI:10.1109/MPRV.2013.77