Vehicular Fog Computing: Enabling Real-Time Traffic Management for Smart Cities

• Published in: IEEE wireless communications Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 87 - 93
• Main Authors: Ning, Zhaolong, Huang, Jun, Wang, Xiaojie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.02.2019; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Ad hoc networks; Cloud computing; Computer architecture; Computing time; Edge computing; Intelligent vehicles; Real time; Real-time systems; Response time; Road traffic; Time factors; Traffic management; Traffic models; Trajectory analysis; Vehicles

Fog computing extends the facility of cloud computing from the center to edge networks. Although fog computing has the advantages of location awareness and low latency, the rising requirements of ubiquitous connectivity and ultra-low latency challenge real-time traffic management for smart cities. A...