Mobile Cyber Physical Systems: Current Challenges and Future Networking Applications

• Published in: IEEE access Vol. 6; pp. 12360 - 12368
• Main Authors: Guo, Yanxiang, Hu, Xiping, Hu, Bin, Cheng, Jun, Zhou, Mengchu, Kwok, Ricky Y. K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway IEEE 01.01.2018; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Ad hoc networks; Cyber-physical systems; dynamic; Dynamic stability; Education; Energy consumption; Medical services; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Mobile cyber-physical systems; privacy; Security; Sensors; Systems stability; Vehicle dynamics; Vehicles; vehicular networks; Wireless networks
• ISSN: 2169-3536; 2169-3536
• DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2017.2782881

Mobile cyber-physical systems (CPS) that take the advantages and extend the application domains of CPS have become increasingly popular in recent years. For example, mobile CPS could be a kind of foundational techniques to support the development of vehicular networking systems, thereby improving security and privacy of users in the dynamic environments of vehicular networks. In this paper, we first distinguish mobile CPS from traditional CPS. Then, we introduce their three emerging application areas, i.e., vehicular networking systems, healthcare systems, and mobile education . After that, we discuss four main research challenges of mobile CPS regarding security, energy consumption, mobile dynamic environment , and system stability . Also, we consider the corresponding techniques, which may address these challenges, and analyze the inter-relations among them. Finally, we outline the possible research directions and applications of mobile CPS in the future.