Edge Computing: Vision and Challenges

The proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) and the success of rich cloud services have pushed the horizon of a new computing paradigm, edge computing, which calls for processing the data at the edge of the network. Edge computing has the potential to address the concerns of response time requirem...

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Published in:IEEE internet of things journal 2016-10, Vol.3 (5), p.637-646
Main Authors: Shi, Weisong, Cao, Jie, Zhang, Quan, Li, Youhuizi, Xu, Lanyu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bandwidth
Cloud computing
Data privacy
Edge computing
Internet of Things
Internet of Things (IoT)
Mobile handsets
smart home and city
Smart homes
Time factors
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Summary:The proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) and the success of rich cloud services have pushed the horizon of a new computing paradigm, edge computing, which calls for processing the data at the edge of the network. Edge computing has the potential to address the concerns of response time requirement, battery life constraint, bandwidth cost saving, as well as data safety and privacy. In this paper, we introduce the definition of edge computing, followed by several case studies, ranging from cloud offloading to smart home and city, as well as collaborative edge to materialize the concept of edge computing. Finally, we present several challenges and opportunities in the field of edge computing, and hope this paper will gain attention from the community and inspire more research in this direction.
ISSN:2327-4662
2327-4662
DOI:10.1109/JIOT.2016.2579198