Title
A Unified Model for the Mobile-Edge-Cloud Continuum
Abstract
Technologies such as mobile, edge, and cloud computing have the potential to form a computing continuum for new, disruptive applications. At runtime, applications can choose to execute parts of their logic on different infrastructures that constitute the continuum, with the goal of minimizing latency and battery consumption and maximizing availability. In this article, we propose A3-E, a unified model for managing the life cycle of continuum applications. In particular, A3-E exploits the Functions-as-a-Service model to bring computation to the continuum in the form of microservices. Furthermore, A3-E selects where to execute a certain function based on the specific context and user requirements. The article also presents a prototype framework that implements the concepts behind A3-E. Results show that A3-E is capable of dynamically deploying microservices and routing the application’s requests, reducing latency by up to 90% when using edge instead of cloud resources, and battery consumption by 74% when computation has been offloaded.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1145/3226644
ACM Transactions on Internet Technology
Keywords
Field
DocType
Computing continuum, Functions-as-a-Service, edge computing, fog computing, mobile computing, ops automation, real-time systems
Mobile computing,Edge computing,Computer science,Exploit,Microservices,Unified Model,User requirements document,Computation,Distributed computing,Cloud computing
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
19
2
1533-5399
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
6
0.50
0
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Luciano Baresi12533172.62
Danilo F. Mendonça2211.91
Martin Garriga3647.87
Sam Guinea4102865.08
Giovanni Quattrocchi5527.95