2017/10/04 by Paola G. Vinueza Naranjo, Zahra Pooranian, Naranjo, Paola G. Vinueza +7
Computer Science · Engineering · #Caching and Content Delivery #Distributed #FOS: Computer and information sciences #IoT and Edge/Fog Computing #Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI) #Parallel #Smart Cities and Technologies #and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1710.01801
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Smart city vision brings emerging heterogeneous communication technologies\nsuch as Fog Computing (FC) together to substantially reduce the latency and\nenergy consumption of Internet of Everything (IoE) devices running various\napplications. The key feature that distinguishes the FC paradigm for smart\ncities is that it spreads communication and computing resources over the\nwired/wireless access network (e.g., proximate access points and base stations)\nto provide resource augmentation (e.g., cyberforaging) for resource and\nenergy-limited wired/wireless (possibly mobile) things. Moreover, smart city\napplications are developed with the goal of improving the management of urban\nflows and allowing real-time responses to challenges that can arise in users'\ntransactional relationships. This article presents a Fog-supported smart city\nnetwork architecture called Fog Computing Architecture Network (FOCAN), a\nmulti-tier structure in which the applications running on things jointly\ncompute, route, and communicate with one another through the smart city\nenvironment to decrease latency and improve energy provisioning and the\nefficiency of services among things with different capabilities. An important\nconcern that arises with the introduction of FOCAN is the need to avoid\ntransferring data to/from distant things and instead to cover the nearest\nregion for an IoT application. We define three types of communications between\nFOCAN devices (e.g., interprimary, primary, and secondary communication) to\nmanage applications in a way that meets the quality of service standards for\nthe IoE. One of the main advantages of FOCAN is that the devices can provide\nthe services with low energy usage and in an efficient manner. Simulation\nresults for a selected case study demonstrate the tremendous impact of the\nFOCAN energy-efficient solution on the communication performance of various\ntypes of things in smart cities.\n