An efficient dynamic decision-based task optimization and scheduling approach for microservice-based cost management in mobile cloud computing applications

Abstract

The use of smartphones and mobile devices has increased significantly, as have Mobile Cloud Applications based on cloud computing. These applications are used in various fields, including Augmented Reality, E-Transportation, 2D/3-D Games, E-Healthcare, and Education. While existing cloud-based frameworks provide such services on Virtual Machines, they incur problems such as overhead, lengthy boot time, and high costs. To address these issues, the paper proposes a Dynamic Decision-Based Task Scheduling Approach for Microservice-based Mobile Cloud Computing Applications (MSCMCC) that can run delay-sensitive applications and mobility with less cost than existing approaches. The study focuses on Task Offloading problems on heterogeneous Mobile Cloud servers. It proposes a Task Offloading and Microservices based Computational Offloading (TSMCO) framework to solve Task Scheduling in steps such as Resource Matching, Task Sequencing, and Task Offloading. Experimental results show that the proposed MSCMCC and TSMCO enhance Mobile Server Utilization while minimizing costs and improving boot time, resource utilization, and task arrival time for various applications. Specifically, the proposed system effectively reduces the cost of healthcare applications by 25%, augmented reality by 23%, E-Transport tasks by 21%, and 3-D games tasks by 19%, the average boot-time of microservices applications by 17%, resource utilization by 36%, and tasks arrival time by 16%.