Fundamentals of Edge Computing

Abstract

Edge computing has become an important solution to break the bottleneck of emerging technologies by virtue of its advantages of reducing data transmission, improving service latency, and easing cloud computing pressure. At the same time, the emergence of edge computing has spawned a large number of new technologies and promoted the updating and application of some existing technologies, such as the improvement of end device hardware capabilities and the expansion of application scenarios of virtualization technologies. The edge computing architecture will become an important complement to the cloud, even replacing the role of the cloud in some scenarios. However, the status of cloud computing will not be completely replaced by edge computing, because cloud computing can process some computation-intensive tasks that edge devices cannot deal with, relying on its rich computing power and storage resources. Therefore, the combination of cloud computing and edge computing can satisfy the requirements of more diverse application scenarios and bring a more convenient experience to users.