IEEE Access Special Section Editorial: Mobile Edge Computing and Mobile Cloud Computing: Addressing Heterogeneity and Energy Issues of Compute and Network Resources

Muhammad Khurram Khan,Guanding Yu,Raja Wasim Ahmad,Christos Verikoukis,Junaid Shuja,Yaser Jararweh,Mohsen Guizani

doi:10.1109/access.2020.3019975

Abstract

Mobile applications are advancing toward higher network and compute requirements, which are similar to the requirements of server applications. Users prefer to perform their tasks on the go from mobile devices instead of stationary desktop and server systems. Modern mobile applications limit mobile battery times as charging is lost quickly due to high processing and data demands. Resources other than energy are also limited in mobile devices (memory, CPU millions of instructions per second, etc.).Mobile edge computing (MEC) technologies facilitate resource-scarcemobile devices to enhance their capabilities and execute data/computeintensive applications while collaborating with resource-rich network servers to enable ubiquitous computing. On the other hand, mobile cloud computing provides higher resources for applications that have low response requirements (noninteractive applications). Bothmobile edge computing andmobile cloud computing enable technologies for Internet of Things (IoT), smart grids, and e-health applications.

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Each article in this Special Section underwent a rigorous peer-review process
Mobile applications are advancing toward higher network and compute requirements, which are similar to the requirements of server applications
Users prefer to perform their tasks on the go from mobile devices instead of stationary desktop and server systems

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Each article in this Special Section underwent a rigorous peer-review process. At the end, 27 articles were accepted based on their relevance to the Special Section and positive reviews. IEEE ACCESS SPECIAL SECTION EDITORIAL: MOBILE EDGE COMPUTING AND MOBILE CLOUD COMPUTING: ADDRESSING HETEROGENEITY AND ENERGY ISSUES OF COMPUTE AND NETWORK RESOURCES The article by Jing et al, ‘‘Data loss and reconstruction of location differential privacy protection based on edge computing,’’ proposes a solution for data loss and privacy protection in edge networks.

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