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Mobile edge computing (MEC) is emerging as a promising computing architecture by pushing computation and storage closer to end-users with both strategically deployed edge servers and opportunistic available resources. Essentially different from the traditional definition of cloud computing, mobile edge computing can provide solutions to problems faced by mobile cloud computing and support a large number of different mobile and the Internet of Things (IoT) applications and services. However, to maximize the resource utilization and user service experiences, it is envisioned that mobile edge computing and cloud computing should be designed and operated under a seamless integrated hierarchical architecture, though there are still many unprecedented technical challenges for applying mobile edge computing to the emerging mobile and IoT applications.

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  • The second article, ‘‘Multi-layer cloud-RAN with cooperative resource allocations for low-latency computing and communication services,’’ by Mei et al designed a cloud radio access network with multiple layers, where mobile edge resources deployed in different layers are utilized in various approaches according to the resources’ serving range and the characteristics of user tasks

  • Different from the traditional definition of cloud computing, mobile edge computing can provide solutions to problems faced by mobile cloud computing and support a large number of different mobile and the Internet of Things (IoT) applications and services

  • To maximize the resource utilization and user service experiences, it is envisioned that mobile edge computing and cloud computing should be designed and operated under a seamless integrated hierarchical architecture, though there are still many unprecedented technical challenges for applying mobile edge computing to the emerging mobile and IoT applications

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The second article, ‘‘Multi-layer cloud-RAN with cooperative resource allocations for low-latency computing and communication services,’’ by Mei et al designed a cloud radio access network with multiple layers, where mobile edge resources deployed in different layers are utilized in various approaches according to the resources’ serving range and the characteristics of user tasks. IEEE ACCESS SPECIAL SECTION EDITORIAL: MOBILE EDGE COMPUTING

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