Recent Advances in Cloud-Aware Mobile Fog Computing

Advances in Mobile Cloud Computing

As advances in technology occur, mobile cloud computing is able to overcome the issue of resource poverty that occurs in mobile devices. Manufacturers now look at cloud computing as an asset because they can run their products better. The number of businesses and individuals that are investing in cloud computing services is anticipated to grow rapidly. Rapid growth of this nature will have a la...

Cloud Service-Aware Location Update in Mobile Cloud Computing

Mobile devices are becoming the primary platforms for many users who always roam around when accessing the cloud computing services. From this, the cloud computing is integrated into the mobile environment by introducing a new paradigm, mobile cloud computing. In the context of mobile computing, the battery life of mobile device is limited, and it is important to balance the mobility performanc...

Connecting Fog and Cloud Computing

Special section: Recent advances in utility and cloud computing

Welcome to the special issue of Future Generation Computer System (FGCS) Journal in Utility and Cloud Computing. This special issue compiles a number of excellent technical contributions that significantly advance the state-of-the-art in utility and cloud computing comprising selected and extended contributions from the UCC 2010, the 2010 International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing,...

Security Challenges in Fog Computing in Healthcare

Background and Aim: The Fog Computing is a highly virtualized platform that provides storage, computing and networking services between the Cloud data centers and end devices. Fog computing fits the characteristics of real-time health monitoring systems. In such systems, a large amount of data is acquired from a multitude of bio and environmental sensors. On the other hand, its distribution and...