Due the fact that Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC) is a recent paradigm, it lacks tools and frameworks to model its architecture. Existing ADLs (Architectural Description Languages) do not support modelling Mobile Cloud Architecture (MCA), since the latter encompasses more complicated and rich architectural features -including contextual informationthan traditional applications. In this paper we pr...

Together with an explosive growth of the mobile applications and emerging of cloud computing concept, mobile cloud computing (MCC) has been introduced to be a potential technology for mobile services. MCC integrates the cloud computing into the mobile environment and overcomes obstacles related to the performance (e.g., battery life, storage, and bandwidth), environment (e.g., heterogeneity, sc...

Energy efficiency is a fundamental consideration for mobile devices. Cloud computing has the potential to save mobile client energy but the savings from offloading the computation need to exceed the energy cost of the additional communication. In this paper we provide an analysis of the critical factors affecting the energy consumption of mobile clients in cloud computing. Further, we present o...

With the increasing use of smartphones devices, mobile applications with richer functionalities are becoming ubiquitous but mobile devices are limited by their resources for computing and power consumption. Cloud the place for abundant resources. Clouds provide opportunity to do huge computations quickly and accurately so we can use cloud for mobile computations. Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC) wh...