Multi-Access Edge Computing and Intelligent Edge Applications
A special issue of Information (ISSN 2078-2489). This special issue belongs to the section "Information and Communications Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2020) | Viewed by 540
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the advent of various mobile and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, new types of services and mobile applications are emerging that utilize machine learning (ML) and augmented reality (AR) technology, which require high computing power and low latency due to recent advances in mobile network technology.
The existing cloud computing paradigm provides for scalable and flexible service development. Although the existing cloud computing platforms have provided good computation-intensive service with their powerful computing capabilities, they have limitations. Some services, which are ultra-delay sensitive, cannot work properly due to the high latencies of centralized solutions.
To solve these problems, multi-access edge computing (MEC) has emerged. MEC allows servers to be located close to users in order to efficiently handle these services and provides users with ultra-low-latency service delivery and powerful computing services. MEC also extends the centralized cloud paradigm, but there are some important issues to solve.
In particular, edge management and orchestration design are needed to support edge mobility. Ensuring service connectivity even during edge mobility is another challenge. To address these challenges, we need new algorithms and edge-based protocols and schemes.
This Special Issue focuses on recent advances in the theory and technologies for edge computing. Original, unpublished contributions and invited articles reflecting various aspects of edge computing architecture and edge application are encouraged. Authors are encouraged to submit works on, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Edge computing architectures and protocols;
- Mobility management in MEC;
- Edge computing orchestration algorithms;
- Connectivity enhancements for edge devices;
- Privacy management in MEC;
- Edge resource management;
- Network programming (SDN) aspects in MEC provisioning;
- Network virtualization (NFV) aspects in MEC provisioning;
- Edge application design;
- Internet of Things (IoT) edge applications;
- End device and edge enhancements in support of MEC services;
- Security for distributed edge clouds.
We hope this Special Issue will work as a roadmap for all researchers and users of the edge computing platform.
Dr. Juyong Lee
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- MEC (mobile edge computing/multi-access edge computing)
- edge computing
- mobility management
- edge management and orchestration
- edge resource optimization
- intelligent edge IoT
- context-aware edge computing
- security
