FAST: Flexible and Low-Latency State Transfer in Mobile Edge Computing

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Abstract

It is vital for Tactile Internet to constantly maintain a low-latency control loop between sensors, actuators, and their controlling software applications. Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) is an essential technology that brings the elasticity of cloud computing to run controlling applications at a close proximity to controlled objects, thus reducing latency. To support the mobility of the objects, the underlying network has to be capable of migrating MEC applications seamlessly to guarantee the close proximity. However, it is challenging to migrate application states quickly and flexibly without interrupting the control loop. We propose FAST, a flexible scheme for direct and low-latency state transfer leveraging Software-Defined Networking (SDN). Evaluation results show that compared to state of the art, FAST reduces the service migration time by 80%.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGLOBECOM 2020 - 2020 IEEE Global Communications Conference
PublisherIEEE Communications Society, New York
Pages1-6
Number of pages6
ISBN (print)978-1-7281-8299-5
Publication statusPublished - 11 Dec 2020
Peer-reviewedYes

Conference

Title2020 IEEE Global Communications Conference
Abbreviated titleGLOBECOM 2020
Duration7 - 11 December 2020
Locationonline
CityTaipei
CountryTaiwan, Province of China

External IDs

Scopus 85100384902
Ieee 10.1109/GLOBECOM42002.2020.9322117
ORCID /0000-0001-7008-1537/work/142248633

Keywords

Keywords

  • Cloud computing, Tactile Internet, Performance evaluation, Edge computing, Software, Sensors, Elasticity