IEEE Access • Vol 8
IEEE Access Special Section Editorial: Mobile Edge Computing and Mobile Cloud Computing: Addressing Heterogeneity and Energy Issues of Compute and Network Resources
January 2020 • Muhammad Khurram Khan, Junaid Shuja, Yaser Jararweh, Guanding Yu, Mohsen Guizani, Christos Verikoukis, Raja Wasim Ahmad
Mobile applications are advancing toward higher network and compute requirements, which are similar to the requirements of server applications. Users prefer to perform their tasks on the go from mobile devices instead of stationary desktop and server systems. Modern mobile applications limit mobile battery times as charging is lost quickly due to high processing and data demands. Resources other than energy are also limited in mobile devices (memory, CPU millions of instructions per second, etc.).Mobile edge compu…