Monitoring in fog computing: state-of-the-art and research challenges. (18th February 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Abreha, Haftay Gebreslasie; Bernardos, Carlos J.; Oliva, Antonio De La; Cominardi, Luca; Azcorra, Arturo
• Is Part Of: International journal of ad hoc and ubiquitous computing. Volume 36:Number 2(2021)
• Page Start: 114
• Page End: 130
• Publication Date: 2021-02-18
• Subjects: fog computing -- edge computing -- cloud computing -- resource monitoring and management; Ubiquitous computing -- Periodicals; Embedded computer systems -- Periodicals; Electronic data processing -- Distributed processing -- Periodicals; Wireless communication systems -- Periodicals; Computer architecture -- Periodicals; 004.2
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1743-8225

Abstract

Fog computing has rapidly become a widely accepted computing paradigm to mitigate cloud computing-based infrastructure limitations such as scarcity of bandwidth, large latency, security, and privacy issues. Fog computing resources and applications dynamically vary at run-time, and they are highly distributed, mobile, and appear-disappear rapidly at any time over the internet. Therefore, to ensure the quality of service and experience for end-users, it is necessary to comply with a comprehensive monitoring approach. However, the volatility and dynamism characteristics of fog resources make the monitoring design complex and cumbersome. The aim of this article is therefore three-fold: 1) to analyse fog computing-based infrastructures and existing monitoring solutions; 2) to highlight the main requirements and challenges based on a taxonomy; 3) to identify open issues and potential future research directions.