雾计算的概念、相关研究与应用

doi:10.11959/j.issn.1000-436x.2018086

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Firstly,the previous work of fog computing was systematically analyzed and summarized.The background of fog computing and the comparison with cloud computing were introduced.Besides,based on the comparison with other computing style,the advantages and characteristics of fog computing were explained.In addition,the architecture of fog computing was described.Moreover,network management and resource scheduling of fog computing were discussed,where the related previous work were summarized and analyzed.At last,the applications of fog computing were described.Taking the intelligent driving and industrial Internet of things applications as examples,the key research issues of fog computing were proposed.

Key words: fog computing, delay, geo-distributed, mobility

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Weijia JIA,Xiaojie ZHOU. Concepts,issues,and applications of fog computing[J]. Journal on Communications, 2018, 39(5): 153-165.

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方面	具体指标	云计算	雾计算
	节点的访问方式	通过互联网（主要是有线网）	通过本地网络设施（主要是无线网）
	服务的访问方式	通过核心网	通过边缘设备
通信访问方式	终端用户到节点距离	多跳	一跳
	对于移动前传和集中式的基带单元的负担	重	轻
	缓存与无线信号处理	集中式	兼具集中式与分布式
	无线资源管理	集中式	兼具集中式与分布式
	控制方式	完全控制	部分控制
控制管理	软件虚拟的基础设施	数据中心服务器	边缘设备
	地理分布	否	是
	控制端数目	少	多
	时延	较高（分钟级~月级）	较低（毫秒级~秒级）
	时延抖动	高	很低
	可用性	99.99%	不定
	数据传输过程受攻击可能性	可能性高	可能性很低
	安全策略	难以定义	易被定义
服务质量	移动性支持	有限支持	支持程度高
	服务来源	全球	本地
	使用成本	高	低
	网络要求	高	低
	对实时应用的支持	差	好
	任务的传输功耗	大	小
	终端用户数	数十万或数百万	数十万
	节点数目	少	多
	硬件设备平均成本/美元	1 500~3 000	50~200
采用设备	设备部署位置	远端数据中心	靠近网络边缘
	硬件	存储容量大、计算能力强	存储容量与计算能力有限
	设备部署环境	带制冷设备的大型仓库	小型仓库或室外
	服务器拥有者与管理者	大公司（如Google）	小公司或个人
	部署速度（代价）	慢	快
	内容产生者	主要是人	主要是传感器设备
目标用户	内容丰富程度	丰富	单一
	目标用户	互联网用户	移动用户

层次	主要设备	主要功能
终端用户层	用户的手机、便携式电脑等终端设备与传感器节点	内容的生产者和内容的消费者
接入网络层	无线网络设备为主，有线网络设备为辅	按照预定的规则将终端用户的任务发送到对应的雾节点
雾层	雾边缘节点、微雾、雾服务器	提供一定程度的计算、存储和通信
核心网络层	核心网络设备	将超出雾层计算或存储能力的任务发送到云数据中心
云层	云数据中心服务器	数据备份、大计算量任务处理

文献来源	存储容量	时延	功耗	效用	网络资源占用与迁移时间
文献[13]	×	√（计算时延、传输时延）	√（功耗）	×	√（给定带宽下的网络资源占用）
文献[47]	×	√（往返时延）	×	×	√（给定带宽下的网络资源占用）
文献[48]	×	×	√（平均二氧化碳排放）	√（平均传输数据量）	×
文献[49]	×	√（计算时延、传输时延）	√（功耗）	√（基础设施成本）	√（迁移时间）
文献[50]	√（服务器的存储容量）	√（计算时延、I/O时延、传输时延）	×	×	×
文献[51]	×	×	×	√（平均传输数据量）	√（给定带宽下的网络资源占用）
文献[52]	×	√（往返时延）	√（功耗）	×	×
文献[53]	×	√（往返时延）	×	×	√（给定通信功率）
文献[54]	×	√（资源短缺程度）	×	√（平均传输数据量）	×
文献[55]	×	√（往返时延）	×	×	×

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