Abstract
The cloud heralds a new era of computing where application services are provided through the Internet. Cloud computing can enhance the computing capability of mobile systems, but is it the ultimate solution for extending such systems' battery lifetimes?
Keywords
Cloud computingComputer scienceMobile cloud computingMobile computingUtility computingCloud testingComputation offloadingMobile deviceDistributed computingThe InternetComputer securityCloud computing securityEmbedded systemComputer networkOperating systemEdge computing
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- Year
- 2010
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 51-56
- Citations
- 1483
- Access
- Closed
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Karthik Kumar,
Yung‐Hsiang Lu
(2010).
Cloud Computing for Mobile Users: Can Offloading Computation Save Energy?.
Computer
, 43
(4)
, 51-56.
https://doi.org/10.1109/mc.2010.98
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- DOI
- 10.1109/mc.2010.98