Mobile Cloud-Computing: Supporting users with multiple devices

移动云计算：支持拥有多个设备的用户

• 批准号: RGPIN-2015-04449
• 负责人: Deters, Ralph
• 金额: $ 1.31万
• 依托单位: University of Saskatchewan
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=589809
• 关键词: Mobile; Cloud; Computing; Supporting; users

Cloud-Computing allows individuals and organizations to purchase virtualized hardware (Infrastructure as a Service, IaaS), software platforms (Platform as a Service, PaaS) or applications/functionality (Software as a Service, SaaS) in a pay-as-you-go manner, comparable to the metered purchase of electricity, gas or water and is most often seen as a solution to improve scalability and reduce costs for IT solutions. Mobile Cloud-Computing (MCC) focuses on using mobile devices to engage cloud-hosted services and is therefore the intersection of cloud-computing and mobile-computing. The main driver for MCC is the decline of the PC and its replacement with the rising number of mobile devices (tablets & smartphones). According to Gartner in 2014 the combined shipments in the PC market (traditional PC, laptops & ultra-mobiles) are expected to reach 316 million units (worldwide). By contrast the worldwide sales of tablets are expected to reach 320 million units (worldwide) and smartphones (66% of mobile handset market) are expected to reach 900 million units. To overcome the apparent lack of computational resources when compared to PCs, Mark Baccue proposed the idea of using cloud-computing which has led to a virtuous cycle in which cloud-computing and mobile devices each are the driver for the growth of the other. It is therefore not surprising that MCC, as the combination of mobile and cloud-computing has establishing itself within IT as a key component/technology.

云计算允许个人和组织以按需付费的方式购买虚拟化硬件（基础设施即服务，IaaS），软件平台（平台即服务，PaaS）或应用程序/功能（软件即服务，SaaS），与计量购买电力，天然气或水相当，并且通常被视为提高可扩展性和降低IT解决方案成本的解决方案。移动的云计算（MCC）专注于使用移动的设备来参与云托管服务，因此是云计算和移动计算的交叉点。MCC的主要驱动力是PC的衰落及其被越来越多的移动的设备（平板电脑和智能手机）所取代。根据Gartner的数据，2014年PC市场（传统PC、笔记本电脑和超级手机）的总出货量预计将达到3.16亿台（全球）。相比之下，平板电脑的全球销量预计将达到3.2亿台（全球），智能手机（占移动的手机市场的66%）预计将达到9亿台。为了克服与PC相比明显缺乏计算资源的问题，Mark Baccue提出了使用云计算的想法，这导致了一个良性循环，其中云计算和移动的设备都是另一个增长的驱动力。因此，MCC作为移动的和云计算的结合体，在IT中确立了自己作为关键组件/技术的地位，这并不奇怪。