Self-Management Mechanisms for Clouds Assisting Mobile Users

移动云计算范式提供了一个有希望的愿景，最终缩小了资源受限的移动设备和带宽有限的无线网络与大量具有高计算和通信需求的应用程序（例如，语音和面部识别以及交互式大型游戏）之间的差距。提出的研究项目旨在通过开发一种自配置的云管理架构来实现这一愿景，该架构可以有效地为移动用户服务，同时优化云资源的使用。更准确地说，该项目将重点解决三大研究问题；第一部分解决了支持云的移动应用程序组件的自供应问题，这些组件可以动态地适应其双重（本地和卸载到云）执行。第二个问题涉及公共云的定制，通过开发用于移动和可扩展虚拟机的放置和迁移的有效方法来为移动用户服务。第三个问题涉及云提供商之间的长期互动和合作。该研究项目将采用跨层设计，整合来自不同协议层的各种信息，以实现不同的管理功能，如应用程序分区、设备克隆、动态云资源扩展以及用户和云提供商之间无线资源的协作共享。具有虚拟无限功能的移动设备的实现，将迎来移动用户服务的新时代。这些服务将满足新出现的公共需求，并在私营部门创造独特的盈利机会。

Mobile cloud computing paradigms provide a promising vision to finally close the existing gap between the resource-constrained mobile devices and bandwidth-limited wireless networks on the one side and the wide spread of a plethora of applications with high computational and communication needs (e.g., speech and face recognition and interactive massive gaming) on the other. The proposed research project aims at realizing this vision through the development of a self-configuring management architecture for the clouds that can efficiently serve the mobile users while optimizing the usage of the cloud resources.More precisely, the project will focus on solving three major research problems; the first addresses the self-provisioning of cloud-enabled mobile application components that can dynamically adapt their dual (local and offloaded to clouds) executions. The second problem deals with the customization of public clouds to serve mobile users by developing efficient means for the placement and migration of mobile and scalable virtual machines. The third problem relates to the long-term interactions and cooperation among cloud providers. The research project will follow a cross-layer design that incorporates various pieces of information available from different protocol layers in realizing different management functionalities such as application partitioning, device cloning, dynamic cloud resource scaling, and collaborative sharing of wireless resources among users and cloud providers. The realization of mobile devices with virtual unlimited capabilities will usher in a new era of services to mobile users. These services will fulfill emerging public needs and create unique profit opportunities within the private sector.