Cloud in the air: A heterogeneous data communication framework for mobile cloud computing

基于云计算和智能移动设备这两项革命性技术的同时出现，将不可避免地看到新的移动云计算范式的兴起。一方面，可以通过互联网访问的云计算中心产生了永远在线的计算资源（例如软件、CPU、存储）的共享池，这些资源可以快速提供，而无需传统的、自我管理的计算服务器的用户通常需要的高昂资本和管理成本。另一方面，智能移动设备（如iphone、Android手机、平板电脑）在硬件、应用程序和无线通信能力急剧上升的推动下，已经发展成为无处不在的内容消费和内容创作工具。这两项新技术完美互补，云服务器为计算提供引擎，智能移动设备自然充当人机界面和不受限制的感官输入。

The concurrent emergence of two revolutionary technologies, cloud-based computing and smart mobile devices, will inevitably see the rise of a new mobile cloud computing paradigm. On one hand, cloud computing centres, accessible through the Internet, produce shared pools of always-on computing resources (e.g., software, CPU, storage), which can be rapidly provisioned without the usually prohibitive capital and management costs incurred by users of traditional, self-managed computing servers. On the other hand, smart mobile devices (e.g., iPhones, Android phones, tablets) have evolved, driven by the drastic rise of hardware, application, and wireless communication capabilities, to become ubiquitous tools for both content consumption and content creation. These two new technologies perfectly complement each other, with cloud servers providing the engine for computing and smart mobile devices naturally serving as human interface and untethered sensory inputs.