Integrated Communication and Computation Resource Management for Mobile Cloud Computing

***由于智能移动设备和基于云的计算技术的最新进展，移动云计算是一种新兴技术，预计在不久的将来将无处不在，支持工业生产、教育、电子商务、移动医疗保健和环境监测等广泛的应用。除了传统的通过互联网获取信息之外，未来的消费者将要求随时随地获得高速计算服务。移动云计算的一个主要区别特征是通信和计算之间的紧密耦合，在新兴的信息计算服务中，如可穿戴健康监测和增强现实。因此，它的崛起将带来一种新的无处不在的集成通信计算范式，其中智能移动设备自然充当人机界面和不受约束的感官输入，强大的云服务器提供信息处理引擎，先进的有线和无线通信网络支持它们之间的双向连接。这个复杂系统的正常运行对于无缝和无处不在的信息计算服务至关重要。然而，这一新兴范式的现有知识和研究是稀缺的，有许多具有挑战性的开放问题和令人兴奋的创新机会。***在提出的研究计划中，我们的长期目标是开发一种新的框架来统一移动云计算中的通信和计算，最终形成一个集成系统，为自由漫游的移动设备无缝高效地提供无处不在的信息计算服务。我们将探讨在新的集成通信-计算范式中优化系统设计和资源管理的基本原理和工程技术。在短期内，我们将重点关注三个相互关联的基本构建模块：(1)通过不稳定的无线链路动态计算作业迁移；(2)多资源联合通信-计算公平调度；(3)多智能体协作联合通信与计算。所提出的研究将为在新兴的信息计算环境中建立基本理论和实际设计策略做出重大贡献。我们的研究成果有望激发新的通信架构、分布式计算系统和信息计算应用。预计它们将对促进加拿大技术创新的长期竞争力产生持续影响。* * * * *

***Enabled by recent advances in smart mobile devices and cloud-based computing techniques, mobile cloud computing is an emerging technology expected to be ubiquitous in the near future, supporting a wide range of applications such as industrial production, education, e-commerce, mobile healthcare, and environmental monitoring. Future consumers will demand anytime, anywhere access to high-speed computation services, in addition to their conventional access to information through the Internet. A main distinguishing characteristic of mobile cloud computing is the tight coupling between communication and computation, in emerging Info-Computation services such as wearable health monitoring and augmented reality. Therefore, its rise will usher in a new pervasive integrated communication-computation paradigm, where smart mobile devices naturally serve as human interface and untethered sensory inputs, powerful cloud servers provide the engine for information processing, and an advanced wired and wireless communication network supports the bi-directional connection between them. The proper operation of this complex system is essential to seamless and ubiquitous Info-Computation services. However, existing knowledge and research in this emerging paradigm are scarce, and there are many challenging open problems and exciting opportunities for innovation.***In the proposed research program, we aim, in the long term, to develop a novel framework to unify communication and computation in mobile cloud computing, ultimately leading to an integrated system that provides ubiquitous Info-Computation services to freely roaming mobile devices seamlessly and efficiently. We will investigate into fundamental principles and engineering techniques for optimal system design and resource management in the new integrated communication-computation paradigm. In the shorter-term, we will focus on three inter-connected essential building blocks: (1) dynamic computation job migration through instable wireless links, (2) multi-resource joint communication-computation fair scheduling, and (3) multi-agent cooperative joint communication and computation. The proposed research will contribute substantially toward establishing fundamental theories and practical design policies in the emerging Info-Computation environment. Our research outcomes are expected to motivate novel communication architectures, distributed computing systems, and Info-Computation applications. They are expected to have sustained impact in contributing toward the long-term competitiveness of Canada's technological innovation.*** **