Fog Computing (eBook)

Prof. Dr. Zaigham Mahmood is a Senior Technology Consultant at Debesis Education UK and a Professor at the Shijiazhuang Tiedao University in Hebei, China. He also holds positions as Foreign Professor at NUST and IIU in Islamabad, Pakistan. He has previously served as a Reader (Associate Professor) at the University of Derby, UK, and Professor Extraordinaire at the North West University Potchefstroom, South Africa. Among his many publications are the Springer titles Smart Cities, Connected Environments for the Internet of Things, Software Project Management for Distributed Computing, Requirements Engineering for Service and Cloud Computing, Connectivity Frameworks for Smart Devices, Data Science and Big Data Computing, Cloud Computing: Challenges, Limitations and R&D Solutions, Continued Rise of the Cloud, Cloud Computing: Methods and Practical Approaches, Software Engineering Frameworks for the Cloud Computing Paradigm, and Cloud Computing for Enterprise Architectures.

PART I: Concepts and Principles

Fog Computing: Concepts, Principles and Related ParadigmsZaigham Mahmood and Muthu Ramachandran

Fog Computing in the IoT Environment: Principles, Features and ModelsSomayya Madakam and Pratima Bhagat

Dichotomy of Fog Computing in the Realm of Cloud Computing: Exploring the Emerging DimensionsBwalya Kelvin Joseph and Stella Bvuma

Fog Computing in a Developing World Context: Jumping on the BandwagonBvuma Stella and Bwalya Kelvin Joseph

PART II: Frameworks and Technologies

Analyzing IoT, Fog and Cloud Environments using Real Sensor DataTamas Pflanzner and Attila Kertesz

Performance Enhancement of Fog Computing Using SDN and NFV TechnologiesPushpa J. and Pethuru Raj

Mechanisms Towards Enhanced Quality of Experience (QoE) in Fog Computing EnvironmentsP. Beaulah Soundarabai and Pethuru Raj Chelliah

Specifying Software Services for Fog Computing Architectures Using Recursive Model TransformationsNuno Santos, Helena Rodrigues, Jaime Pereira, Francisco Morais, Raquel Martins, Nuno Ferreira, Ricardo Abreu, and Ricardo J. Machado

A Data Utility Model for Data Intensive Applications in Fog Computing EnvironmentsCinzia Cappiello, Pierluigi Plebani, and Monica Vitali

PART III: Advanced Topics and Future Directions

Context-Aware Intelligent Systems for Fog Computing Environments for Cyber-Threat IntelligenceArif Sari

SEF-SCC: Software Engineering Framework for Service and Cloud ComputingMuthu Ramachandran

Data and Computation Movement in Fog Environments: the DITAS ApproachPierluigi Plebani, David Garcia-Perez, Maya Anderson, David Bermbach, Cinzia Cappiello, Ronen I. Kat, Achilleas Marinakis, Vrettos Moulos, Frank Pallas, Stefan Tai, and Monica Vitali

Towards Edge-Based Caching in Software-Defined Heterogeneous Vehicular NetworksAdnan Mahmood, Hushairi Zen