A Manifesto for Modern Fog and Edge Computing: Vision, New Paradigms, Opportunities, and Future Directions

TL;DR

This paper presents a comprehensive overview of modern fog and edge computing paradigms, highlighting their architectures, applications, research opportunities, and future directions to enhance IoT data processing and user services.

Contribution

It offers a detailed manifesto outlining current research trends, architectures, and future opportunities in fog and edge computing, advancing understanding of these paradigms.

Findings

Fog and edge computing reduce latency in IoT applications.

New architectures improve data processing efficiency.

Future research directions include scalable and secure systems.

Abstract

The advancements in the use of Internet of Things (IoT) devices is increasing continuously and generating huge amounts of data in a fast manner. Cloud computing is an important paradigm which processes and manages user data effectively. Further, fog and edge computing paradigms are introduced to improve user service by reducing latency and response time. This chapter presents a manifesto for modern fog and edge computing systems based on the current research trends. Further, architectures and applications of fog and edge computing are explained. Moreover, research opportunities and promising future directions are presented with respect to the new paradigms, which will be helpful for practitioners, researchers, and academicians to continue their research.