Skip to main content

Advances, Systems and Applications

Table 2 Architectures’ characteristic matrix

From: Efficient resourceful mobile cloud architecture (mRARSA) for resource demanding applications

Cloud architecture

Characteristics

AR

N

CE

M

Mob

US

O

SW

S

Mobil ad-hoc cloud

D

Mobile ad hoc network

Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi direct, Bluetooth

Self- managed

No

N specific users

Local

SOA

Only soft state

Cloudlet

D

WLAN latency/ bandwidth

WLAN

Self- managed, little professional attention

Yes

Community user at runtime

Local & decentralized

SOA

Only soft state

Distant cloud

D

Internet latency / bandwidth

4G/LTE

Professionally administrator, service provider

Yes

N of users at all the time

Centralized & service centric by service provider

SOA

Hard & soft state

mRARSA

D

WLAN

Wi-Fi

Developer Management

Solve

Yes

Developer Ownership

SOA

Hard & Soft state

  1. AR Architecture, N Network, CE Communication Environment, M Management, Mob Mobility, US User Support, O Ownership, SW Service framework, S State, D Distributed