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Distributed Architectures Based on Edge Computing, Fog Computing and End Devices: A Conceptual Review Incorporating Resilience Aspects

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Due to the growing popularity of the Internet of Things (IoT), the number of devices connected to the Internet has risen considerably, resulting in an increase in network traffic, which generates bottlenecks that can result in limitations in terms of communication latency, response times and bandwidth. Because traditional cloud-based infrastructures are insufficient for the current demands of such applications, the Fog Computing and Edge Computing paradigms have been proposed, which allow to alleviate these limitations by moving some processing capabilities closer to the network edges and away from central servers in the cloud.

Because of the heterogeneity that exists in the literature regarding the definitions associated with these distributed architectures, this article provides a conceptual review of the different layers that compose them: Fog, Edge, and End Devices. The scope of each of the layers is defined and the platforms and services that can be deployed in each of them are presented. An introductory analysis of types of applications and resilience strategies applied to different failure scenarios is also made.

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    Santiago Medina, Diego Montezanti, Lucas Gómez D’Orazio, Francisco Garay, Armando De Giusti & Marcelo Naiouf

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Medina, S., Montezanti, D., Gómez D’Orazio, L., Garay, F., De Giusti, A., Naiouf, M. (2023). Distributed Architectures Based on Edge Computing, Fog Computing and End Devices: A Conceptual Review Incorporating Resilience Aspects. In: Naiouf, M., Rucci, E., Chichizola, F., De Giusti, L. (eds) Cloud Computing, Big Data & Emerging Topics. JCC-BD&ET 2023. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1828. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40942-4_3

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