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The Case for VM-Based Cloudlets in Mobile Computing
October-December 2009 (vol. 8 no. 4)
pp. 14-23
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Mahadev Satyanarayanan, Paramvir Bahl, Ramón Cáceres, Nigel Davies, "The Case for VM-Based Cloudlets in Mobile Computing," IEEE Pervasive Computing, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 14-23, October-December, 2009.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MPRV.2009.82,
author = {Mahadev Satyanarayanan and Paramvir Bahl and Ramón Cáceres and Nigel Davies},
title = {The Case for VM-Based Cloudlets in Mobile Computing},
journal ={IEEE Pervasive Computing},
volume = {8},
number = {4},
issn = {1536-1268},
year = {2009},
pages = {14-23},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MPRV.2009.82},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - MGZN
JO - IEEE Pervasive Computing
TI - The Case for VM-Based Cloudlets in Mobile Computing
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SN - 1536-1268
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EPD - 14-23
A1 - Mahadev Satyanarayanan,
A1 - Paramvir Bahl,
A1 - Ramón Cáceres,
A1 - Nigel Davies,
PY - 2009
KW - dynamic VM synthesis
KW - cyber foraging
KW - augmented reality
KW - cognitive augmentation
KW - virtual machines
KW - resource constraints
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JA - IEEE Pervasive Computing
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Mahadev Satyanarayanan, Carnegie Mellon University
Paramvir Bahl, Microsoft Research
Ramón Cáceres, AT&T Labs
Nigel Davies, Lancaster University
Resource poverty is a fundamental constraint that severely limits the class of applications that can be run on mobile devices. The authors present a vision of mobile computing that breaks free of this fundamental constraint. In this vision, mobile users seamlessly utilize nearby computers to obtain the resource benefits of cloud computing without incurring WAN delays, jitter, congestion, and failures. Rather than relying on a distant "cloud," a mobile user instantiates a "cloudlet" on nearby infrastructure and uses it via a wireless LAN. Crisp interactive response for immersive applications that augment human cognition is then much easier to achieve because of the cloudlet's proximity. The authors also confirm that a critical aspect of this vision—namely, rapid customization of cloudlet infrastructure—is achievable through dynamic VM synthesis.

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Index Terms:
dynamic VM synthesis, cyber foraging, augmented reality, cognitive augmentation, virtual machines, resource constraints
Citation:
Mahadev Satyanarayanan, Paramvir Bahl, Ramón Cáceres, Nigel Davies, "The Case for VM-Based Cloudlets in Mobile Computing," IEEE Pervasive Computing, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 14-23, Oct.-Dec. 2009, doi:10.1109/MPRV.2009.82
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