articleIEEE Internet of Things JournalJan 10, 2020Closed access

Joint Task Offloading and Resource Allocation in UAV-Enabled Mobile Edge Computing

ZYZhe YuYGYanmin GongSGShimin GongYGYuanxiong Guo

Oklahoma State University · The University of Texas at San Antonio · +1 more institution

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Abstract

Mobile edge computing (MEC) is an emerging technology to support resource-intensive yet delay-sensitive applications using small cloud-computing platforms deployed at the mobile network edges. However, the existing MEC techniques are not applicable to the situation where the number of mobile users increases explosively or the network facilities are sparely distributed. In view of this insufficiency, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been employed to improve the connectivity of ground Internet of Things (IoT) devices due to their high altitude. This article proposes an innovative UAV-enabled MEC system involving the interactions among IoT devices, UAV, and edge clouds (ECs). The system deploys and operates a…

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  • Computer science
  • Mobile edge computing
  • Cloud computing
  • Provisioning
  • Distributed computing
  • Edge computing
  • Resource allocation
  • Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Affordable and clean energy
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