SEcS: scalable edge-computing services

ABSTRACT

We present the architecture of a scalable and dynamic intermediary infrastructure for developing and deploying advanced Edge computing services, by using a cluster of heterogeneous machines. Our main goal is to address the challenges of the next-generation Internet services: scalability, high availability, fault-tolerance and robustness. Moreover, SEcS offers an easy, "on-the-fly" and per-user configuration of services. The architecture is based on IBM's Web Based Intermediaries (WBI) [8, 9].

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  C. Computer Systems Organization
  C.2 COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
      C.2.4 Distributed Systems

Keywords:
edge services, intermediary systems, personalized and mobile services, proxy servers, world wide web