A Comprehensive Survey on Mobile Edge Computing: Challenges, Tools, Applications

Abstract

Mobile edge computing (MEC) is an emerging standard where cloud computing services like storage and computing, are provided to the edge of networks. MEC has the potential of executing computing-intensive applications such as augmented and virtual reality. It is an essential component in the internet of things (IoT) and 5G architecture that provides a noticeable reduction in latency and energy consumption of mobile devices. This paper covers a comprehensive survey about the MEC concept including MEC Analogue. It presents a different edge paradigm like fog computing, cloudlet, MEC, along with its architecture. The diverse challenges with its related work are covers during the survey. Simulation tools and challenges for real time implementations are explained. Finally, different MEC scenarios and applications are discussed.