Fogernetes: Deployment and management of fog computing applications

Abstract

Devices used in fog and edge computing are heterogeneous and distributed. These computing environments are unpredictable and their applications are becoming more complex. This leads to challenges regarding deployment and management of fog and edge applications. It is important to ensure that quality of service, availability, reliability and real-time characteristics are guaranteed during deployment to take advantage of fog computing. In this paper, we present Fogernetes, a fog computing platform that enables management and deployment of fog applications with specific requirements on heterogeneous devices with different capabilities. Fogernetes allows matching the requirements of application components with device capabilities by using a labeling system. Based on a case study, we evaluate and test Fogernetes and examine its practical applicability for the deployment and management of fog computing applications. Fodeo serves as an example application. Fodeo analyzes video streams from multiple cameras and optimizes the video delivery. Fogernetes enables the deployment of Fodeo components on appropriate devices by matching requirements and capabilities.