Cloud technologies -may 'fog computing' help out the traditional cloud and pave theway to 5G networks

Abstract

Innovation is at the heart of today's ever changing IT infrastructures. Core technologies of the Internet Age periodically are refined through sizeable innovations. Currently, two of these core technologies are undergoing a major reshape, with Cloud Computing being extended to cover computing nodes that do not reside within carefully designed data centers, and mobile networks which are currently moving towards their fifth generation termed "5G". This chapter describes these advancements by introducing the Fog Computing paradigm and its very specific requirements as well as potential 5G architectures that are able to handle these requirements.