Efficient Smart Grid Load Balancing via Fog and Cloud Computing

Abstract

As the cloud data centers size increases, the number of virtual machines (VMs) grows speedily. Application requests are served by VMs be located in the physical machine (PM). The rapid growth of Internet services has created an imbalance of network resources. Some hosts have high bandwidth usage and can cause network congestion. Network congestion affects overall network performance. Cloud computing load balancing is an important feature that needs to be optimized. Therefore, this research proposes a 3-tier architecture, which consists of Cloud layer, Fog layer, and Consumer layer. The Cloud serves the world, and Fog analyzes the services at the local edge of network. Fog stores data temporarily, and the data is transmitted to the cloud. The world is classified into 6 regions on the basis of 6 continents in consumer layer. Consider Area 0 as North America, for which two fogs and two cluster buildings are considered. Microgrids (MG) are used to supply energy to consumers. In this research, a real-time VM migration algorithm for balancing fog load has been proposed. Load balancing algorithms focus on effective resource utilization, maximum throughput, and optimal response time. Compared to the closest data center (CDC), the real-time VM migration algorithm achieves 18% better cost results and optimized response time (ORT). Realtime VM migration and ORT increase response time by 11% compared to dynamic reconFigure with load (DRL) with load. Realtime VM migration always seeks the best solution to minimize cost and increase processing time.