You are kindly invited to a talk/seminar on:
CURRENT TOPICS IN MOBILE CLOUD COMPUTING FOR
FIFTH GENERATION NETWORKS
By
Professor (Dr) Zoran Bojkovic
FULL PROFFESOR, Senior Member IEEE
UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE, Serbia
Date: Monday 7th December 2015
Time: 0930-1145
Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, Sir Edouard Lim Fat Eng Tower
Convener:
Dr T.P. Fowdur, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
CURRENT TOPICS IN MOBILE CLOUD COMPUTING FOR FIFTH
GENERATION NETWORKS
Abstract:
The new techniques in broadband and radio frequency are required to enable computationally
intensive operations. Also, the new fifth generation (5G) air interface and spectrum should be
combined together with long term evaluation (LTE) and WiFi to provide universal high-rate
coverage. There are three technologies i.e., mobile computing, wireless networks and cloud
computing that are converging into a field of Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC). Cloud
computing has three main segments which are as follows: application, platform, infrastructure.
Application is based on demand software services. They come in different varieties. Also, they
vary in their pricing scheme as well as how the software is delivered to the end user. Motivated
by the increased capacity of the 5G mobile networks, MCC are expected to become a new
chance of mobile services. Infrastructure as a service provides an on-demand computing
infrastructure and a virtual computer infrastructure. With virtual resources, a content provider
can establish a multimedia cloud. The cloud brings advantages to the wireless networks such
as easy maintenance and management, scalability, efficiency, increased security, low cost. It
should be mentioned that a set of technologies and models, such as caching techniques, are
introduced for the on-demand provision of a decentralized and elastic mobile network as a
cloud service over a distributed network of cloud computing data centers.
The objective of this presentation is to address current topics in mobile cloud computing for
5G networks. The presentation starts with 5G Heterogeneous Cloud Radio Access Networks
(HCRANs). They combine heterogeneous networks with cloud computing to obtain potential
solution for alleviating interference and improving processing gains in HetNets. In HCRANs,
the control and user planes are decoupled, so that the delivery of control and broadcast
signalling is shifted from remote radio heads to macro base stations.
Along with MCC technology, 5G networks assisted by the cloud, open the door for the
computer applications involving multi-dimensional data processing. Despite the access
capabilities with 5G mobile networks as well as high data rate, low latency and high capacity
for various applications,there is a need to satisfy mobile users' requirements from the quality
of experience (QoE) point of view, such as motion-aware applications. The idea is to invoke a
novel style of applications enabled by emotion-aware mobile cloud computing (EMC)
recognizing user's emotional changes.
Mobile cloud sensing combines mobile sensing, cloud computing and data analysis to process
and predict mobile sensor data. The architecture of mobile cloud sensing is analyzed, too. Next,
cloud-assisted mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) in 5G is designed to support multimedia and
data services running on mobile devices. The network consists of a cloud and a mobile ad-hoc
network. A set of mobile devices communicate over wireless link. As for energy- efficient (EE)
transmission, it originates from energy-constrained networks (wireless sensor networks, adhoc networks, satellite communications), where wireless devices have batteries that are not
rechargeable or hard to recharge. Thus, energy consumption must be minimized.
In closing, standardization efforts for 5G will be presented.
Key words: Heterogeneous cloud radio access networks, Emotion-aware mobile cloud
computing, Mobile sensing, Energy-efficient transmission.
Brief Resume of Professor (Dr) Zoran Bojkovic
Full Prof.Dr Zoran Bojkovic ( http://www.zoranbojkovic.com ) from the University of
Belgrade, Serbia, is the permanent visiting professor of the University of Texas at Arlington,
UTA, Texas, USA, EE Department, Multimedia System Lab., hosted by Prof. K.R.Rao. Zoran
Bojkovic was a visiting researcher at Stanford University, Stanford, USA., Information System
Lab., hosted by Prof. Robert M. Gray. Until now, he was a visiting professor at more than 20
Universities worldwide and taught a number of courses in the field of electrical technology,
digital signal processing, communications and computers networks, wire/wireless multimedia
communications. Prof. Bojkovic is the co- author of 7 international books and 20 chapters of
the international books published by Prentice-Hall, Wiley, CRC Press Taylor& Francis Group,
Springer, Elsevier, WSEAS Press, etc.Some of the books have been adopted by more than 20
universities in different countries and also have been translated in Canada, India, China,
Singapore. He is co-editor in 75 international books and conference proceedings. He has
published more than 450 papers in peer -reviewed journals and conference proceedings. He
served and is still serving as Editor - in- Chief, Associate Editor and Guest Editor in
international journals, General Chair and Co-Chair, TPC member and reviewer for well-known
conferences and workshops ( Globecom-2015, ICIS 2015, SIRS'15, etc ). Prof. Bojkovic has
conducted many keynote/plenary/invited lectures, workshops/tutorials, seminars. As a result of
numerous international collaborations, Prof. Zoran Bojkovic participated in many international
scientific and industrial projects. Prof. Zoran Bojkovic is a Senior Member IEEE, Member of
EURASIP, IASTED Canada, SERC Korea, expert in AMSET, expert in European Commission
Project Services, full member of Engineering Academy of Serbia and a member of Serbian
Scientific Society.