An Energy-Aware Virtual Machine Scheduling Method for Cloudlets in Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks

Xiaolong Xu, Yuancheng Li, Yuan Yuan, Kai Peng, Wenbin Yu, Wanchun Dou, Alex X. Liu

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Abstract

Currently, mobile applications, such as interactive gaming, virtual reality, and natural language processing, are becoming more computational intensive, but the computing capacity of mobile devices is limited. An effective way to solve this problem is offloading the tasks to nearby cloudlets, which are some small mobile data centers deployed in wireless metropolitan area network (WMAN). and consume a large amount of energy. Excessive energy consumption brings about some negative effects, including increased carbon dioxide emissions, aggravating the greenhouse effect, etc. In view of this challenge, we propose an energy-Aware virtual machine (VM) scheduling method for cloudlets in WMAN. Technically, an optimization model is designed to formalize our problem. Then, based on VM Live Migration Technology, a corresponding energy saving VM scheduling method abbreviated as MFEA is proposed to determine which VMs should be migrated and where they should be migrated. Finally, experimental data demonstrate that the proposed method is effective.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - IEEE 2018 International Congress on Cybermatics
Subtitle of host publication2018 IEEE Conferences on Internet of Things, Green Computing and Communications, Cyber, Physical and Social Computing, Smart Data, Blockchain, Computer and Information Technology, iThings/GreenCom/CPSCom/SmartData/Blockchain/CIT 2018
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages517-523
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781538679753
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event11th IEEE International Congress on Conferences on Internet of Things, 14th IEEE International Conference on Green Computing and Communications, 11th IEEE International Conference on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing, 4th IEEE International Conference on Smart Data, 1st IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and 18th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, iThings/GreenCom/CPSCom/SmartData/Blockchain/CIT 2018 - Halifax, Canada
Duration: 30 Jul 20183 Aug 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE 2018 International Congress on Cybermatics: 2018 IEEE Conferences on Internet of Things, Green Computing and Communications, Cyber, Physical and Social Computing, Smart Data, Blockchain, Computer and Information Technology, iThings/GreenCom/CPSCom/SmartData/Blockchain/CIT 2018

Conference

Conference11th IEEE International Congress on Conferences on Internet of Things, 14th IEEE International Conference on Green Computing and Communications, 11th IEEE International Conference on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing, 4th IEEE International Conference on Smart Data, 1st IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and 18th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, iThings/GreenCom/CPSCom/SmartData/Blockchain/CIT 2018
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityHalifax
Period30/07/183/08/18

Keywords

  • cloudlet
  • energy consumption
  • VM scheduling
  • WMAN

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