
236 Advances in Mobile Cloud Computing Systems
Cloudlet nodes
Cloudlet nodes
Mobile cloudlet
Mobile cloudlet
Initiator
Initiator
Figure 6.2 MCC uses mobile cloudlet.
availability of nearby devices; they are more powerful over time; they
include different network interfaces allowing devices to communicate
with each other (with no money cost); moreover they allow us to cre-
ate communities in which we can execute shared tasks. Therefore,
they proposed a virtual cloud computing platform, in which a context
manager monitors the location and number of nearby devices. A P2P
component utilizes an ad hoc discovery mechanism to track the status
of the devices in the ...