Fog Computing

20An Insight into 5G Networks with Fog Computing

Osman Khalid¹, Imran Ali Khan¹, Rao Naveed Bin Rais², and Asad Waqar Malik³

¹Department of Computer Science, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad, Campus, Pakistan

²College of Engineering and Information Technology, Ajman University, Ajman, UAE

³Department of Computing, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan

20.1 Introduction

4G has seen significant progress over the past few years, and with passage of time it has spread worldwide. A question remains about the future of wireless technologies. Current wireless technology generations have adopted a huge model shift, as shown in Figure 20.1. In the past few years, cellular communication experienced a tremendous increase in data traffic. Due to the popularity of smart devices, multimedia contents, video streaming, and voice services, higher data transmission rates are required [1]. Current 3G and 4G can handle continuously increasing mobile data traffic for next few years but will not be able to handle large data and rapidly growing devices [2]. Big data is getting bigger with the advancement of new and quick methods for gathering, storing, and processing data [3]. Higher capacity, low latency, improved transfer rate of data, and enhanced quality of service (QoS) are primary challenges that need to be handled. Continuously growing demand for 3D (“Device,” “Data creation,” and “Data transfer”) ...