Fog Computing for the Internet of Things: A Survey

What is it about?

Fog Computing is a paradigm that provides Cloud-like resources and services closer to the end devices requiring them. The objective of this article is to provide a comprehensive survey on Fog Computing, with a specific focus on its integration with the Internet of Things.

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Why is it important?

This article represents an up-to-date and thorough survey on Fog Computing for the Internet of Things. It may be of useful to: (i) all those who want to understand the basic principles of this paradigm and its relationship with simiar paradigms; (ii) researchers who are interested in the latest updates in literature, both in terms of application domains and research challenges; and (iii) engineers and developers who are interested in software and hardware platforms for Fog-IoT environments and in the standardisation efforts from the Open Fog Consortium.