Title :
Cloud Computing for Mobile Users: Can Offloading Computation Save Energy?
Author :
Kumar, Karthik ; Lu, Yung-Hsiang
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, PA, USA
fDate :
4/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The cloud heralds a new era of computing where application services are provided through the Internet. Cloud computing can enhance the computing capability of mobile systems, but is it the ultimate solution for extending such systems´ battery lifetimes?
Keywords :
Internet; energy conservation; mobile computing; Internet; application services; battery lifetimes; cloud computing; computation offloading; mobile systems; mobile users; Batteries; Cloud computing; Computer applications; Mobile computing; Web and internet services; Cloud computing; Energy savings; Mobile/wireless;
