Cloud Computing for Mobile Users: Can Offloading Computation Save Energy?

  • Authors:
  • Karthik Kumar;Yung-Hsiang Lu

  • Affiliations:
  • Purdue University;Purdue University

  • Venue:
  • Computer
  • Year:
  • 2010

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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?