Edge Computing and Computational Task Offloading Analysis – A review study

Abstract

Delay constraints and energy consumption are becoming a barrier to running complex applications on mobile devices due to the rise of latency-sensitive applications. One of the fundamental technologies of Mobile Edge Computing (MEC), which compensates for the limitations of mobile devices in terms of storage space, computing power, and battery efficiency, is computation offloading. The computation offloading methods in MEC networks are now the subject of extensive study for both the industry and academia, using a variety of valuable techniques and methodologies. This paper provides a detailed analysis of computing task offloading in a MEC environment. This study focuses on essential challenges related to numerous offloading goals, such as delay time, energy consumption reduction, income maximization, and system utility enhancement.