An Architectural Model for Fog Computing

Abstract

The adoption of the Internet of Things raises many challenges. A variety of its applications require widespread distribution and high mobility support. In addition to low latency and real time services. To meet these challenges, the Fog Computing is arguably a suitable solution to leverage the Internet of Things with such requirements. Indeed, we believe that the nearness of Fog nodes to the edge of the network provides an environment for critical preemptive and proactive applications and services (e.g., predicting natural disasters). Thus, this paper proposes an architectural model for Fog Computing. First, it presents a middleware to abstract the underlying devices and to unify the sensed data. Second, it describes an Operational Layer intended for service presentation, management and transformation. An environment embracing such model will provide means for early data analysis, hence low latency and real time responses. In addition, to providing an ecosystem for direct collaboration between services leading to more sophisticated applications. A flood warning system exemplifies a use case scenario to illustrate the potential adaption and application of the presented model.