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Towards Mission-Critical Control at the Edge and Over 5G

Skarin, Per LU orcid ; Tärneberg, William LU ; Årzén, Karl-Erik LU orcid and Kihl, Maria LU (2018) IEEE Edge
Abstract
With the emergence of industrial IoT and cloud computing, and the advent of 5G and edge clouds, there are ambitious expectations on elasticity, economies of scale, and fast time to market for demanding use cases in the next generation of ICT networks. Responsiveness and reliability of wireless communication links and services in the cloud are set to improve significantly as the concept of edge clouds is becoming more prevalent. To enable industrial uptake we must provide cloud capacity in the networks but also a sufficient level of simplicity and self-sustainability in the software platforms. In this paper, we present a research test-bed built to study mission-critical control over the distributed edge cloud. We evaluate system properties... (More)
With the emergence of industrial IoT and cloud computing, and the advent of 5G and edge clouds, there are ambitious expectations on elasticity, economies of scale, and fast time to market for demanding use cases in the next generation of ICT networks. Responsiveness and reliability of wireless communication links and services in the cloud are set to improve significantly as the concept of edge clouds is becoming more prevalent. To enable industrial uptake we must provide cloud capacity in the networks but also a sufficient level of simplicity and self-sustainability in the software platforms. In this paper, we present a research test-bed built to study mission-critical control over the distributed edge cloud. We evaluate system properties using a conventional control application in the form of a Model Predictive Controller. Our cloud platform provides the means to continuously operate our mission-critical application while seamlessly relocating computations across geographically dispersed compute nodes. Through our use of 5G wireless radio, we allow for mobility and reliably provide compute resources with low latency, at the edge. The primary contribution of this paper is a state-of-the art, fully operational test-bed showing the potential for merged IoT, 5G, and cloud. We also provide an evaluation of the system while operating a mission-critical application and provide an outlook on a novel research direction. (Less)
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subject
keywords
Edge cloud computing, Cloud computing, Time- sensitive, URLLC, Mission-critical, 5G, IoT, Control theory, Test-bed
host publication
2018 IEEE International Conference on Edge Computing (EDGE)
publisher
IEEE Computer Society
conference name
IEEE Edge
conference location
San Francisco, United States
conference dates
2018-07-02 - 2018-07-07
external identifiers
  • scopus:85055656779
ISBN
978-1-5386-7238-9
DOI
10.1109/EDGE.2018.00014
project
Control over the Cloud - Offloading, Elastic Computing, and Predictive Control
WASP: Autonomous Cloud
Cyber Security for Next Generation Factory (SEC4FACTORY)
E! Celtic-Plus 5G PERFECTA
language
English
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yes
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27d699cb-f703-4a74-ae06-991afdb4c6e3
date added to LUP
2018-07-18 16:03:29
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2023-04-08 13:53:46
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  abstract     = {{With the emergence of industrial IoT and cloud computing, and the advent of 5G and edge clouds, there are ambitious expectations on elasticity, economies of scale, and fast time to market for demanding use cases in the next generation of ICT networks. Responsiveness and reliability of wireless communication links and services in the cloud are set to improve significantly as the concept of edge clouds is becoming more prevalent. To enable industrial uptake we must provide cloud capacity in the networks but also a sufficient level of simplicity and self-sustainability in the software platforms. In this paper, we present a research test-bed built to study mission-critical control over the distributed edge cloud. We evaluate system properties using a conventional control application in the form of a Model Predictive Controller. Our cloud platform provides the means to continuously operate our mission-critical application while seamlessly relocating computations across geographically dispersed compute nodes. Through our use of 5G wireless radio, we allow for mobility and reliably provide compute resources with low latency, at the edge. The primary contribution of this paper is a state-of-the art, fully operational test-bed showing the potential for merged IoT, 5G, and cloud. We also provide an evaluation of the system while operating a mission-critical application and provide an outlook on a novel research direction.}},
  author       = {{Skarin, Per and Tärneberg, William and Årzén, Karl-Erik and Kihl, Maria}},
  booktitle    = {{2018 IEEE International Conference on Edge Computing (EDGE)}},
  isbn         = {{978-1-5386-7238-9}},
  keywords     = {{Edge cloud computing; Cloud computing; Time- sensitive; URLLC; Mission-critical; 5G; IoT; Control theory; Test-bed}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE Computer Society}},
  title        = {{Towards Mission-Critical Control at the Edge and Over 5G}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/80100816/08473376.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/EDGE.2018.00014}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}