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Punctual Cloud: Achieving Punctuality for Time-Critical Cloud Control Systems

Peng, Haorui LU orcid ; Akbarian, Fatemeh LU ; Tärneberg, William LU and Kihl, Maria LU (2023) 12th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Networking, IEEE CloudNet 2023
Abstract
Cloud Control Systems (CCSs) harness the power of cloud resources to carry out intense computational tasks, however, they face challenges in delivering time-critical control signals due to network and cloud-induced delays. In this paper, we introduce a novel framework, "Punctual Cloud", designed to enhance the timely delivery of control signals in CCS. This framework ensures that control signals are calculated in the cloud and delivered promptly, minimizing system-induced delays. The punctual cloud framework allows a basic controller to manage dynamic, time-sensitive processes over the cloud and is implemented in a microservice architecture to simplify CCS deployment and maintenance. Our evaluation indicates that our framework, while... (More)
Cloud Control Systems (CCSs) harness the power of cloud resources to carry out intense computational tasks, however, they face challenges in delivering time-critical control signals due to network and cloud-induced delays. In this paper, we introduce a novel framework, "Punctual Cloud", designed to enhance the timely delivery of control signals in CCS. This framework ensures that control signals are calculated in the cloud and delivered promptly, minimizing system-induced delays. The punctual cloud framework allows a basic controller to manage dynamic, time-sensitive processes over the cloud and is implemented in a microservice architecture to simplify CCS deployment and maintenance. Our evaluation indicates that our framework, while requiring less computational effort, is capable of tolerating longer delays compared to an optimal controller like Model Predictive Control (MPC), which is typically used in time-delay control systems. (Less)
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Cloud control systems, Time-critical control, Delay compensation, Microservice architecture
host publication
2023 IEEE 12th International Conference on Cloud Networking (CloudNet)
publisher
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
conference name
12th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Networking, IEEE CloudNet 2023
conference location
New York, United States
conference dates
2023-11-01 - 2023-11-03
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Design, optimisation and control of cloud-integrated autonomous networked systems
language
English
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  abstract     = {{Cloud Control Systems (CCSs) harness the power of cloud resources to carry out intense computational tasks, however, they face challenges in delivering time-critical control signals due to network and cloud-induced delays. In this paper, we introduce a novel framework, "Punctual Cloud", designed to enhance the timely delivery of control signals in CCS. This framework ensures that control signals are calculated in the cloud and delivered promptly, minimizing system-induced delays. The punctual cloud framework allows a basic controller to manage dynamic, time-sensitive processes over the cloud and is implemented in a microservice architecture to simplify CCS deployment and maintenance. Our evaluation indicates that our framework, while requiring less computational effort, is capable of tolerating longer delays compared to an optimal controller like Model Predictive Control (MPC), which is typically used in time-delay control systems.}},
  author       = {{Peng, Haorui and Akbarian, Fatemeh and Tärneberg, William and Kihl, Maria}},
  booktitle    = {{2023 IEEE 12th International Conference on Cloud Networking (CloudNet)}},
  keywords     = {{Cloud control systems; Time-critical control; Delay compensation; Microservice architecture}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  title        = {{Punctual Cloud: Achieving Punctuality for Time-Critical Cloud Control Systems}},
  year         = {{2023}},
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