A Seminar Report on

FOG COMPUTING.
By Chudi-Obi David Munachukwuso
20N02/065
Department of Computer Sciences.
Faculty of Natural Sciences.
 INTRODUCTION

WHAT IS FOG COMPUTING?

• Fog Computing is a technology that extends cloud computing and services to the edge of
the network. Cloud Computing is able to keep up with the current data processing and
conventional demand but it is unclear whether it will keep up to the demand put forth by
the Internet of Things.
• Cloud Computing is an emerging technology that is revolutionizing IT infrastructures and
flexibility. With cloud computing, users are able to remotely store their data in the cloud.
• It is the means of delivering any and all technology to users as a service whenever and
wherever they required it.
• Thus Cloud Computing can be defined as a group of computers and servers connected
together over the Internet to form a network.
 WHY FOGGING???
• Why Fogging?
• Fog developers believes its model provides benefits in advertising,
computing, entertainment and other applications, well positioned for
data analytics and distributed data collection points. End services like,
set-up-boxes and access points can be easily hosted using fogging. It
improves quality of service and reduces latency. The main task of
fogging is positioning information near to the user at the network
edge.
 APPLICATION OF FOG COMPUTING
APPLICATION OF FOG COMPUTING
• Smart Grids.
• Smart Traffic Lights and Connected Vehicles.
• Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks.
• Decentralized Smart Building Control.
• Mobile Computing System.
Fog Computing extends the Cloud Computing solutions to applications and services. Its
defining characteristics include,
• Low latency and location awareness.
• Wide-spread geographical distribution.
• Mobility.
• Very large number of nodes,
• Predominant role of wireless access,
• Strong presence of streaming and real time
• Heterogeneity.
• Fog Computing enables a new breed of devices, particularly when it comes to data
management and analytics. The use of wide spread of Edge network can be shown in the
Internet of Things
 ADVANTAGES OF FOG COMPUTING
ADVANTAGES;
• Conservation of bandwidth: Fog requires less bandwidth as only selective and
appropriate data is sent out on the cloud for processing and thus it is cost effective.
• Low latency: The data is analyzed where it is generated; hence the round trip time is
less leading to low latency.
• Real-time interactions: Important fog applications involve real-time interactions
rather than batch processing.
• Better Security: Fog nodes can be protected using the physical and cyber security
solutions we use to protect other parts of our environment. Also as the data is kept
close to the edge devices, it in turn improves security.
• Greater Business Agility.
• Support for Mobility.
DISADVANTAGES OF FOG
COMPUTING
Fog Computing suffers certain limitations on the selections of
technology platforms, web applications or other services. Such as;
Complexity, Authentication, Security, Maintenance, Power
Consumption, etc.
Differences btw Cloud Computing and
Fog Computing
Cloud Computing Fog Computing
Data and applications are processed in a cloud, Rather than presenting and
which is time consuming task for large data. working from a centralized
cloud, fog operates on network
edge. So it consumes less time.

Problem of bandwidth, as a result of sending Less demand for bandwidth, as

Slow response time and scalability problems as a By setting small servers called
result of depending servers that are located at edge servers in visibility of
remote places. users, it is possible for a fog
computing platform to avoid
response time and scalability
issues.
CONCLUSION
• CONCLUSION
• Although cloud computing is still preferred when it comes to Iot applications, it
is quickly becoming outdated. It would be very soon that fog computing takes
over and cloud is pushed to the side lines.
• The way the Internet of things is growing, it needs a special infrastructure base
that can handle all its requirements, and fog computing seems to be the most
suitable option available.
• Fog computing accelerates awareness and response to events by eliminating a
round trip to the cloud for analysis.
• It also avoids the need for costly bandwidth additions by offloading gigabytes
of network traffic from the core network.