Fog-Oriented Joint Computing And Networking: The Gaucho Project Vision

This paper presents a novel architectural principle for distributed and heterogeneous systems integrating Fog Computing and Networking approaches, which has been proposed within the "Green Adaptive Fog Computing and Networking Architecture" (GAUChO) project, funded by the MIUR Progetti di Ricerca di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale (PRIN) Bando 2015 -grant 2015YPXH4W-004. In particular a modular and flexible platform has been designed and developed, supporting lowlatency and energy-efficiency applications as well as security, self-adaptation, and spectrum efficiency by means of a strict collaboration among devices. Specifically, the focus here is on the design of an integrated protocol architecture supporting mobile Fog-oriented services, and the developed Fog computing testbeds.