An elastic framework construction method based on task migration in edge
computing
Abstract
Edge computing (EC) is an efficient technology that enables end users to
achieve the goal of high bandwidth and low latency by offloading
computationally intensive tasks from mobile devices to edge servers.
However, a major challenge arises when the processing load fluctuates
continuously, leading to a performance bottleneck due to the inability
to rescale edge node (EN) resources. To address this problem, the
approach of task migration is introduced, and the resource constrained
model, optimal communication overhead model, and optimal task migration
model are built to form a theoretical foundation from which to propose a
task migration based resilient framework construction method in EC. With
the aid of the domino effect and the combined effect of task migration,
a dynamic node-growing algorithm (DNGA) and a dynamic node-shrinking
algorithm (DNSA), both based on the task migration strategy, are
proposed. Specifically, the DNGA smoothly expands the EN scale when the
processing load increases, while the DNSA shrinks the EN scale when the
processing load decreases. The experimental results show that for
standard benchmarks deployed on an elastic framework, the proposed
method realizes a smooth scaling mechanism in the EC, which reduces the
latency and improves the reliability of data processing.