FORESAM—FOG Paradigm-Based Resource Allocation Mechanism for Vehicular Clouds

• Main Authors: Rickson Pereira, Azzedine Boukerche, Marco A. C. da Silva, Luis H. V. Nakamura, Heitor Freitas, Geraldo P. Rocha Filho, Rodolfo I. Meneguette
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
• Series: Sensors
• Subjects: intelligent transportation systems; mobile cloud; resource allocation; vehicular cloud
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/15/5028

The Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) has the objective quality of transportation improvement through transportation system monitoring and management and makes the trip more comfortable and safer for drivers and passengers. The mobile clouds can assist the ITS in handling the resource management problem. However, resource allocation management in an ITS is challenging due to vehicular network characteristics, such as high mobility and dynamic topology. With that in mind, we propose the FORESAM, a mechanism for resources management and allocation based on a set of FOGs which control vehicular cloud resources in the urban environment. The mechanism is based on a more accurate mathematical model (Multiple Attribute Decision), which aims to assist the allocation decision of resources set that meets the period requested service. The simulation results have shown that the proposed solution allows a higher number of services, reducing the number of locks of services with its accuracy. Furthermore, its resource allocation is more balanced the provided a smaller amount of discarded services.