Fog Computing in the Internet of Things

This book describes state-of-the-art approaches to Fog Computing, including the background of innovations achieved in recent years. Coverage includes various aspects of fog computing architectures for Internet of Things, driving reasons, variations and case studies. The authors discuss in detail key topics, such as meeting low latency and real-time requirements of applications, interoperability, federation, resource estimation and management, energy efficiency, security and privacy, fog and cloud interplay, geo-distribution and location awareness, and case studies in healthcare and smart space applications.