Title: Towards smart technologies with integration of the internet of things, cloud computing, and fog computing

Authors: Chanchal Ahlawat; Rajalakshmi Krishnamurthi

Addresses: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, 201309, India ' Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, 201309, India

Abstract: In the recent era of technology, the internet of things (IoT) plays a tremendous role in enhancing the quality of human life through smart devices and sensing the real-world environment. IoT aims to interconnect anything from anywhere via the internet. The existing literature lacks in providing deeper research insight toward a broader perspective of integrating IoT, cloud computing (CC), and fog computing (FC). Hence, this paper aims to provide a comprehensive review of integrating these main emerging technologies and four major objectives are addressed. The first objective identifies the primary characteristics of IoT to solve real-life problems. The second objective addresses the issues that necessitate the integration of IoT with other emerging technologies. The third objective involves how the integration of IoT with CC elevates the scope of providing a solution to real-life problems. The final objective addresses the limitations of the integration of IoT with CC and how FC overcomes these limitations.

Keywords: internet of things; IoT; cloud computing; CC; fog computing; FC; mobile cloud computing; MCC; mobile edge computing; MEC.

DOI: 10.1504/IJNVO.2023.134304

International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations, 2023 Vol.29 No.1, pp.73 - 124

Received: 05 Nov 2022
Accepted: 31 May 2023
Published online: 17 Oct 2023 *

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