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ergenc2025resilience


Doğanalp Ergenç, Agon Memedi, Mathias Fischer and Falko Dressler, " Resilience in Edge Computing: Challenges and Concepts," Foundations and Trends® in Networking, vol. 14 (4), pp. 254–340, May 2025.


Abstract

Edge computing has evolved significantly from early research ideas to modern 5G mobile and multi-access edge computing (MEC). In many 6G-related projects, we see a clear trend toward virtualizing computing resources at the edge. Motivated by the cloud-edge-continuum that is the basis for next-generation metaverse applications, the need for low-latency solutions, distributed computing is now receiving even more attention. The last road blocker for the wide use of (virtualized) edge computing for mission-critical applications is resilience. In this context, resilience is the ability of modern communication and computation systems to deal with unknown and unforeseen events, both from internal and external sources. Thus, making MEC resilient to outages (e.g., system failures or energy outages due to natural disasters), security incidents (e.g., the use of intelligent jamming or malicious users), and overall challenging conditions (e.g., high mobility or impaired connectivity) is of the highest importance. In this article, we review the current state of the art of resilience in mobile edge computing. We explore MEC-specific challenges and resilience objectives, and discuss selected resilience measures. We trust that this article will be an invaluable resource for beginners and experts in the field as a compound resource on resilience in MEC.

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Doğanalp Ergenç

Agon Memedi

Mathias Fischer

Falko Dressler

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`@article{ergenc2025resilience,

author = {Ergen{}, Do{}analp and Memedi, Agon and Fischer, Mathias and Dressler, Falko},

doi = {10.1561/1300000074},

title = {{Resilience in Edge Computing: Challenges and Concepts}},

pages = {254--340},

journal = {Foundations and Trends® in Networking},

issn = {1554-0588},

publisher = {Now Publishers Inc.},

month = {5},

number = {4},

volume = {14},

year = {2025},

}`