Optimizing Cloud Traffic Offloading and Cloudlet Resource Usage in Cloud-Integrated WOBAN (CIW)
Mausmi Verma, Uma Rathore Bhatt, Raksha Upadhyay, Vijay BhatBackground:
Integration of cloud components in a wireless mesh network of Wireless- Optical Broadband Access Network (WOBAN) contributes to enhancing network performance.
Aim:
This study aims to deploy the minimum cloudlets at the optimum location and to offload excess traffic from overloaded cloudlets to underloaded ones.
Objective:
The objective of this study is to optimize cloudlet positioning and traffic offloading for cost-effective deployment, better resource utilization, reduced blocking probability, and lower delays.
Method:
The proposed methodology introduces a Cluster-Based Heuristic Approach (CBHA) for efficient cloudlet placement along with a traffic offloading mechanism using a Customized Donkey- Smuggler Optimization (CDSO) to enhance the overall network performance.
Result:
Simulations show the effectiveness of the proposed approach for resource utilization, blocking probability, delay, and cost.
Conclusion:
The problem in position optimization of the cloudlet, along with traffic offloading, is solved using the proposed approaches to get better network performance in a cost-efficient manner.