V-Edge - Virtual Edge Computing

Institutions

  • TU Berlin
  • Politecnico di Torino

Team @ TKN

Funding

  • DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)

Project Time

  • 08/2020 - 12/2022

Description

Next generation 5G solutions will be based on Network Function Virtualization (NFV), heterogeneous communication, and Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC). These new paradigms are indeed very promising to achieve ultra-low latency and ultra-high reliability, thus, enabling new services for mobile users. At the same time, vehicles are, and will ever be, equipped with new ICT capabilities and a multitude of communication interfaces. We propose the V-Edge concept, which aims at combining both trends, thus, integrating the ICT capabilities of vehicles with those of the network infrastructure for the creation of innovative services in this domain. From a scientific perspective, we plan to investigate the feasibility of edge-supported resource allocation and decision making for massively distributed mobile systems. To this end, we have to research new techniques for edge-controlled, distributed machine learning models and optimization processes. We also need to explore the different wireless networking paradigms and protocols foreseen in both 5G and vehicular networks, in order to realize an efficient integration of the vehicles with the network infrastructure.

Selected Publications

2022

Journals and Magazines

  1. Falko Dressler, Carla Fabiana Chiasserini, Frank H. P. Fitzek, Holger Karl, Renato Lo Cigno, Antonio Capone, Claudio Ettore Casetti, Francesco Malandrino, Vincenzo Mancuso, Florian Klingler and Gianluca A. Rizzo, "V-Edge: Virtual Edge Computing as an Enabler for Novel Microservices and Cooperative Computing," IEEE Network, vol. 36 (3), pp. 24–31, May 2022. [DOI, BibTeX, PDF, More details]

2021

Conferences and Workshops

  1. Ana Aguiar, Onur Altintas, Falko Dressler and Gunnar Karlsson, "Executive Summary - Inter-Vehicular Communication - From Edge Support to Vulnerable Road Users," Proceedings of Dagstuhl Seminar 21262 on Inter-Vehicular Communication - From Edge Support to Vulnerable Road Users, vol. 11, Virtual Conference, June 2021, pp. 89–91. [DOI, BibTeX, PDF, More details]

Technical Reports and Regional Workshops

  1. Falko Dressler, Carla Fabiana Chiasserini, Frank H. P. Fitzek, Holger Karl, Renato Lo Cigno, Antonio Capone, Claudio Ettore Casetti, Francesco Malandrino, Vincenzo Mancuso, Florian Klingler and Gianluca A. Rizzo, "V-Edge: Virtual Edge Computing as an Enabler for Novel Microservices and Cooperative Computing," arXiv, cs.NI, 2106.10063, June 2021. [DOI, BibTeX, PDF, More details]

2019

Conferences and Workshops

  1. Falko Dressler, Gurjashan Singh Pannu, Florian Hagenauer, Mario Gerla, Takamasa Higuchi and Onur Altintas, "Virtual Edge Computing Using Vehicular Micro Clouds," Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC 2019), Honolulu, HI, February 2019. [DOI, BibTeX, PDF, More details]