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Introduction
Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC) is the
combination of cloud computing, mobile
computing and wireless networks to bring
rich computational resources to mobile users,
network operators, as well as cloud
computing providers.[1][2][3] The ultimate
goal of MCC is to enable execution of rich
mobile applications on a plethora of mobile
devices, with a rich user experience.[4] MCC
provides business opportunities for mobile
network operators as well as cloud
providers.[5][6] More comprehensively,
MCC can be defined as "a rich mobile
computing technology that leverages unied
elastic resources of varied clouds and
network technologies toward unrestricted
functionality, storage, and mobility to serve a
multitude of mobile devices anywhere,
anytime through the channel of Ethernet or
Internet regardless of heterogeneous
environments and platforms based on the
pay-as-you-use principle
In the MCC landscape, an amalgam of
mobile computing, cloud computing, and
communication networks (to augment
smartphones) creates several complex
challenges such as Mobile Computation
Offloading, Seamless Connectivity, Long
WAN Latency, Mobility Management,
Context-Processing, Energy Constraint,
Vendor/data Lock-in, Security and
Privacy,[11] Elasticity that hinder MCC
success and adoption.[5][7]
Open research issues[edit]
Although significant research and
development in MCC is available in the
literature, efforts in the following domains is
still lacking:[3][7]
Architectural issues: A reference architecture
for heterogeneous MCC environment is a
crucial requirement for unleashing the power
of mobile computing towards unrestricted
ubiquitous computing.
Energy-efficient transmission: MCC requires
frequent transmissions between cloud
platform and mobile devices, due to the
stochastic nature of wireless networks, the
transmission protocol should be carefully
designed.[12][13]
Context-awareness issues: Context-aware
and socially-aware computing are
inseparable traits of contemporary handheld
computers. To achieve the vision of mobile
computing among heterogeneous converged
networks and computing devices, designing
resource-efcient environment-aware
applications is an essential need.
Live VM migration issues: Executing
resource-intensive mobile application via
Virtual Machine (VM) migration-based
application ofoading involves encapsulation
of application in VM instance and migrating
it to the cloud, which is a challenging task due
to additional overhead of deploying and
managing VM on mobile devices.
Mobile communication congestion
issues: Mobile data trafc is tremendously
hiking by ever increasing mobile user
demands for exploiting cloud resources
which impact on mobile network operators
and demand future efforts to enable smooth
communication between mobile and cloud
endpoints.
Trust, security, and privacy issues: Trust is an
essential factor for the success of the
burgeoning MCC paradigm. It is because the
data along with
code/component/application/complete VM is
offloaded to the cloud for execution.
Moreover, just like software and mobile
application piracy, the MCC application
development models are also affected by the
piracy issue.[14] Pirax[14] is known to be the
first specialized framework for controlling
application piracy in MCC environment.
Moblie computing
Cloud computing is the trend in which
resources are provided to a local client on an
on-demand basis, usually by means of the
internet. Mobile cloud computing (MCC) is
simply cloud computing in which at least
some of the devices involved are mobile.
This paper goes over multiple techniques and
methods for mobile cloud computing. It
explores both general-purpose mobile cloud
computing solutions and application-specific
solutions. It also discusses instances of
mobile cloud computing where mobile
devices serve as the cloud rather than the
client. Finally it discusses some issues raised
by this technology such as privacy and data
ownership.
Keywords: "Cloud computing, Mobile cloud
computing, smartphones, mobile
applications
Cloud Apps in Your Mobile
Advantages of MCC
Mobile applications leverage remote
processing, extending battery lifetime
MCC enables mobile users to store and
access large data on the cloud. Mobile
applications are no longer constrained by
the storage capacity of the device.
Keeping data and applications in the cloud
reduces the potential for loss of data in the
event of a hardware failure, improving
reliability and availability
MCC can be designed with a
comprehensive data security model for
both service providers and users by
allowing protected copyrighted digital
contents in the cloud. MCC providers have
security services in place such as virus
scanning, malicious code detection and
authentication for mobile users
The data and services in the cloud are
always available even when the users are
moving from place to place
Sharing data in the Cloud provides the user
with access to the latest documentation
even while on the goMobile applications
can be scaled to meet the growing user
demands
Service providers can easily add and
expand their service offerings
Multiple services from different providers
can be integrated easily through the cloud
to meet todays complex user demands
Googles Gmail and Google Voice for
iPhone are just two of the well-known mobile
cloud apps. Mobile cloud computing is
referred to as the infrastructure where both
the data storage and the data processing
happen outside of the mobile device. From a
consumers point-of-view, a cloud-based
mobile application is similar to an app
purchased or downloaded from a mobile
application store like iTunes, where the
processing power is driven not from the
handheld device, but from the cloud. When
launched from the iPhone homescreen, the
apps perform like any other app on the
iPhone.Online Applications.An online
application assumes that the
connection between mobile devices and
backend systems is available most of
the time. Smartphones are popular due
to the power and utility of their
applications, but there are problems such as
cross-platformissues. Here Web technologies
can overcome them; applications based on
Web technology are a powerful
alternative to native applications.
Mobile have the potential to overcome
some of the disadvantages of ofine
applications because they are:
multi-platform directly accessible from
anywhere knowledge web
technologies are wide
s p r e a d i n g a m o n g developers, greatly
minimizing the learning curve required to
start creating mobile applicationsHowever,
mobile .
C. Issues with Ofine and Online
Mobile Applications
Current applications are statically
partitioned, i.e. most of the execution
happens on the device or on backend
systems.
However, mobile clients could face
wide variations and rapid
changes in network conditions and local
resource availabilityw h e n a c c e s s i n g
remote data and service. In order
t o e n a b l e a p p l i c a t i o n s a n d s ys t e m s
t o c o n t i n u e t o o p e r a t e i n s u c h d yn a
m-ic environments, mobile cloud
applications must react with dynamical
adjusting of the computing
functionality between the mobile
device and cloud depending on
circumstances. In other words, the
computation o f clients and
cloud has to be daptive in resp
onse t o t h e changes in mobile
environments .
Mobile cloud computing could be
described as the avail -ability of
cloud computing services in a
m o b i l e e c o s ys t e m , i.e. world wide
distributed storage system, exceed
traditionalmobile device capabilities,
and ofoad processing, storageand
security. To leverage the full potential
of mobile cloud computing we need to
consider the capabilities and
constraints of existing architectures.
A. Augmented Execution
Augmented execution refers to a technique
used to overcomethe limitations of
smartphones in terms of computation,
memoryand battery. Chun and Maniatis [14]
propose an architecture that
Security identification of threats
Essentially securing an Information System
(IS), involves identifying unique threats and
challenges which need to be addressed by
implementing the appropriate
countermeasures. Ultimately, the identified
security requirements and selected security
controls are introduced to the standard
systems engineering process, to effectively
integrate the security controls with the
information systems functional and
operational requirements, as well as other
phones, and so on, and radically
changing the way enterprises manage IT.
Yes, plenty of questions are still left to be
answered regarding security within the
cloud and how customers and cloud
service providers (CSPs) will manage
issues and expectations, but it would be a
severe understatement to say simply that
cloud computing has generated interest
in the marketplace.

The hype regarding cloud computing is

unavoidable. It has caught the
imagination of consumers, businesses,
financial analysts, and of course, the
CSPs themselves. Search for cloud
computing on the Internet and you will
uncover thousands of articles defining it,
praising it, ridiculing it, and selling it.

Conclusion

As we have noted throughout this book,

cloud computing has the potential to be a
disruptive force by affecting the
deployment and use of technology. The
cloud could be the next evolution in the
history of computing, following in the
footsteps of mainframes,
minicomputers, PCs, servers, smart