METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR SUPPORTING RESOURCE MOBILITY AND VOLATILITY IN FOG ENVIRONMENTS

摘要

Methods, procedures, architectures, apparatuses, systems, devices, interfaces, and computer program products for monitoring including autonomic set-up and registration of a Fog Monitoring Controller (FMC) and Fog Agents (FAs). A method includes receiving multicast advertisement messages (MAMs) advertising the FMC via an interface connecting the FMC and the FA, the MAMs including information indicating an identity (ID) of the FMC and a FMC scope associated with the FMC; transmitting multicast discovery messages (MDMs) including a fog node ID and a respective fog node scope associated with each fog node, the MDMs including information notifying the FMC about any number of resources associated with a fog node hosting the FA; receiving unicast advertisements including information indicating: an ID associated with the fog monitoring, the ID of the FMC, and the scope associated with the FMC; and transmitting unicast registration messages including information indicating that the FA is registered for fog monitoring.