Energy- and Resource-Aware Computation Offloading for Complex Tasks in Edge Environment

Abstract

Mobile users typically have a series of complex tasks consisting of time-constrained workflows and concurrent workflows that need to be processed. However, these tasks cannot be performed directly locally due to resource limitations of the mobile terminal, especially for battery life. Fortunately, mobile edge computing (MEC) has been recognized as a promising technology which brings abundant resource at the edge of mobile network enabling mobile devices to overcome the resource and capacity constraints. However, edge servers, such as cloudlets, are heterogeneous and have limited resources. Thus, it is important to make an appropriate offloading strategy to maximize the utility of each cloudlet. In view of this, the time consumption and energy consumption of mobile devices and resource utilization of cloudlets have been taken into consideration in this study. Firstly, a multiconstraint workflow mode has been established, and then a multiobjective optimization mode is formulated. Technically, an improved optimization algorithm is proposed to address this mode based on Nondominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II. Both extensive experimental evaluations and detailed theoretical analysis are conducted to show that the proposed method is effective and efficiency.