Vehicular Fog/Edge Computing to improve dependability and performance

We have more and more objects connected to the network. These objects need local information increasingly. This means that cloud computing is not suitable in some applications. This is also due to the high latency that it presents. The thesis is focused on the vehicular field. In the presented appli- cation, we will use fog computing and 5G. These two technologies are important to guarantee a good performance. This is important because thanks to that we can avoid an accident. The application is to provide that the user will be able to see the vehicles within a radius of 100 meters. The vehicles within this radius will be presented on the display inside the vehicle. Inside the vehicle there will be a processor that sends messages to the driver in case of emergency. In case that the warning remains, there will be automatic braking and/or steering. The idea of the thesis is to improve three aspects: latency, mobility and reliability. Latency has been improved thanks to the idea of uncorrelation. Mobility, i.e. the time it takes to pass control from one small cell to another, has been improved thanks to the interconnection between the fog nodes and the information on the user’s destination. Reliability is improved thanks to the interconnection between layers and besides thanks to the use of two links.