Mobile Cloud Computing: the State of Art, Application Scenarios and Challenges

With the wide use of mobile devices and the development of cloud computing and wireless network technology, mobile cloud computing has become a primary research direction in the field of mobile applications. Mobile cloud computing allows mobile devices to take advantage of the abundant cloud resources to complete computation-intensive tasks, thus improving performance and saving energy. On the basis of presenting the concept of mobile cloud computing, this paper analyzes the state of art of mobile cloud computing architecture, describes the application scenarios, and points out the main problems existing during the applying process of mobile cloud computing. Finally, the research and development direction in the future are prospected.