Osmotic Computing and Related Challenges: A Survey

Internet of Things (IoT) is associated with a worldwide network of interconnecting devices which are further connected to the internet, thus considerably increasing the number, range and type of devices. These devices provide anywhere and anytime connection to anyone. The IoT devices produce a large volume of data which necessitates data management. Osmotic Computing (OC), a new paradigm is driven by an increase in the resource capability or capacity at the network edge. The process of OC represents how to migrate services across the data centre to the network edge. Thus, it implies the dynamic management of macroservices and microservices across edge and cloud data centres. The goal of this work is to identify key findings of OC.