Software Defined Edge Computing for Distributed Management and Scalable Control in IoT Multinetworks

Abstract: Recently, edge computing has emerged as a promising paradigm to support mobile access in IoT multinetworks. However, coexistence of heterogeneous wireless communication schemes brings about new challenges to the mobility management and access control in such networks. To maintain its computing continuum, Software-Defined Networking (SDN) architecture can be applied to the distributed edge networks, which provides consistent frameworks for mobility management and creates secure mechanisms for access control. In this paper, we first review the state-of-the-art SDN technology and its applications in edge computing. In particular, we highlight the prominent issues related to mobility management and access control for SDN in the edge computing environment. We also introduce a number of effective solutions to these issues by presenting real-world testbed experiments, prototypes and numerical analysis of adopting SDN based edge computing paradigms for IoT multinetworks.