Open AccessIoT Serverless Computing at the Edge: Open Issues and Research Direction
Author(s) -
Vojdan Kjorveziroski,
Cristina Bernad,
Pedro Juan Roig,
Katja Gilly,
Anastas Mishev,
Vladimir Trajkovik,
Sonja Filiposka
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
transactions on networks and communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2054-7420
DOI - 10.14738/tnc.94.11231
Subject(s) - computer science , edge computing , internet of things , enhanced data rates for gsm evolution , edge device , open research , resource (disambiguation) , data science , the internet , distributed computing , computer network , world wide web , telecommunications , cloud computing , operating system
Novel computing paradigms aim to enable better hardware utilization, allowing a greater number of applications to be executed on the same physical resources. Serverless computing is one example of such an emerging paradigm, enabling faster development, more efficient resource usage, as well as no requirements for infrastructure management by end users. Recently, efforts have been made to utilize serverless computing at the network edge, primarily focusing on supporting Internet of Things (IoT) workloads. This study explores open issues, outlines current progress, and summarizes existing research findings about serverless edge computing for IoT by analyzing 67 relevant papers published between 01.01.2015 and 01.09.2021. We discuss the state-of-the-art research in 8 subject areas relevant to the use of serverless at the network edge, derived through the analysis of the selected articles. Results show that even though there is a noticeable interest for this topic, further work is needed to adapt serverless to the resource constrained environment of the edge.