# A Survey of Fog Computing and Communication: Current Researches and Future Directions

**Authors:** Shubha Brata Nath, Harshit Gupta, Sandip Chakraborty, Soumya K Ghosh  
**arXiv:** [1804.04365](https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.04365)  
**Date:** 2018-04-12  
**Summary page:** https://www.summarizepaper.com/en/arxiv-id/1804.04365v1/

## Key points

- Evolution of distributed computing from utility computing to fog computing
- Research challenges associated with the development of fog computing environments
- Current status of fog computing research
- Taxonomy of existing works in the field of fog computing
- Architectures and technologies enabling fog computing systems
- Features, security considerations, privacy considerations, and quality-of-service parameters in fog computing
- Applications where fog computing can be utilized
- Associations working on developing fog-based platforms and services
- Overheads associated with fog computing platforms
- Future scopes and open research areas in fog computing as a next-generation computing paradigm

## Summary

In this survey titled "A Survey of Fog Computing and Communication: Current Researches and Future Directions," authors Shubha Brata Nath, Harshit Gupta, Sandip Chakraborty, and Soumya K Ghosh discuss the evolution of distributed computing from utility computing to fog computing. They explore various research challenges associated with the development of fog computing environments and provide insights into the current status of fog computing research. The survey presents a taxonomy of existing works in this field and delves into the architectures of fog computing systems, technologies that enable it, features, security considerations, privacy considerations as well as quality-of-service (QoS) parameters. Additionally, it covers different applications where fog computing can be utilized. The authors provide critical insights into various works done in this domain and briefly discuss different associations that closely work on developing fog-based platforms and services. It also summarizes various types of overheads associated with fog computing platforms. Furthermore, the authors thoroughly discuss future scopes and open research areas in fog computing as an enabler for the next generation of computing paradigm. This comprehensive survey offers valuable information on the evolution, challenges, architectures, technologies, features, applications as well as associations involved in developing fog-based platforms and services. It highlights potential future directions for further research in this exciting field.