Edge and Cloud Pricing for the Sharing Economy
José María García, Pablo Fernández, Antonio Ruiz–Cortés, Schahram Dustdar, Miguel Toro · IEEE Internet Computing · 2017
Edge devices and cloud services form crucial parts of the Internet of Things technology stack, where both are integrated into smart cities' ecosystems. However, while the latter usually include pricing plans in their offerings, the former generally don't consider economic aspects of their cooperation. In this article, the authors introduce a framework that leverages pricing aspects as first-class citizens, enabling the sharing economy vision for edge devices applied to the smart city scenario.