Reference number : GC-2017-Q3-00883, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Liang, Ben (University of Toronto), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Ontario, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Strategic Projects - Group, program name french : Projets stratégiques - groupe, program purpose english : With an explosion of available data and the consequent need for enormous data-processing capabilities in the emerging big data movement and the IoT environment, both communication and computation are paramount to future wireless applications and services. Therefore, future wireless systems are expected to transition away from the model of passive information conduits, into active providers and creators of info-computation resources in an integrated communication-computation paradigm. Toward this end, software-driven components will play a central role in future wireless networks. In particular, the nascent Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) technology may be viewed as a natural outcome of the evolution of mobile base stations from passively serving purely communication functions to becoming an integral part of the new communication-computation paradigm. MEC is characterized by the sharing of communication and computation resources at the mobile edge through Virtual Machines and Network Function Virtulization in a Software-Defined Networking architecture. In this project, we aim to develop novel technologies that leverage the transformative synergy between communication and computation in emerging MEC systems to offer services and applications that meet the requirements of IoT, Big Data, cloud computing, and mobility. We will create novel theories and methods to promote computing at the network edge and its integration with mobile communication services in MEC systems. We will also develop novel architectures and joint communication-computation technologies to sustain and motivate evolving mobile applications and services. This project will create substantial opportunity for HQP training, and it will generate technology insights to help our industrial partners maintain their competitive advantage in the global information and communication market., program purpose french : With an explosion of available data and the consequent need for enormous data-processing capabilities in the emerging big data movement and the IoT environment, both communication and computation are paramount to future wireless applications and services. Therefore, future wireless systems are expected to transition away from the model of passive information conduits, into active providers and creators of info-computation resources in an integrated communication-computation paradigm. Toward this end, software-driven components will play a central role in future wireless networks. In particular, the nascent Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) technology may be viewed as a natural outcome of the evolution of mobile base stations from passively serving purely communication functions to becoming an integral part of the new communication-computation paradigm. MEC is characterized by the sharing of communication and computation resources at the mobile edge through Virtual Machines and Network Function Virtulization in a Software-Defined Networking architecture. In this project, we aim to develop novel technologies that leverage the transformative synergy between communication and computation in emerging MEC systems to offer services and applications that meet the requirements of IoT, Big Data, cloud computing, and mobility. We will create novel theories and methods to promote computing at the network edge and its integration with mobile communication services in MEC systems. We will also develop novel architectures and joint communication-computation technologies to sustain and motivate evolving mobile applications and services. This project will create substantial opportunity for HQP training, and it will generate technology insights to help our industrial partners maintain their competitive advantage in the global information and communication market., agreement title english : Leading edge: an integrated communication and computation framework for mobile edge computing, agreement title french : Leading edge: an integrated communication and computation framework for mobile edge computing, agreement number : STPGP, agreement value : 528900.0, agreement start date : 2017-10-18, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2020-2021)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2020-2021)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada