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Cloud Computing in Space

Jiangchuan Huang, Christoph M. Kirsch, Raja Sengupta

INFORMS Journal on Computing · 2015 · Volume 27 · Issue 4

DOI: 10.1287/ijoc.2015.0652

Abstract

We apply virtual machine abstractions to networked vehicles, enabling what we call cloud computing in space to create performance isolation between customers. In analogy to conventional system virtualization and cloud computing, there are customer-operated virtual vehicles that essentially perform like real vehicles, although they are in reality hosted by fewer, shared, provider-operated real vehicles. The motion of the virtual vehicles and real vehicles creates migration gain. As a result, cloud computing in space can do better than conventional cloud computing in the sense of realizing high performance isolation (e.g., 98%) while requiring significantly fewer real vehicles (e.g., approximately one for five). There is a video associated with this paper. Click here to view the Video Overview . To save the file, right click and choose “Save Link As” from the menu.

Keywords

cloud computing, virtual vehicle, performance isolation, migration gain

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