Software Defined Storage for Cooperative Mobile Edge Computing Systems

In this paper, we explore the use of both Software Defined Systems (SDS) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) to deliver a wireless-based Software Defined Mobile Edge Computing (SDMEC) support for storage applications. The proposed approach aims to provide a MEC level service controlled by the software defined paradigm to enhance the provisioning and management of storage services over wireless connected spectrum. The proposed SDMEC has been implemented as an extension of the well-known Wireless Software Defined Networking (WSDN) emulator, Mininet-WiFi, to support wireless topologies that mimic real world environment setups. The framework includes a software defined cooperative MEC strategy for managing storage operation. It also provides the support for auto-scaling network storage resource based on the network demand. The findings of the experiments show the potential of our proposed approach and provide a great starting point for researchers to start considering such approach.