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Record W4406721939 · doi:10.1016/j.egyr.2025.01.039

Survey of energy-efficient fog computing: Techniques and recent advances

2025· article· en· W4406721939 on OpenAlex

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Bibliographic record

VenueEnergy Reports · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldComputer Science
TopicIoT and Edge/Fog Computing
Canadian institutionsCarleton University
FundersNational Research Foundation of KoreaPrince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University
KeywordsComputer scienceEnergy (signal processing)Fog computingEnvironmental scienceData scienceCloud computingPhysicsOperating system

Abstract

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Undoubtedly, energy efficiency forms a fundamental pillar of the fog computing model. Processing data at the network's edge leads to a substantial reduction in energy consumption when contrasted with the alternative of transmitting all data to remote data centers, typically associated with cloud computing. This energy-saving approach not only promotes a more environmentally friendly footprint but also serves to prolong the operational life of battery-powered IoT devices, a particularly critical aspect, especially in remote or challenging-to-access environments. Thus, fog computing plays a crucial role in the operation of massive energy-saving IoT or green IoT networks. This study offers a comprehensive survey of recent research endeavors focused on achieving energy-efficient fog computing and eco-friendly fog computing solutions for IoT networks. The article initiates with an introductory overview of fog computing and subsequently delves into an in-depth exploration of various energy-conservation techniques tailored for fog computing environments. These techniques encompass energy-conscious architectural designs, data aggregation and compression strategies, low-power hardware implementations, energy-aware scheduling methods, task offloading mechanisms, resource utilization optimization, virtualization techniques, and energy harvesting approaches. In addition, this investigation introduces novel methodologies and outlines prospective research pathways to bolster the energy efficiency of fog computing. Moreover, practical applications are presented to highlight the potential advantages and obstacles associated with deploying energy-conscious strategies, providing insights into their effectiveness and practical implications in real-world scenarios. Essentially, this article can be considered a roadmap towards the realization of a sustainable fog computing ecosystem for extensive IoT networks. In addition, opens the door for interested researchers to follow and continue the vision of energy-efficient computing.

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Full frame distilled prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Other design · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.973
Threshold uncertainty score0.604

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.001
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.012
GPT teacher head0.261
Teacher spread0.249 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it