With the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) technology, the number of IoT devices/sensors
has increased significantly. It is anticipated that large-scale sensor-based systems will
prevail in our societies, calling for novel methodologies to design and operate those new
systems. To support the computational demand of real-time delay-sensitive applications of
largely distributed IoT devices/sensors, the Cloud is migrating to the edge of the network
where resources such as routers, switches, and gateways are being virtualized. The open …