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Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution

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Cloud computing

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World Wide Web

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Edge computing

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Computer network

IEEE Internet of Things Journal

Edge-computing-enhanced Internet of Vehicles (EC-IoV) enables ubiquitous data processing and content sharing among vehicles and terrestrial edge computing (TEC) infrastructures (e.g., 5G base stations and roadside units) with little or no human intervention, and plays a key role in the intelligent transportation systems. However, EC-IoV is heavily dependent on the connections and interactions between vehicles and TEC infrastructures, thus will break down in some remote areas where TEC infrastructures are unavailable (e.g., desert, isolated islands, and disaster-stricken areas). Driven by the ubiquitous connections and global-area coverage, space–air–ground-integrated networks (SAGINs) efficiently support seamless coverage and efficient resource management, and represent the next frontier for edge computing. In light of this, we first review the state-of-the-art edge computing research for SAGINs in this article. After discussing several existing orbital and aerial edge computing architectures, we propose a fr...

EC-SAGINs: Edge-Computing-Enhanced Space–Air–Ground-Integrated Networks for Internet of Vehicles