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Table 1 Key parameters and descriptions

From: ECPM: an energy-efficient cloudlet placement method in mobile cloud environment

Item

Description

AREA

The collection of the entire activity area AREA={(x,y)|0≤x≤W,0≤y≤H}

DEVICE

A collection of mobile devices DEVICE={d1,d2,…,dN}

Devicen

Represents the nth device in the mobile device collection

Devicepositionn(t)

The location of the mobile device at time t.

CLOUDLET

The collection of cloudlets CLOUDLET={cloudlet1,cloudlet2,…,cloudletM}

AP

The collection of AP P={p1,p2,…,pM}

Cloudletm

The mth mobile cloud

Cloudpositionm(t)

The center location of mobile cloud at time t.

Radiumm

The coverage radius of mobile cloud cloudletm

Devicecollectionm(t)

The device collection at time t

Thresh

The threshold to determine whether to place mobile cloud

TotalN(t)

The total number of covered devices by all cloudlets

Devicecollectionm,P(t′)

At time t, the device collection of cloudpositionm located at the position of P(x,y)