Architecture of a Distributed Infrastructureless System

Abstract

Recent trends in the production of portable devices, such as smartphones, smartwatches, and all other smart devices, show that their computing resources are comparable to laptops and desktop computers produced several years ago. In addition, many installed IoT devices around us realize that pervasive and ubiquitous computing integrates a remarkable amount of computing power. Unfortunately, these computing resources efficiently comply with the ever-increasing demand for computing power. Realizing a system that integrates devices on more minor architectural levels (IoT and edge layers) is a complex and challenging task, especially if the system goes beyond edge computing toward autonomous processing and realizes the essence of dew computing. The system should be platform-agnostic and provider-agnostic so all surrounding devices may participate and build more powerful computing resources. Finally, the proposed system realizes Infrastructureless computing, integrating Serverless, Deviceless, and Thingless computing as a service to nearby consumers. This paper analyzes the architecture of such a distributed computing system.