Fog Networks: A Prospective Technology for IoT

Cloud computing is currently the most sought-after solution for almost all of enterprise problems. Distinguishing features of the Cloud are ease of service and lesser hassle on the client end. These services come with a hefty price. Cloud services face issues of delay, slower connectivity and security. Fog Computing answers these downsides by providingnearer-to-ground and ever available Internet connection to nodes.Fog Computing relies on multiple, smaller clouds, nearer to ground.Internet of Things is the next logical leap for Internet. It envisions creating an environment wherein various heterogeneous devices can communicate with each other via internet. Enabling Internet of Things requires uninterrupted Internet connection and an interpreter.Both these features are intrinsically present in Fog Computing. Hence, this paper proposes Fog asthe expected ground for enabling Internet of Things.