The Internet of Things (IoT) contains enormous computing resources. How to fully and efficiently use computing power is a very important research issue. This article proposes an active computing (AC) concept toward IoT. AC achieves the computing power integration by the means of actively pulling computing tasks; then a network is established with the provisioning of computing power as the core. Not limited to the emerging cloud computing and edge computing, AC can dig the fragmented computing power on the embedded devices and on the stand-alone commodity server, even if the mode of rich client and thin server is acceptable. Considering the characteristics of AC and compatibility with existing protocol stacks, a comprehensive architecture is given. The novel architecture can adapt to both wireless and wire networks that need integration of computing power. After comparing with the related computing mode through the validating experiment, this article also examines potential research and addresses some opportunities.

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面向 5G 物联网的主动计算

物联网 (IoT) 包含巨大的计算资源。如何充分有效地利用计算能力是一个非常重要的研究课题。本文提出了面向物联网的主动计算 (AC) 概念。AC通过主动拉取计算任务的方式实现算力整合；然后建立一个以提供计算能力为核心的网络。不仅限于新兴的云计算和边缘计算，即使富客户端和瘦服务器的模式可以接受，AC也可以挖掘嵌入式设备和单机商品服务器上的碎片化算力。考虑到AC的特点和与现有协议栈的兼容性，给出了一个全面的架构。新颖的架构可以适应需要集成计算能力的无线和有线网络。在通过验证实验与相关计算模式进行比较后，本文还考察了潜在的研究并提出了一些机会。