Research Article

Latency-Aware Computation Offloading for 5G Networks in Edge Computing

Table 1

Symbols and corresponding descriptions.

SymbolDescription

ci,jThe number of CPU cycles required to execute ti,j
di,jInput data volume of subtask ti,j
The execution delay of the subtask ti,j in the local execution
Transmission delay of subtask ti,j
Execution delay of subtask ti,j after migration
fiThe computing power of the user's device ui
ri,jTransmission rate between ui and ej
BThe bandwidth of the transmission channel
hi,jChannel gain between user equipment i and edge server j
Execution energy consumption of subtask ti,j executed locally
Transmission energy consumption of subtasks
ESTThe earliest start time when the subtask gets the execution
EFTEarliest completion time of subtask execution