Hybrid Pervasive Mobile Cloud Computing: Toward Enhancing Invisibility

Vanishing computers into background toward invisible, distraction-free pervasive computing was envisioned by Mark Weiser which is yet remained unfulfilled. Current pervasive systems feature insufficient infrastructures to accurately perceive, infer context, tune the spaces, and prevent cyber threats. Convergence of wireless networks and cloud computing with smartphones alleviate issues and promote the Weiser’s vision. We outline Hybrid Pervasive Mobile Cloud Computing (HPMCC) as the state-of-the-art convergent paradigm comprises of pervasive artifacts, cloud resources, and smartphones. Multidimensional perception and localized elastic scalability are particular advantages of HPMCC that ensure spontaneous distraction-free human-machine interaction. Seamless application portability and multipoint data bridging are some of the open discussed issues.