Mobile fog computing (MFC) is an emerging multitier paradigm that integrates cloud computing towards the edge of the network. In particular, fog computing (FC) refers to a distributed computing infrastructure confined to a limited geographical area in which some applications or services exploit proximate end devices located at the edge of the network. The end user is able to perform offline computing at the fog layer so that only the important results need to be delivered to and stored in the cloud. Moreover, the dense geographical deployment characteristics of fog servers enables the system to be aware of the end user’s location.

Therefore, MFC applications along with the Internet of Things (IoT), are essential technical directions with applications in e-health, hospitals, smart homes, smart cities, smart supply chains, automation, and a variety of other computing and networking environments. Note that cloud-aware MFC is different from mobile edge computing (MEC), another interesting technology for overcoming the shortcomings of cloud computing (CC), since MFC is able to jointly work with the cloud, but MEC is usually defined by the exclusion of CC. Specifically, in MEC applications, data and services are available on the network edge, which enables the network edge to run in an isolated environment from the rest of the network and provides access to local resources and data. These features make the MFC paradigm suitable for context-aware, location-sensitive, intelligent, and real-time applications as it can be envisaged as an interface between the IoT and the cloud.

The design of efficient system architectures, transmission strategies, and protocols for MFC and the efficient analysis and evaluation of system performance are both essential. This Special Issue intends to collect cutting-edge research from both academia and industry, with an emphasis on addressing all these topics and inviting contributions from worldwide leading researchers. Both original research and review articles are welcomed.

Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

• Advances in soft computing for mobile edge computing and mobile fog computing applications
• Quality of experience/quality of service for MEC and MFC
• Networked computing architectures and infrastructures for MEC and MFC
• Location aware/energy efficient solutions for MFC and MEC
• Mobility management in cloud-aware mobile edge computing and MFC
• Security, privacy, and trust in cloud-aware MEC and MFC
• Transmission strategies in cloud-aware mobile edge computing and MFC
• Resource allocation in cloud-aware mobile edge computing and MFC
• Offloading/pre-push strategies in cloud-aware MFC
• New data collection schemes and enhanced monitoring using IoT for MFC