Multilayer Architecture Model for Mobile Cloud Computing Paradigm

Table 3

Summary of Notations.

Notation	Definition (#Expression)
	Application Task
	Set of Application tasks (1)
	Set of available computing layers (2)
	Computing platform
	Computing platform of layer k
	Computing platform of layer base
	Set of computing platf. of layer j (3)
	Set of the available upper platforms of device at a time (4)
	Set of performance aspects (5)
	Sequence of platforms on which the application is processed (13)
	List of platforms that meets the minimum computing costs for the α performance aspect at a given time
	List of platforms that meet the minimum communication costs for the α performance aspect at a given time
	Saturation value in calculation cost
	Volume of data generated by task (10)
	Necessary data to be moved for computing the task in the platform of the layer (11)