Multilayer Architecture Model for Mobile Cloud Computing Paradigm

Table 4

Summary of Formulations.

Formulation	Definition (#Expression)
	Processing cost of the task in the platform for the performance aspect (7)
	Minimum processing cost of the application for the performance aspect (17)
	Communication cost to move the task to the platform for the performance aspect (9)
	Minimum communication cost of the execution of the application for the performance aspect ($\text {(18)}$)
	Execution cost of the application for the performance aspect (6), (14)
	Minimum execution cost of the application for the performance aspect (16)
	Minimum communication cost through the distributed architecture for the minimum processing cost (19)
	Volume of data to be moved for computing the whole application (15)
	Volume of data to be moved through the distributed architecture to run the application within the minimum cost. (20)