A Cloud-Fog Computing Architecture for Real-Time Digital Twins

12/11/2020
by   Francisco Paiva Knebel, et al.
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Digital Twin systems are designed as two interconnected mirrored spaces, one real and one virtual, each reflecting the other, sharing information, and making predictions based on analysis and simulations. The correct behavior of a real-time Digital Twin depends not only on the logical results of computation but also on the timing constraints. To cope with the large amounts of data that need to be stored and analyzed, modern large scale Digital Twin deployments often rely on cloud-based architectures. A significant portion of the overall response time of a Digital Twin is spent on moving data from the edge to the cloud. Therefore, implementing Digital Twins using cloud-fog architectures emerges as an alternative to bring computing power closer to the edge, reducing latency and allowing faster response times. This paper studies how suitable the use of a cloud-fog architecture is to handle the real-time requirements of Digital Twins. Based on a realistic implementation and deployment of Digital Twin software components, it is possible to conclude that the distribution of Digital Twins in a fog computing setup can reduce response times, meeting its real-time application requirements.

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