Consolidating fog computing production concepts through structured review, worked calculations, and comprehensive assessment
By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:
Sammy the Sound Sensor, Lila the Light Sensor, Max the Motion Detector, and Bella the Button Sensor are sitting together at the Helper Station (fog node) for a big review meeting. They want to make sure they remember everything about how their message system works!
Lila starts: “Remember when I used to send ALL my brightness readings to the faraway Cloud Castle? The message road was SO jammed! Now our Helper Station collects my readings and only sends a summary — like saying ‘It was sunny all morning’ instead of 1,000 separate ‘it is bright’ messages!”
Sammy adds: “And I love that when something urgent happens — like when I hear a really loud alarm sound — our Helper Station sounds the alert RIGHT AWAY! It does not wait for the faraway castle to check the message. That is called low latency — it means super-fast responses!”
Max jumps in: “The best part is when the road to the castle was blocked by a storm last week! Our Helper Station kept working all by itself. It still watched for motion, still turned on the lights, and saved up all the messages. When the road opened again, it sent everything at once!”
Bella summarizes: “That is the whole point of fog computing, friends! Our Helper Stations can:
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where do fog nodes sit? | Between edge devices and the cloud — like helper stations on a road! |
| Why are they faster than the cloud? | Because they are closer to you, so messages travel less distance |
| What happens when the internet goes down? | Fog nodes keep doing their important jobs locally |
| How do they save bandwidth? | By summarizing lots of small messages into fewer big ones |
If you have been reading about fog computing — the idea of placing small computers (fog nodes) between your sensors and the big cloud servers — this chapter brings it all together with a practical review.
Think of it like studying for a test after finishing a textbook unit. You already learned the individual pieces:
Where to put workloads: Some tasks need to happen right next to the sensor (edge), some at a nearby helper computer (fog), and some at a powerful remote server (cloud). The choice depends on how fast you need a response, how much data you are sending, whether the data is private, and what happens if the internet goes down.
Three patterns that keep appearing: Most fog systems use one of three approaches — filtering out junk data before sending it onward, making quick local decisions without waiting for the cloud, or storing data locally when the internet is down and sending it later.
Common mistakes to avoid: Do not overload your small fog computer with tasks meant for a powerful cloud server. Always plan for what happens when a fog node breaks. Remember that fog nodes sitting in public places (utility poles, street cabinets) need extra security because someone could physically tamper with them.
This review chapter tests your understanding with worked calculations (like figuring out how far a car travels while waiting for a computer to respond) and scenario-based questions. If anything feels unfamiliar, revisit the earlier fog production chapters before attempting the quizzes.
This chapter provides a comprehensive review of fog computing production concepts, including knowledge checks, visual references, and connections to related topics throughout the module. It consolidates the architectural patterns, quantitative trade-offs, and deployment strategies covered in the preceding fog production chapters.
Required Chapters:
Before diving into the knowledge checks, let us review the key architectural concepts that tie together the fog production series.
The following diagram shows the decision process for placing workloads across the edge-fog-cloud continuum in production environments:
The production fog computing chapters established several quantitative benchmarks. The following table consolidates the critical numbers:
| Metric | Edge Only | Fog-Enabled | Cloud Only | Improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collision avoidance latency | < 10 ms | 25-50 ms | 180-300 ms | 18-30x vs cloud |
| Bandwidth to cloud | N/A | 5-10% of raw | 100% of raw | 90-95% reduction |
| Autonomous vehicle data reduction | N/A | 99.998% | 0% | 2 PB/day to 50 GB/day |
| Annual bandwidth cost (1K sensors) | N/A | $15,768 | $315,360 | 20x savings |
| Smart city video bandwidth | N/A | 5-10 Mbps | 1,000 Mbps | 99% reduction |
| Availability during outage | Full local | Full local | None | Critical difference |
Use this calculator to explore how fog filtering affects annual bandwidth costs for different sensor deployments.
The production series covered three fundamental patterns that recur across all fog deployments:
Pattern 1 — Filter-Aggregate-Forward: The fog node receives high-volume sensor data, applies filtering rules (threshold detection, deduplication, sampling), aggregates readings over time windows, and forwards only summaries or anomalies to the cloud. This pattern achieves 90-99% bandwidth reduction and is the most common fog deployment pattern.
Pattern 2 — Local-Decide-Act: The fog node receives sensor data, runs inference or rule evaluation locally, and triggers actuator responses without cloud round-trips. This pattern is essential for latency-critical applications like autonomous vehicles, industrial safety shutoffs, and real-time video analytics.
Pattern 3 — Store-Sync-Recover: The fog node operates with local storage and processing capabilities, buffering data and decisions during connectivity loss. When connectivity resumes, the fog node synchronizes accumulated data with the cloud. This pattern ensures continuous operation for critical infrastructure like smart grids and healthcare systems.
Explore how communication latency translates into distance traveled for moving vehicles or machines.
Treating fog nodes as mini-clouds: Architects sometimes run full cloud workloads (PostgreSQL databases, ML training with TensorFlow, complex batch analytics) on fog nodes with only 8 GB RAM and 4-core ARM processors. Fog nodes are optimized for real-time filtering, aggregation, and local decision-making — not for replacing cloud instances with 128 GB RAM and 32 vCPUs. Use the 4-factor decision framework: only place latency-sensitive, bandwidth-heavy, or privacy-critical tasks on fog nodes.
Ignoring fog node failure modes: Designing fog architectures that assume 100% fog node availability without N+1 redundancy or graceful degradation. Fog nodes overheat in outdoor enclosures at 50+ degrees Celsius, lose power during storms, and experience hardware failures. Unlike cloud instances auto-replaced in seconds, remote fog nodes may take 4-48 hours to service. Each fog node needs a failover partner, and edge devices must cache data locally when their fog node is unreachable.
Underestimating physical security attack surface: Applying cloud-centric security models (perimeter firewalls, centralized key management) to fog nodes deployed in utility cabinets, cell towers, or public spaces where an attacker can gain physical access. Physical access enables TLS private key extraction, data interception, and node impersonation. Mitigate with hardware security modules (HSMs), short-lived certificates (24-hour rotation), tamper-detection sensors, and network segmentation so a compromised node only affects its assigned zone.
Missing health monitoring for silent failures: Deploying fog nodes without output validation, leading to Byzantine failures where nodes appear operational but produce incorrect analytics. In one retail deployment, 15% of fog nodes failed silently over 6 months. Implement heartbeat checks (every 30 seconds), statistical output validation (flag deviations beyond 2 standard deviations), remote attestation, and cross-validation across similar nodes to detect outliers.
No graceful degradation plan for flash events: Assuming fog nodes can handle 10x traffic spikes during flash events (mass alarms, sensor storms, coordinated attacks). Without priority-based load shedding, the fog node either crashes or drops critical safety data alongside non-essential telemetry. Implement a four-level cascade: process all safety-critical data at full fidelity, sample non-critical telemetry (every 10th reading), buffer non-urgent data to local storage, and shed only diagnostic logs as a last resort.
The following diagram consolidates the complete production fog architecture from the series:
Scenario: A smart city is deploying a fog node at a major intersection to process data from 100 IoT sensors with heterogeneous workloads. The fog node must handle three types of traffic:
Fog Node Specs:
Question: During rush hour, a flash event occurs — all 10 cameras simultaneously detect objects, generating 500 MB/s (10× normal load). How should the fog node prioritize processing without crashing?
Answer: Implementing Priority Queuing
Step 1: Calculate normal vs. flash event loads
Normal total input: - Safety-critical: 50 MB/s - Normal ops: 10 KB/s ≈ 0.01 MB/s - Maintenance: 2 KB/s ≈ 0.002 MB/s - Total: 50.012 MB/s (comfortably within 10 Gbps = 1,250 MB/s network capacity)
Flash event total input: - Safety-critical: 500 MB/s (10× spike!) - Normal ops: 10 KB/s - Maintenance: 2 KB/s - Total: 500.012 MB/s (still within network capacity, but CPU may be overloaded)
Step 2: Estimate processing capacity
Dell R640 can process approximately: - Object detection (YOLO v5 on GPU): ~60 FPS × 10 cameras = 600 frames/sec - At 1 MB/frame: 600 MB/s theoretical max with optimized inference - Realistic sustained: 300 MB/s with 50% CPU headroom for other tasks
Problem: Flash event (500 MB/s) exceeds fog node capacity (300 MB/s). Without priority queuing, the fog node will: - Queue all 10 cameras equally - Process latency balloons from <50ms to 5-10 seconds (queue backlog) - Emergency vehicle may pass intersection before alert is processed
Step 3: Implement 4-tier priority queuing
| Priority Level | Workload | Action During Overload | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|
| P0 (Critical) | Emergency vehicle cameras (2 cameras assigned emergency vehicle detection duty) | Process at full fidelity (100%) | Cannot compromise safety. Process 100 MB/s (2 cameras × 50 MB/s) with zero latency increase. |
| P1 (High) | Remaining safety cameras (8 cameras, general object detection) | Sample every 2nd frame (50% fidelity) | Reduces load from 400 MB/s to 200 MB/s. Still usable for traffic light timing. 100ms latency acceptable. |
| P2 (Normal) | Traffic flow sensors (50 loop sensors) | Buffer to local SSD, process when CPU available | 10 KB/s is tiny — buffer 10 minutes of data (6 MB) without impact. Process during next lull. |
| P3 (Low) | Maintenance telemetry (40 diagnostic sensors) | Drop during flash event | 2 KB/s data has no real-time value. Sensors will retry next sampling window (10 sec later). Acceptable loss. |
Step 4: Calculate effective load after priority queuing
With priority queuing: - P0: 100 MB/s (full fidelity) - P1: 200 MB/s (sampled) - P2: buffered (no immediate CPU impact) - P3: dropped (no CPU impact) - Total CPU load: 300 MB/s — exactly at fog node capacity!
Step 5: Measure outcomes
| Metric | Without Priority Queuing | With Priority Queuing | Improvement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emergency vehicle detection latency | 5-10 seconds (unacceptable!) | <50ms (maintained!) | 100-200× faster |
| Dropped frames (safety cameras) | 40% (all cameras starved equally) | 50% (P1 cameras only, P0 at 0%) | P0 protected |
| Buffered normal ops data | Lost entirely (queue overflow) | 100% retained (buffered) | Zero data loss |
| Flash event duration | 60 seconds (full system recovery) | 15 seconds (priority recovery) | 4× faster |
Key Insight: Without priority queuing, ALL cameras are treated equally during overload, causing critical emergency vehicle detection to fail. With priority queuing, the fog node explicitly protects high-priority workloads by degrading lower-priority services first.
Implementation Code Pattern (Pseudocode):
class PriorityQueue:
def __init__(self):
self.queues = {
'P0': [], # Process immediately, no queue limit
'P1': [], # Max 50 frames queued
'P2': [], # Buffer to disk
'P3': [] # Drop if P0/P1 active
}
self.cpu_load = 0 # 0-100%
def enqueue(self, frame, priority):
if self.cpu_load > 90: # Overload detected
if priority == 'P3':
return 'DROPPED' # Shed lowest priority
elif priority == 'P2':
self.buffer_to_disk(frame)
return 'BUFFERED'
elif priority == 'P1' and len(self.queues['P1']) > 50:
return 'SAMPLED_DROP' # Drop every 2nd frame
self.queues[priority].append(frame)
return 'QUEUED'
def process(self):
# Always drain P0 first, then P1, then P2, then P3
for priority in ['P0', 'P1', 'P2', 'P3']:
while self.queues[priority] and self.cpu_load < 95:
frame = self.queues[priority].pop(0)
self.process_frame(frame, priority)Lessons Learned:
Not every fog deployment needs redundant fog nodes. Use this framework to decide when N+1 redundancy (two fog nodes per coverage area) is justified:
| Factor | Single Fog Node Acceptable | N+1 Redundancy Required |
|---|---|---|
| Safety Criticality | Non-critical (smart parking, environmental monitoring) | Safety-critical (autonomous vehicles, industrial safety, healthcare) |
| Downtime Tolerance | >24 hours acceptable (retail analytics, smart agriculture) | <1 hour required (manufacturing, smart grid, transportation) |
| Service Area Coverage | Fog node covers <10 edge devices in one location | Fog node covers 100+ edge devices across wide area |
| Repair Access Time | Technician can reach site within 4 hours (office building, campus) | Remote site: 24-48 hour repair window (rural, offshore, difficult terrain) |
| Financial Impact | Downtime cost: <$1K/hour (non-critical systems) | Downtime cost: >$10K/hour (production lines, revenue-critical) |
| Data Loss Tolerance | Historical data: Acceptable to lose 1 day of telemetry | Real-time data: Cannot tolerate any data loss (compliance, billing) |
Quantified Example 1: Smart Agriculture (Single Fog Node)
Quantified Example 2: Smart Factory (N+1 Redundancy)
Quantified Example 3: Hospital Patient Monitoring (N+1 + N+2)
Architecture Patterns:
Active-Passive N+1:
Active-Active N+1:
Geographic Redundancy:
Cost Decision Tree:
$10K/hour → N+1 justified (payback typically <1 hour of prevented downtime)
500 devices → N+1 justified (impact radius is large)
24 hours (remote, difficult access) → N+1 justified (cannot tolerate long outages)
Real-World Cost Comparison (5-Year TCO):
| Deployment Type | Single Fog Node | N+1 Redundancy | Cost Increase | Prevented Downtime Break-Even |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smart Agriculture | $8,000 (1 node) | $16,000 (2 nodes) | +100% | 40 days cumulative outage over 5 years |
| Smart Factory | $25,000 (1 node) | $50,000 (2 nodes) | +100% | 1 hour of prevented downtime |
| Hospital ICU | $45,000 (1 node) | $90,000 (2 nodes) | +100% | Non-negotiable (life-safety requirement) |
Key Insight: N+1 redundancy is always justified for safety-critical applications regardless of cost. For non-critical applications, calculate: (N+1 cost increase) / (hourly downtime cost) = break-even hours. If expected cumulative downtime over 5 years exceeds break-even, deploy N+1.
The Mistake: Fog deployments monitor for fail-stop failures (node crashes, network disconnects) but ignore Byzantine failures where fog nodes appear healthy but produce subtly incorrect output.
Real-World Failure: A smart city deployed 50 fog nodes for air quality monitoring across a metropolitan area. Each fog node aggregated data from 20-30 sensors and reported hourly city-wide pollution averages to a central dashboard.
After 18 months of operation: - 15% of fog nodes (8 nodes) were producing incorrect readings due to: - Thermal throttling (overheating in outdoor enclosures during summer, 45-55°C ambient) - Sensor calibration drift (sensors uncalibrated for 18 months, readings shifted by 10-40%) - Silent software bugs (firmware update caused timestamp corruption, mixing data from wrong time windows) - Hardware aging (SD card bit rot corrupting stored anomaly detection models)
The problem: Standard monitoring (ping, CPU, memory, disk) showed all 50 nodes “healthy” (green status). But 15% were producing garbage data, causing: - Incorrect pollution alerts: 27 false positives (air quality “dangerous” when actually normal) - Missed real pollution events: 12 false negatives (failed to alert during actual smog events) - Regulatory compliance violations: City fined $150K for inaccurate reporting to EPA - Lost public trust: Residents ignored alerts after repeated false positives
Why This Happens:
Traditional monitoring assumes fail-stop model: nodes either work (produce correct output) or fail visibly (crash, disconnect). But distributed systems experience Byzantine failures: nodes appear operational but produce incorrect results due to hardware degradation, software bugs, calibration drift, or adversarial compromise.
Classic fail-stop checks:
def is_fog_node_healthy(node):
return (
ping(node) == 'SUCCESS' and
cpu_usage(node) < 80 and
memory_available(node) > 1_GB and
disk_available(node) > 10_GB
)This check PASSED for all 8 faulty nodes! They were online, not CPU-constrained, had plenty of RAM/disk. But their output was wrong.
Correct Approach: Output Validation
Monitor semantic correctness, not just operational health:
def validate_fog_output(node, neighbors):
"""Detect Byzantine failures through cross-validation."""
# 1. Heartbeat + traditional metrics
if not is_fog_node_healthy(node):
return 'FAIL_STOP'
# 2. Output reasonableness checks
reading = node.get_latest_reading()
# 2a. Physical bounds check
if not (0 <= reading.pm25 <= 500): # PM2.5 cannot be negative or >500 µg/m³
log_alert('BYZANTINE: Out-of-range reading', node, reading)
return 'BYZANTINE'
# 2b. Temporal continuity check
prev_reading = node.get_previous_reading()
if abs(reading.pm25 - prev_reading.pm25) > 100: # PM2.5 cannot jump >100 in 1 hour
log_alert('BYZANTINE: Discontinuous reading', node, reading)
return 'BYZANTINE'
# 2c. Spatial correlation check (key for Byzantine detection!)
neighbor_readings = [n.get_latest_reading().pm25 for n in neighbors]
avg_neighbor = statistics.mean(neighbor_readings)
if abs(reading.pm25 - avg_neighbor) > 50: # Should correlate with nearby nodes
log_alert('BYZANTINE: Spatial outlier', node, reading, neighbor_readings)
return 'BYZANTINE'
# 3. Metadata validation
if reading.timestamp < (time.now() - 3600): # Timestamp too old (>1 hour)
log_alert('BYZANTINE: Stale timestamp', node, reading)
return 'BYZANTINE'
return 'HEALTHY'The Three Validation Techniques:
1. Physical Bounds Checking:
2. Temporal Continuity Checking:
3. Spatial Correlation Checking (Most Powerful):
Implementation: Byzantine-Tolerant Voting
For critical fog deployments, use k-of-n consensus:
Cost: 3× fog node hardware (N=3 instead of N=1) Benefit: Tolerates 1 Byzantine failure without producing incorrect results
When N=3 is Justified:
| Application | Byzantine Risk | N=3 Justified? | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smart Agriculture | Low (limited impact if readings wrong) | No | Use output validation instead (cheaper) |
| Smart Traffic Lights | Medium (wrong timing causes congestion) | Maybe | Depends on city size and congestion cost |
| Hospital Patient Monitoring | High (wrong cardiac alarm = patient death) | Yes | Life-safety cannot tolerate incorrect readings |
| Financial Trading | High (wrong data = million-dollar losses) | Yes | Financial liability justifies redundancy |
| Smart Grid Load Balancing | High (wrong decisions = blackouts) | Yes | Grid stability is critical infrastructure |
Mitigation Strategies (Ranked by Cost):
Free: Output validation checks — Add physical bounds, temporal continuity, and spatial correlation checks to existing monitoring. Catches 80-90% of Byzantine failures.
Low cost: Automated recalibration — Fog nodes cross-compare with neighbors and self-flag for calibration if readings diverge. Reduces drift-related failures by 70%.
Medium cost: Remote attestation — Fog nodes prove their software integrity to coordinator using TPM/secure boot. Detects firmware corruption. Adds $200-$500/node for TPM hardware.
High cost: N=3 voting — Deploy 3 fog nodes per coverage area with k-of-n consensus. Tolerates 1 Byzantine failure. Costs 3× fog hardware but eliminates silent failure risk.
Key Insight: Traditional monitoring (ping, CPU, disk) detects fail-stop failures. For distributed fog networks, you must validate output correctness, not just node liveness. Spatial correlation (comparing neighbors) is the most effective Byzantine failure detector for geographically distributed IoT fog networks.
Calculate the cost-benefit of N=3 Byzantine-tolerant voting for a hospital patient monitoring fog deployment.
Scenario: 100-bed hospital with fog gateways monitoring patient vitals. Byzantine failure risk assessment.
Single Fog Node (N=1):
\[P_{\text{failure}} = 0.001/\text{year}\]
N=3 Voting Architecture:
\[P_{\text{2-of-3 failure}} = \binom{3}{2} \times (0.001)^2 \times (1-0.001) + (0.001)^3\]
\[P_{\text{2-of-3 failure}} = 3 \times 0.000001 \times 0.999 + 0.000000001 = 0.000002997 \approx 0.0003\%\]
Risk Reduction:
\[\text{Risk Reduction Factor} = \frac{0.1\%}{0.0003\%} = 333\times \text{ safer}\]
Cost-Benefit for Hospital:
Single Byzantine event cost (missed cardiac alarm leading to patient death): - Medical liability: $500,000 to $2 million (average settlement) - Reputational damage: Immeasurable - Regulatory fines: $50,000+
Expected annual loss with N=1:
\[E[L_{N=1}] = 0.001 \times \$1,000,000 = \$1,000\]
Expected annual loss with N=3:
\[E[L_{N=3}] = 0.000003 \times \$1,000,000 = \$3\]
Additional hardware cost amortized over 5 years:
\[\text{Annual Cost} = \frac{\$7,500 - \$2,500}{5 \text{ years}} = \$1,000/\text{year}\]
Conclusion: The N=3 voting reduces expected loss by $997/year while costing $1,000/year in additional hardware—nearly break-even financially. However, the non-quantifiable benefit of preventing even one patient death makes N=3 voting mandatory for life-safety fog applications.
Related Topics:
Further Reading:
Practical Applications:
Explore these AI-generated visualizations that complement the fog computing concepts covered in this chapter. Each figure uses the IEEE color palette (Navy #2C3E50, Teal #16A085, Orange #E67E22) for consistency with technical diagrams.
This visualization illustrates the internal architecture of fog nodes, showing how they serve as intermediate processing points between edge devices and cloud infrastructure, enabling local analytics and reduced latency.
This figure depicts the hierarchical relationship between edge, fog, and cloud computing tiers, emphasizing the trade-offs in latency, bandwidth, and processing power discussed in the production framework.
This visualization breaks down the functional layers within a fog computing deployment, corresponding to the ingestion, processing, decision engine, and storage components covered in the production framework.
This figure illustrates the orchestration mechanisms that coordinate multiple fog nodes, manage workload distribution, and optimize resource utilization across the fog computing infrastructure.
This visualization summarizes the defining characteristics of fog computing that make it suitable for IoT applications requiring real-time processing and local autonomy.
This chapter series covered production-ready edge and fog computing architectures:
Question 1: A smart factory has 1,000 vibration sensors each generating 100 bytes/second. Using the Filter-Aggregate-Forward pattern, the fog node sends only anomaly alerts (5% of data) and hourly summaries to the cloud. What is the approximate bandwidth reduction?
c) 90-95% reduction. Raw data: 1,000 sensors x 100 bytes/sec = 100 KB/sec to cloud. With Filter-Aggregate-Forward: 5% anomaly alerts = 5 KB/sec, plus hourly summaries (small periodic payloads). Total cloud-bound traffic drops to approximately 5-10% of original volume. The exact reduction depends on anomaly frequency and summary granularity, but 90-95% is typical for industrial IoT deployments using fog filtering.
Question 2: During a network outage, which fog production pattern ensures continued local operation for a safety-critical IoT system?
d) Both B and C. Local-Decide-Act enables the fog node to make safety-critical decisions autonomously without cloud connectivity (e.g., triggering emergency shutoffs in sub-50ms). Store-Sync-Recover ensures that data generated during the outage is buffered locally and synchronized to the cloud once connectivity resumes. Together, they provide both real-time safety response AND data preservation during outages. Filter-Aggregate-Forward alone cannot make decisions – it only reduces data volume.
Question 3: A fog node running at 85% CPU utilization experiences a 10x traffic spike from a flash event. Using priority queuing with graceful degradation, what should happen?
c) Prioritize safety-critical traffic, degrade analytics, and buffer or drop low-priority telemetry. Graceful degradation with priority queuing ensures that life-safety functions (alarms, shutoffs) always execute with guaranteed latency. Analytics and reporting tasks are deferred or run at reduced frequency. Low-priority bulk telemetry is buffered to local storage for later processing or dropped with appropriate logging. Forwarding everything to the cloud (d) defeats the purpose of fog computing and may overwhelm the WAN link.
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Now that you understand fog computing production deployment, continue your learning journey:
| Topic | Chapter | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sensing As A Service | S2aaS Fundamentals | Sensor virtualization and sensing-as-a-service models leveraging fog infrastructure |
| Network Design | Network Design and Simulation | Design latency budgets and bandwidth envelopes for fog deployments using NS-3 and OMNeT++ |
| Edge Compute | Edge Compute Patterns | Data placement and edge filtering strategies that optimize fog architecture |
| Cloud Integration | Data in the Cloud | Integrate fog nodes with cloud analytics and data lakes for hybrid processing |
| Security | Security and Privacy Overview | Distributed authentication and policy enforcement across edge-fog-cloud tiers |
| Use Cases | IoT Use Cases | Real-world fog deployments in smart cities, industrial automation, and healthcare |