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We are living in an era where the Edge of the Cloud is becoming a global platform for the computation and interaction between machines and smart objects, in realtime applications and for many critical tasks. With the application areas such as smart cities, smart grids, smart cars, smart eHealth, smart supply chain, and smart homes in the Internet of Things (IoT), we can consider the Edge computing as a complete package of the smart networked objects. From this perspective, it is essential to understand the role of Edge computing which will provide a global backbone for the worldwide information sharing/processing in the near future.

There is no doubt that introducing such a new phenomenon can come with potential challenges especially in terms of security and quality of service (QoS). Therefore, it is essential to consider new enabling technologies such as wireless sensor networks (WSN), various radio …