Gaming On The Edge: Uma arquitetura de computação na borda para jogos em dispositivos móveis

• Gabriel Pimenta Robaina UDESC
• Adriano Fiorese UDESC

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbrc.2023.458

Abstract

The standard software architecture for mobile games requires local processing of game logic and graphics. On the other hand, cloud-based remote gaming architectures for mobile devices present high latency for game commands at a high cost for service providers. This work proposes the Gaming On The Edge (GOTE) architecture, which aims to allow complex games to be played on mobile devices by leveraging edge computing infrastructure for graphics processing and multimedia content distribution. Experimental results show that GOTE architecture is a viable alternative to cloud based remote gaming on mobile devices at the advantage of lowering latency of video and game input. An open source implementation of the architecture is provided in order to assist further research in this area.

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