International Journal of Future Generation Communication and Networking Vol. 9, No. 11 (2016), pp. 161-178 http://dx.doi.org/10.14257/ijfgcn.2016.9.11.15 ISSN: 2233-7857 IJFGCN Copyright ⓒ 2016 SERSC Mobile On-demand Computing: The Future Generation of Cloud Md. Abdullah-Al-Shafi 1* , Ali Newaz Bahar 2 and Sajeeb Saha 3 1 Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2 Department of Information and Communication Technology, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh 3 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh *alshafi08@gmail.com Abstract Cloud computing furnishes a unique term of computing and becomes a buzzword to its overwhelming trade prospects. Cloud computing achieved an impetus and is remodeling the internet based computing framework as well as raise the proficiency of mobile systems. Mobile cloud computing or on-demand computing is attaining fame among mobile users and mobile devices can use clouds for various exhaustive applications like storage or information processing. Mobile cloud computing overcomes performance- related difficulties such as battery and storage capacity as well as communication and environment connected affairs like security, availability, and privacy. Still, mobile on- demand computing beneath anticipation because of privacy and security perils. This paper presents an analysis of mobile cloud computing along with its architectural basis and challenges as well as the security considerations. The objective of this paper is to subsidize a superior perceptive on mobile cloud computing and identify further imminent research directions. Keywords: Cloud computing, Mobile cloud computing, Security affairs, Mobile applications 1. Introduction Cloud computing presents an advanced network application approach and maintains computing infrastructure as well as systems on-demand basis to users. Computing resources like storage and memory are not substantially present at the consumer’s locale in on-demand computing, rather the computing sources are owned and operated by service providers such as Amazon EC2 and the users access the systems by the way of the internet. Cloud computing bears along a modern period of improvement of the internet that consents users to employ services on the fly in pay-as-you-go aspect [1] over the internet. The computing paradigm presents abundant favors for businesses, including shorter start-up time for contemporary services and lower process and maintenance cost. Different layered architectures convenient for on-demand computing to serve the aforementioned services as a utility [2, 3]. Today cloud computing is not only restricted to the particular computer, it also a repercussion and acute impact on the mobile technology such as tablets or smartphones. Mobile cloud computing bear high aspect computational resources to network operators, mobile consumers as well as cloud computing providers by consolidated the mobile computing, cloud computing and wireless networks [4, 5]. Mobile cloud computing becomes a persuasive movement in modern technology although it faces divers complications in their resources such as battery life and transmissions like security and mobility. The earlier analyses in this field survey this possibility by allowing a mobile device as a consumer and as both consumer and resource provider to cloud platforms. Online Version Only. Book made by this file is ILLEGAL.