Copyright © 2018 SK.Piramu Preethika, R.Gobinath This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7 (2.26) (2018) 13-18 International Journal of Engineering & Technology Website: www.sciencepubco.com/index.php/IJET Research paper A survey of mobile cloud computing offloading concepts based on measurements and algorithms SK. Piramu Preethika 1 *, R. Gobinath 2 1 Research scholar, Department of Computer Science, Vels Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies (VISTAS), Chennai, India. 2 Assistant Professor, Vels Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies (VISTAS), Chennai, India. *Corresponding author E-mail: iamgobinathmca@gmail.com Abstract Handheld computing devices at the moment everywhere in the arms of generation dependent human beings of every age. Clients are looking for new innovative thoughts to first and best utilization of Smart Mobile Devices. The rapid enlargement of the number of clever telephone users has given rise of various research subjects. While the technological advancements are happening from hardware and package levels, novel ideas are being introduced. One amongst those ideas is Mobile Cloud computing which is the mix of cloud compu- ting, mobile compu-ting and wireless networks to bring wealthy process resources to mobile users, network operators, yet as cloud com- puting suppliers. MCC offloading is a technique to overcome the barriers like battery life, memory usage, computation difficulties faced in Mobile computing with the help of cloud. This survey not only focuses on the concepts of offloading, it also concentrates on the measurements and basic ideas of Mobile Cloud computing related algorithms. Keywords: Smart Mobile Device (SMD); Mobile Computing; Cloud Computing; Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC). 1. Introduction In human life, basic needs are water, air, food, place now Smart mobile Devices occupies the fifth place. Recent years the growth graph of computers started from Desktop to Main frames, Main frames to Basic Mobiles; Basic Mobiles to Smart Phones, IPad, IPod, tablets, Note books and so on. As we are in the information era, modern compact handheld devices with slim and slick design, high-resolution camera, Siri (voice sup- port) like internet helpers, rich graphics adaptors multidiscipli- nary sensors, resourceful operating system were made people addict to them. SMD is the entertainer of all age group. Mo- biles not only entertain people but also make them knowledge- able in all aspects with the help of internet facility. But the drawback here is high usage of internet leads to low battery. This will affect the mobile performance. The advances in Smartphone hardware are unable to cater to users/applications computational control and force demands as they are tiny in size [1] [32]. The need for “information any- where anytime” has been a power house for the mounting growth in web and net innovation, wireless communication, and movable computing devices. Wireless communication faces more blockages than wired communication because the surrounding atmosphere cooperates with the signal, overcrowd- ing signal paths and introducing noise and echoes. As a result, lesser bandwidths, higher inaccuracy rates, and more recurrent unauthentic disconnections [2], [31], differentiate wireless contact. Cloud Computing is the pool of heterogeneous resources can be utilized by the user on-demand as pay per use. Aim of cloud computing is to maximize the usage that may be resource, in- frastructure, software, hardware with a minimum cost [3]. Few years later, emergence of cloud resources constructed an oppor- tunity to mitigate the shortcomings of utilizing surrogates in augmenting mobile devices. Cloud is a type of distributed sys- tem comprised of a bunch of powerful computers easily reached as unified computing resource(s) based on a Service Level Agreement (SLA) [4] [33]. 1) Mobile computing Mobile Computing is a process which allows the people to collect the data from anywhere and anytime with the help of devices like smart phones, PDA, Tablet, Fablet, Laptop and Wearable computers, such as the Apple Watch. It transmits information, sounds and prerecorded clipings.Exchange of data from handheld device to the internet via radio waves is achieved thru wireless technology. 2) Mobile Constraints  Mobile Device Constraints: Mobile devices have re- stricted resources like processor speed, memory and dis- play size and resolution as they are tiny in size. Those devices could have microphone or pen point screen to in- teract with the users to beat the above noted drawbacks.  Network Constraints: Wired networks having more reli- ability than wireless networks. Lower bandwidth, higher latency and more disconnection these affects the wireless networks. If bandwidth increases then energy consump- tion also raises, this leads to decrease the battery time of smart portable devices. Hence, efficacy of data through- put to and from SMD will be limited even if wireless networks connections deliver stable higher bandwidth.  Mobility Constraints: Mobile elements are resource-poor related to static components, Mobility is naturally haz- ardous, Mobile connectivity is highly variable in perfor- mance and reliability.