Abstract: A device to provide fog-enabled multipath VPN (virtual private network) is disclosed. A first endpoint device is configured to form a fog-enabled communication path in a fog network with at least one neighboring device having at least one first IP (internet protocol) address so as to enable at least one VPN tunnel communication path, via said at least one neighboring device, between the first endpoint device and a second endpoint device with a second IP address and to enable multipath VPN tunneling between the first endpoint device and the second endpoint device. In another embodiment, a multipath VPN AP (access point) is disclosed, where the VPN AP uses at least one fog network to provide multipath VPN, and on the other hand, enables sharing of the multiple VPN by a multitude of endpoint devices that connect to the VPN AP through another fog network.

Abstract: A fog data agent for a connected car includes a connector configured to couple to an on-board diagnostic port of the connected car, a microprocessor, a wireless communication interface coupled to the microprocessor, a cellular communication interface coupled to the microprocessor, a data storage device coupled to the microprocessor, and logic configured to receive data from the on-board diagnostic port, analyzes the data in real-time, and establish a bi-directional communication channel with a remote server via at least one of the wireless communication interface and the cellular communication interface to transmit a subset of the analyzed data to the remote server in response to the data analysis.

Abstract: A fog network includes a first fog network node configured to execute an application program, and a second fog network node configured to host a container. The first fog network node is configured to determine a need to offload at least a portion of the application program for execution in the second fog network node, access a registry to identify and locate a container image created from executable code of the application program stored in the fog network, and load the identified container image in the second fog network node. The second fog network node is configured to start the container in response to the container image being loaded, execute the executable code of the application program, and return a result from executing the executable code of the application program to the first fog network node.