continuum_tiered

Continuum-tiered infrastructure pattern.

The continuum-tiered pattern models a device-edge-fog-cloud deployment by adapting the generic hierarchical generator with tier-aware naming and resource defaults. It proposes up to four semantic layers: device, edge, fog, and cloud. Nodes are grouped by tier and connected primarily across adjacent layers, while the intra-tier connectivity grows progressively richer from device to cloud.

The pattern is designed for continuum QoS studies where latency and capacity are not uniform across the stack: devices are close to the data source but resource poor, edge and fog tiers progressively improve compute and availability, and the cloud tier offers the highest capacity with the loosest proximity guarantees.

Functions

get_continuum_tiered(device_count, edge_count)

Create an IoT-edge-cloud continuum from the hierarchical generator.