Mobile cloud computing combines cloud computing and mobile networks to provide benefits to mobile users, network providers, and cloud providers. It allows resource-intensive tasks to be processed in the cloud rather than on mobile devices, extending battery life and improving storage and processing capabilities. Key advantages include improving reliability and availability of data and services, enabling dynamic provisioning and scalability, and ease of integration. Several techniques for offloading computation and data to the cloud have been developed. Open issues include determining what tasks to offload, addressing low bandwidth constraints, and ensuring security and privacy when data and processing occur externally.