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Journal of ZheJiang University (Engineering Science)  2024, Vol. 58 Issue (4): 664-673    DOI: 10.3785/j.issn.1008-973X.2024.04.002
    
Study of timeliness and distortion performance for real-time decision making in IoT
Yanfang WANG(),Wei WANG,Yunquan DONG*()
1. School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
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Abstract  

The sensor's timely and accurately data transmission is a guarantee for the decision-making unit to obtain effective data for decision-making (e.g., estimation, inference, or control) in IoT. To reduce estimation distortion, the decision unit uses multiple packets concurrently for joint estimation by using the best linear unbiased estimator (BLUE). Age upon decisions (AuD) and mean-squared-error (MSE) were introduced as metrics to measure the timeliness and the distortion of the information at the decision moments of the system, respectively. Two decision-making strategies were proposed, and the information timeliness and the distortion performance of the proposed strategies were investigated. In the strategy of using a fixed number of packets for decision making, the monitoring center performed an estimation after per fixed number of packets were received. In the strategy of using fixed time intervals for decision making, the monitoring center made an estimation at fixed intervals. The relationship between the system timeliness and the distortion was balanced by scheduling the decision process of the system to minimize the weighted sum of average AuD and average distortion. Simulation results show that the proposed strategies can improve the system timeliness and reduce the distortion performance by scheduling the decision-making process of the system.



Key wordsinternet of things (IoT)      update-and-decide system      age upon decisions (AuD)      estimation distortion      decision scheduling     
Received: 29 August 2023      Published: 27 March 2024
CLC:  TN 92  
Fund:  国家自然科学基金资助项目(62071237).
Corresponding Authors: Yunquan DONG     E-mail: 20211218041@nuist.edu.cn;yunquandong@nuist.edu.cn
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Yanfang WANG,Wei WANG,Yunquan DONG. Study of timeliness and distortion performance for real-time decision making in IoT. Journal of ZheJiang University (Engineering Science), 2024, 58(4): 664-673.

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面向实时决策的物联网时效与失真性能研究

在物联网中,传感器及时、准确地数据传输是决策单元获得有效数据决策(如估计、推断或控制)的保障. 为了减小估计失真,决策单元同时使用多个数据包并利用最佳线性无偏估计量(BLUE)进行联合估计. 以决策信息年龄(AuD)和均方误差(MSE)分别度量系统决策时刻信息的时效性和失真,提出2种决策方案,研究所提方案的信息时效性与失真性能. 在固定数量数据包的决策方案中,监测中心每收到固定数量数据包后进行一次估计;在固定时间间隔的决策方案中,监测中心每隔固定时间间隔进行一次估计. 通过调度系统的决策过程来最小化平均AuD和平均失真的加权和,实现系统的时效性和失真的关系平衡. 仿真结果表明,通过优化系统决策过程,所提方案可以实现在提升系统时效性的同时减小估计失真.


关键词: 物联网(IoT),  更新决策系统,  决策信息年龄(AuD),  估计失真,  决策调度 
Fig.1 IoT update-and-decide system
Fig.2 Sensing model
Fig.3 Examples of sample paths for age upon decisions and age of information
Fig.4 Packet arrival time interval versus system time
Fig.5 System average age upon decisions versus arrival rate
Fig.6 System average age upon decisions versus number of packets (or decision interval)
Fig.7 Effect of number of packets (or decision intervals) on average distortion
Fig.8 Variation of average age upon decisions and average distortion weighted sum versus weight
Fig.9 Effect of decision process and weighting on weighted sum of average age upon decisions and average distortion
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