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The augmentation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices transformed both automation and connectivity but revealed major security vulnerabilities in networks. We address these challenges by designing a robust intrusion detection system (IDS) to…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Karma Gurung , Ashutosh Ghimire , Fathi Amsaad

We consider the problem of optimizing the freshness of status updates that are sent from a large number of low-power sources to a common access point. The source nodes utilize carrier sensing to reduce collisions and adopt an asynchronized…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-02 Ahmed M. Bedewy , Yin Sun , Rahul Singh , Ness B. Shroff

The surging demand for fresh information from various Internet of Things (IoT) applications requires oceans of data sampled from the physical environment to be transmitted and processed timely, which would lead to huge energy consumption.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-16 Jin Xu , Xinyuan Wu , Qisheng Huang , Peng Sun

In this paper, we propose a novel framework for performance optimization in Internet of Things (IoT)-based next-generation wireless sensor networks. In particular, a computationally-convenient system is presented to combat two major…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-06-27 Muzammil Behzad , Manal Abdullah , Muhammad Talal Hassan , Yao Ge , Mahmood Ashraf Khan

Efficient remote monitoring of distributed sources is essential for many Internet of Things (IoT) applications. This work studies the uncertainty at the receiver when tracking two-state Markov sources over a slotted random access channel…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-04 Andrea Munari

This paper characterizes the structure of the Age of Information (AoI)-optimal policy in wireless powered communication systems while accounting for the time and energy costs of generating status updates at the source nodes. In particular,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-06-12 Mohamed A. Abd-Elmagid , Harpreet S. Dhillon , Nikolaos Pappas

The age of information (AoI) performance metric for point-to-point wireless communication systems is analytically studied under Rician-faded channels and when the receiver is equipped with multiple antennas. The general scenario of a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-01-03 Nikolaos I. Miridakis , Theodoros A. Tsiftsis , Guanghua Yang

We study age of information (AoI) in a single-source dual-server status update system for the generate at will (GAW) scenario, consisting of an information source, dual servers, and a monitor. For this system, the method of stochastic…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-02 Nail Akar , Sennur Ulukus

The technological landscape is rapidly evolving toward large-scale systems. Networks supporting massive connectivity through numerous Internet of Things (IoT) devices are at the forefront of this advancement. In this paper, we examine…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-12-06 Yao Zhu , Xiaopeng Yuan , Yulin Hu , Bo Ai , Ruikang Wang , Bin Han , Anke Schmeink

As 5G and Internet-of-Things (IoT) are deeply integrated into vertical industries such as autonomous driving and industrial robotics, timely status update is crucial for remote monitoring and control. In this regard, Age of Information…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-02-20 Xi Zheng , Sheng Zhou , Zhisheng Niu

In this paper, we consider a discrete-time information-update system, where a service provider can proactively retrieve information from the information source to update its data and users query the data at the service provider. One example…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-11 Zhongdong Liu , Bin Li , Zizhan Zheng , Y. Thomas Hou , Bo Ji

In this paper, we consider the problem of optimizing the freshness of status updates that are sent from a large number of low-power source nodes to a common access point. The source nodes utilize carrier sensing to reduce collisions and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-12-17 Ahmed M. Bedewy , Yin Sun , Rahul Singh , Ness B. Shroff

This work explores systems where source updates require multiple sequential processing steps. We model and analyze the Age of Information (AoI) performance of various system designs under both parallel and series server setups. In parallel…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-12-02 Vishakha Ramani , Ivan Seskar , Roy D. Yates

Internet of Things (IoT) aims at providing connectivity between every computing entity. However, this facilitation is also leading to more cyber threats which may exploit the presence of a vulnerability of a period of time. One such…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-04-17 Vishal Sharma , Jiyoon Kim , Soonhyun Kwon , Ilsun You , Kyungroul Lee , Kangbin Yim

We consider a situation that multiple monitoring applications (each with a different sensor-monitor pair) compete for a common service resource such as a communication link. Each sensor reports the latest state of its own time-varying…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-04-09 Yoshiaki Inoue , Tetsuya Takine

Today, more and more embedded devices are being connected through a network, generally Internet, offering users different services. This concept refers to Internet of Things (IoT), bringing information and control capabilities in many…

Performance · Computer Science 2024-04-30 Mohammed Djahafi , Nabila Salmi

Many systems require frequent and regular updates of a certain information. These updates have to be transferred regularly from the source to the destination. We consider scenarios in which an old packet becomes completely obsolete, in the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-07-26 Veeraruna Kavitha , Eitan Altman , Indrajit Saha

In an Internet-of-Things system where status data are collected from sensors and actuators for time-critical applications, the freshness of data is vital and can be quantified by the recently proposed age-of-information (AoI) metric. In…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-03-23 Zhiyuan Jiang , Bhaskar Krishnamachari , Sheng Zhou , Zhisheng Niu

The Internet of Things (IoT) relies on resource-constrained devices deployed in unprotected environments. Given their constrained nature, IoT systems are vulnerable to security attacks. Data provenance, which tracks the origin and flow of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-11-05 Omair Faraj , David Megias , Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations are bringing the Internet of Things (IoT) to the space arena, also known as non-terrestrial networks. Several IoT satellite applications for tracking ships and cargo can be seen as exemplary…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-07-13 Federico Chiariotti , Olga Vikhrova , Beatriz Soret , Petar Popovski