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Age of information (AoI), defined as the time elapsed since the last received update was generated, is a newly proposed metric to measure the timeliness of information updates in a network. We consider AoI minimization problem for a network…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-03-20 Rajat Talak , Sertac Karaman , Eytan Modiano

The age of information (AoI) has become a central measure of data freshness in modern wireless systems, yet existing surveys either focus on classical AoI formulations or provide broad discussions of reinforcement learning (RL) in wireless…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-29 Alimu Alibotaiken , Suyang Wang , Oluwaseun T. Ajayi , Yu Cheng

We consider the problem of minimizing age of information in multihop wireless networks and propose three classes of policies to solve the problem - stationary randomized, age difference, and age debt. For the unicast setting with fixed…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-11-18 Vishrant Tripathi , Rajat Talak , Eytan Modiano

In this paper, we study how to collect fresh data in time-varying networks with power constrained users. We measure data freshness from the perspective of the central controller by using the metric Age of Information, namely the time…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-11-27 Haoyue Tang , Jintao Wang , Linqi Song , Jian Song

In this paper, we adopt the fluid limits to analyze Age of Information (AoI) in a wireless multiaccess network with many users. We consider the case wherein users have heterogeneous i.i.d. channel conditions and the statuses are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-12-29 Zhiyuan Jiang

Age of information (AoI) is a recently proposed metric that measures the time elapsed since the generation of the last received information update. We consider the problem of AoI minimization for a network under general interference…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-05-18 Rajat Talak , Igor Kadota , Sertac Karaman , Eytan Modiano

This study considers a wireless network where multiple nodes transmit status updates to a base station (BS) via a shared, error-free channel with limited bandwidth. The status updates arrive at each node randomly. We use the Age of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-14 Yuqiao He , Yuchao Chen , Jintao Wang , Jian Song

We develop a simple model for the timely monitoring of correlated sources over a wireless network. Using this model, we study how to optimize weighted-sum average Age of Information (AoI) in the presence of correlation. First, we discuss…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-08-04 Vishrant Tripathi , Eytan Modiano

We consider a wireless uplink network consisting of multiple end devices and an access point (AP). Each device monitors a physical process with stochastic arrival of status updates and sends these updates to the AP over a shared channel.…

Performance · Computer Science 2022-06-28 Jingwei Liu , Rui Zhang , Aoyu Gong , He Chen

This paper studies the user scheduling problem in a multiuser multiple-input multi-output (MIMO) status update system, in which multiple single-antenna devices aim to send their latest statuses to a multiple-antenna information-fusion…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-02-19 He Chen , Qian Wang , Zheng Dong , Ning Zhang

Beyond fifth generation wireless communication networks (B5G) are applied in many use-cases, such as industrial control systems, smart public transport, and power grids. Those applications require innovative techniques for timely…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Robert-Jeron Reifert , Stefan Roth , Aydin Sezgin

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

In this work, we consider the problem of jointly minimizing the average cost of sampling and transmitting status updates by users over a wireless channel subject to average Age of Information (AoI) constraints. Errors in the transmission…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-11-28 Emmanouil Fountoulakis , Marian Codreanu , Anthony Ephremides , Nikolaos Pappas

This paper considers a large-scale wireless network consisting of source-destination (SD) pairs, where the sources send time-sensitive information, termed status updates, to their corresponding destinations in a time-slotted fashion. We…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-01-11 Praful D. Mankar , Mohamed A. Abd-Elmagid , Harpreet S. Dhillon

A large body of applications that involve monitoring, decision making, and forecasting require timely status updates for their efficient operation. Age of Information (AoI) is a newly proposed metric that effectively captures this…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-10-09 George Stamatakis , Nikolaos Pappas , Apostolos Traganitis

This paper investigates information freshness of multichannel access in information update systems. Age of information (AoI) is a fundamentally important metric to characterize information freshness, defined as the time elapsed since the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-06-02 Jiaxin Liang , Haoyuan Pan , Soung Chang Liew

Information freshness, characterized by age of information (AoI), is important for sensor applications involving timely status updates. In many cases, the wireless signals from one sensor can be received by multiple access points (APs).…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-09-14 Haoyuan Pan , Yu Zhou , Tse-Tin Chan , Ming Tang , Jianqiang Li , Zhihua Du

We consider a wireless network with a base station serving multiple traffic streams to different destinations. Packets from each stream arrive to the base station according to a stochastic process and are enqueued in a separate (per stream)…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-05-20 Igor Kadota , Eytan Modiano

In this paper, we consider a wireless network consisting of a base station (BS) that is serving multiple real-time traffic streams forwarding information updates to their destinations in order to sustain the freshness of information for…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-14 Ali Muhammad , Mohamed Elhattab , Mohamed Amine Arfaoui , Ahmed Al-Hilo , Chadi Assi

Many emerging Internet of Things (IoT) applications rely on information collected by sensor nodes where the freshness of information is an important criterion. \textit{Age of Information} (AoI) is a metric that quantifies information…