Is the Zero-Wait Policy Always Optimum for Information Freshness (Peak Age) or Throughput?
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Barakat, B https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9126-7613
Keates, S
Wassell, I https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7927-5565
Arshad, K https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4447-8335
Abstract
© 1997-2012 IEEE. The zero-wait (ZW) policy is widely held to achieve maximum information 'freshness,' i.e., to achieve minimum peak age (PA) and maximum throughput, for real-time Internet-of-Things applications. In this letter, it was shown through a series of experiments that the ZW policy is not necessarily the optimum policy for freshness or throughput in all real-world scenarios. First, the effect of delay on the ZW policy was shown on a local area network (LAN). Afterward, the server was located on the Internet, and it was shown that the ZW policy incurred a two-fold PA and throughput performance degradation compared with continuously sending status updates.
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Real-time systems, status update, information freshness, peak age of information, zero-wait policy
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IEEE Communications Letters
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1089-7798
1558-2558
1558-2558
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23
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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