Structured Estimators: A New Perspective on Information Freshness

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Main Authors: Liyanaarachchi, Sahan, Ulukus, Sennur, Akar, Nail
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author Liyanaarachchi, Sahan
Ulukus, Sennur
Akar, Nail
author_facet Liyanaarachchi, Sahan
Ulukus, Sennur
Akar, Nail
contents In recent literature, when modeling for information freshness in remote estimation settings, estimators have been mainly restricted to the class of martingale estimators, meaning the remote estimate at any time is equal to the most recently received update. This is mainly due to its simplicity and ease of analysis. However, these martingale estimators are far from optimal in some cases, especially in pull-based update systems. For such systems, maximum aposteriori probability (MAP) estimators are optimum, but can be challenging to analyze. Here, we introduce a new class of estimators, called structured estimators, which retain useful characteristics from a MAP estimate while still being analytically tractable. Our proposed estimators move seamlessly from a martingale estimator to a MAP estimator.
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spellingShingle Structured Estimators: A New Perspective on Information Freshness
Liyanaarachchi, Sahan
Ulukus, Sennur
Akar, Nail
Information Theory
Systems and Control
Signal Processing
In recent literature, when modeling for information freshness in remote estimation settings, estimators have been mainly restricted to the class of martingale estimators, meaning the remote estimate at any time is equal to the most recently received update. This is mainly due to its simplicity and ease of analysis. However, these martingale estimators are far from optimal in some cases, especially in pull-based update systems. For such systems, maximum aposteriori probability (MAP) estimators are optimum, but can be challenging to analyze. Here, we introduce a new class of estimators, called structured estimators, which retain useful characteristics from a MAP estimate while still being analytically tractable. Our proposed estimators move seamlessly from a martingale estimator to a MAP estimator.
title Structured Estimators: A New Perspective on Information Freshness
topic Information Theory
Systems and Control
Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.02813