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Main Authors: Liyanaarachchi, Sahan, Ulukus, Sennur, Akar, Nail
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.14075
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author Liyanaarachchi, Sahan
Ulukus, Sennur
Akar, Nail
author_facet Liyanaarachchi, Sahan
Ulukus, Sennur
Akar, Nail
contents Query-based sampling has become an increasingly popular technique for monitoring Markov sources in pull-based update systems. However, most of the contemporary literature on this assumes an exponential distribution for query delay and often relies on the assumption that the feedback or replies to the queries are instantaneous. In this work, we relax both of these assumptions and find optimal sampling policies for monitoring continuous-time Markov chains (CTMC) under generic delay distributions. In particular, we show that one can obtain significant gains in terms of mean binary freshness (MBF) by employing a waiting based strategy for query-based sampling.
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spellingShingle Utilizing the Perceived Age to Maximize Freshness in Query-Based Update Systems
Liyanaarachchi, Sahan
Ulukus, Sennur
Akar, Nail
Information Theory
Systems and Control
Query-based sampling has become an increasingly popular technique for monitoring Markov sources in pull-based update systems. However, most of the contemporary literature on this assumes an exponential distribution for query delay and often relies on the assumption that the feedback or replies to the queries are instantaneous. In this work, we relax both of these assumptions and find optimal sampling policies for monitoring continuous-time Markov chains (CTMC) under generic delay distributions. In particular, we show that one can obtain significant gains in terms of mean binary freshness (MBF) by employing a waiting based strategy for query-based sampling.
title Utilizing the Perceived Age to Maximize Freshness in Query-Based Update Systems
topic Information Theory
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.14075