Energy-Optimal Sampling of Edge-Based Feedback Systems

We study a problem of optimizing the sampling interval in an edge-based feedback system, where sensor samples are offloaded to a back-end server which process them and generates a feedback that is fed-back to a user. Sampling the system at maximum frequency results in the detection of events of interest with minimum delay but incurs higher energy costs due to the communication and processing of some redundant samples. On the other hand, lower sampling frequency results in a higher delay in detecting an event of interest thus increasing the idle energy usage and degrading the quality of experience. We propose a method to quantify this trade-off and compute the optimal sampling interval, and use simulation to demonstrate the energy savings.