A Survey of Adaptive Sampling and Filtering Algorithms for the Internet of Things

Dimitrios Giouroukis, Alexander Dadian, Jonas Traub, Steffen Zeuch, Volker Markl

Proceedings of the ACM/IFIP International Conference on Distributed and Event-based Systems (DEBS 2020) | July 2020

Abstract:

The Internet of Things (IoT) represents one of the fastest emerging trends in the area of information and communication technology. The main challenge in the IoT is the timely gathering of data streams from potentially millions of sensors. In particular, those sensors are widely distributed, constantly in transit, highly heterogeneous, and unreliable. To gather data in such a dynamic environment efficiently, two techniques have emerged over the last decade: adaptive sampling and adaptive filtering. These techniques dynamically re-configure rates and filter thresholds to trade-off data quality against resource utilization. In this paper, we survey representative, state-of-the-art algorithms to address scalability challenges in real-time and distributed sensor systems. To this end, we cover publications from top peer-reviewed venues for a period larger than 12 years. For each algorithm, we point out advantages, disadvantages, assumptions, and limitations. Furthermore, we outline current research challenges, future research directions, and aim to support readers in their decision process when designing extremely distributed sensor systems.

Bibtex:

 
@inproceedings{giouroukis2020debs,
  title={A Survey of Adaptive Sampling and Filtering Algorithms for the Internet of Things},
  author={
    Giouroukis, Dimitrios and Traub, Jonas and Zeuch, 
    Steffen and Markl, Volker
  },
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the ACM/IFIP International Conference on Distributed and Event-based Systems (DEBS 2020)},
  year = {2020},
  month = {July},
  publisher = {ACM DEBS},
  edition = {DEBS},
}

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