Age of Information for Updates With Distortion: Constant and Age-Dependent Distortion Constraints

We consider an information update system where receiver requests updates from provider in order to minimize its age of information. The are generated at the (transmitter) as a result completing set tasks such collecting data and performing computations on them. refer this generation process. model quality increasing function processing time spent while generating transmitter. In particular, we use xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">distortion proxy for , distortion decreasing time. Processing longer transmitter results better quality (lower distortion) update, but it causes determine age-optimal policies request times subject minimum required (maximum allowed constraint updates. For constraint, cases constant maximum constraints, well age-dependent constraints.