A Switch to the Concern of User: Importance Coefficient in Utility Distribution and Message Importance Measure

  • Shanyun Liu
  • , Rui She
  • , Shuo Wan
  • , Pingyi Fan
  • , Yunquan Dong

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Abstract

This paper mainly focuses on the utilization frequency in receiving end of communication systems, which shows the inclination of the user about different symbols. When the using number is limited, a specific utility distribution is proposed on the best effort in term of fairness, which is also the closest one to occurring probability in the relative entropy. Similar to a switch, the parameter of this special utility distribution can be selected to make it satisfy the personalized user demands: negative parameter means the user focus on high-probability events and positive parameter means the user is interested in small-probability events. In fact, the utility distribution can be regraded as a measure of message importance in essence. It illustrates the meaning of message importance measure (MIM), and extend it to the general case by selecting the parameter. Based on it, we connect personalized user demands to the message importance. Numerical results show that this utility distribution characterizes the message importance like MIM and its parameter determines the concern of users like a switch.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 14th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2018
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1362-1367
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9781538620700
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 Aug 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event14th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2018 - Limassol, Cyprus
Duration: 25 Jun 201829 Jun 2018

Publication series

Name2018 14th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2018

Conference

Conference14th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2018
Country/TerritoryCyprus
CityLimassol
Period25/06/1829/06/18

Keywords

  • Importance coefficient
  • Information theory
  • Large deviation theory
  • Message importance measure
  • Utility distribution

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