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Table 1 Key parameters and descriptions

From: A time-efficient data offloading method with privacy preservation for intelligent sensors in edge computing

Terms

Descriptions

N

The number of sensors

MD

The set of sensors, MD={md1,md2,…,mdN}

md n

The nth sensor in MD

N

The number of computing tasks

K

The total types of divided data

CT

The set of computing tasks, CT={ct1,ct2,…,ctN}

SD

The set of divided data in computing tasks, SD={sdn,1,sdn,2,…,sdn,K}

s n , k

The size of transmitted data with the kth type for ctn

p n,k

The probability of transferring kth type data for ctn

t n,k

The time of kth data transmission for ctn

ct n,k

The calculation time of kth type data

V 1

The data transmission rate between sensors

V 2

The data calculation rate of sensors

T

The average time of data transmission