Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Framework with Fuzzy Queries for Multimedia Data Fusion

Multimedia Internet of Things (MIoT) is widely explored in many smart applications for connectivity with wireless communication. Such networks are not like ordinary networks because it has to collect a massive amount of data and are further forwarded to processing systems. As MIoT is very limited in terms of resources for healthcare, smart homes, etc., therefore, energy efficiency with reliable data transmission is a significant research challenge. As smart applications rely on bounded constraints, therefore duplicate and unnecessary data transmission should be minimized. In addition, the timely delivery of data in crucial circumstances has a significant impact on any proposed system. Consequently, this paper presents a fuzzy logic-based edge computing framework to provide cooperative decision-making while avoiding inefficient use of the sensing power of smart devices. The proposed framework can be applied to critical applications to improve response time and processing cost. It consists of the following two functional components: Firstly, it provides the automated routing process with a natural language interface at the sink node. Secondly, to ensure reasonable performance, it also transmits semantic data between sensors using fuzzy queries and security. According to the performance evaluation, the proposed framework significantly outperformed related studies in terms of energy consumption, packet overhead, network throughput, and end-to-end delay.