Collective perception messaging for source-sink communication

A system for source-sink communication comprising:

• processing hardware of a machine;
• and
• a memory device storing instructions which, when executed by the processing hardware, cause the processing hardware to:
• receive, from a source device, a signal value for provision to a sink device, the signal value corresponding to a measurement of an environmental value;
• access, from a storage device, an error term for the signal value;
• access, from the storage device, a source reliability term for the source device;
• access, from the storage device, a source-sink relation term based on the source device and the sink device;
• determine a distribution for the environmental value based on the error term, the source reliability term, and the source-sink relation term;
• determine, based on the distribution for the environmental value, whether the signal value is reliable;
• provide an output representing the signal value in response to a determination that the signal value is reliable;
• and
• forgo providing the output representing the signal value in response to a determination that the signal value is not reliable.

At least one non-transitory machine-readable medium for source-sink communication storing instructions which, when executed by processing hardware of a machine, cause the processing hardware to:

• receive, from a source device, a signal value for provision to a sink device, the signal value corresponding to a measurement of an environmental value;
• access, from a storage device, an error term for the signal value;
• access, from the storage device, a source reliability term for the source device;
• access, from the storage device, a source-sink relation term based on the source device and the sink device;
• determine a distribution for the environmental value based on the error term, the source reliability term, and the source-sink relation term;
• determine, based on the distribution for the environmental value, whether the signal value is reliable;
• provide an output representing the signal value in response to a determination that the signal value is reliable;
• and
• forgo providing the output representing the signal value in response to a determination that the signal value is not reliable.

A method for source-sink communication comprising:

• receiving, from a source device, a signal value for provision to a sink device, the signal value corresponding to a measurement of an environmental value;
• accessing, from a storage device, an error term for the signal value;
• accessing, from the storage device, a source reliability term for the source device;
• accessing, from the storage device, a source-sink relation term based on the source device and the sink device;
• determining a distribution for the environmental value based on the error term, the source reliability term, and the source-sink relation term;
• determining, based on the distribution for the environmental value, whether the signal value is reliable;
• providing an output representing the signal value in response to a determination that the signal value is reliable;
• and
• forgoing providing the output representing the signal value in response to a determination that the signal value is not reliable.