Bitrate adaptation for edge-assisted localization given network availability for mobile devices

A mobile device configured to compress image data for simultaneous localization and mapping, the mobile device comprising a radio interface and processing circuitry configured to:

• receive image data of an environment from an image sensor of the mobile device at a first bitrate;
• receive a first model that predicts localization performance as a function of:
• network latency, and
• the first bitrate of the image data;
• determine, utilizing the first model, a second bitrate for transmission of image data that improves the localization performance;
• encode the image data at the second bitrate to generate compressed image data;
• and
• transmit the compressed image data to a network node.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, that when executed by a processor, perform operations comprising:

• receiving image data of an environment from an image sensor of a mobile device at a first bitrate;
• receiving a first model that predicts localization performance as a function of:
• network latency, and
• the first bitrate of the image data;
• determining, utilizing the first model, a second bitrate for transmission of image data that improves the localization performance;
• encoding the image data at the second bitrate to generate compressed image data;
• and
• transmitting the compressed image data to a network node.