This information may be used, for example by the scheduler 140 of the core network 130 (see FIG. 1) to schedule which features should be transmitted by which sensor 110a, 110b. For example, as shown in FIG. 10A, the scheduler 140 may generate and transmit a downlink (DL) control message (e.g., communicated via the BS 120) to each sensor 110a, 110b. In this example, the DL control message to sensor 110a may instruct the reducer 1004 of sensor 110a to omit feature 1a from transmission; and the DL control message to sensor 110b may instruct the reducer 1004 of sensor 110b to omit feature 3b from transmission. The scheduler 140 may make scheduling decisions based on various factors. In the example shown, the scheduler 140 may make scheduling decisions based on the quality of each transmitted feature. In other examples, the scheduler 140 may consider the overall reliability and/or performance of the sensors 110 when determining which sensor 110 should transmit a correlated feature; or the scheduler 140 may consider the power consumption of the sensors 110 when determining which sensor 110 should transmit a correlated feature. This scheduling information may also be provided to the BS 120.
