Energy Saving Techniques in Mobile Crowd Sensing: Current State and Future Opportunities

With the prevalence of sensor-rich smartphones, MCS has become an emerging paradigm to perform urban sensing tasks in recent years. In MCS systems, it is important to minimize the energy consumption on devices of mobile users, as high energy consumption severely reduces their participation willingness. In this article, we provide a comprehensive review of energy saving techniques in MCS and identify future research opportunities. Specifically,...