Energy Efficiency of the IEEE 802.15.4 Standard in Dense Wireless Microsensor Networks Modeling and Improvement Perspectives

Wireless microsensor networks, which have been the topic of intensive research in recent years, are now emerging in industrial applications. An important milestone in this transition has been the release of the IEEE 802.15.4 standard that specifies interoperable wireless physical and medium access c...

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Published in:Design, Automation and Test in Europe pp. 196 - 201
Main Authors: Bougard, Bruno, Catthoor, Francky, Daly, Denis C., Chandrakasan, Anantha, Dehaene, Wim
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC, USA IEEE Computer Society 01.01.2005
IEEE
Series:ACM Conferences
Subjects:
Access protocols
Computer systems organization > Dependable and fault-tolerant systems and networks > Availability
Computer systems organization > Dependable and fault-tolerant systems and networks > Maintainability and maintenance
Computer systems organization > Dependable and fault-tolerant systems and networks > Reliability
Electric breakdown
Energy consumption
Energy efficiency
General and reference > Cross-computing tools and techniques > Design
General and reference > Cross-computing tools and techniques > Performance
General and reference > Cross-computing tools and techniques > Reliability
Hardware > Communication hardware, interfaces and storage > Signal processing systems
Intelligent networks
Media Access Protocol
Microsensors
Monitoring
Networks > Network types > Mobile networks
Networks > Network types > Wireless access networks
Transceivers
Wireless sensor networks
ISBN:9780769522883, 0769522882
ISSN:1530-1591
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Summary:Wireless microsensor networks, which have been the topic of intensive research in recent years, are now emerging in industrial applications. An important milestone in this transition has been the release of the IEEE 802.15.4 standard that specifies interoperable wireless physical and medium access control layers targeted to sensor node radios. In this paper, we evaluate the potential of an 802.15.4 radio for use in an ultra low power sensor node operating in a dense network. Starting from measurements carried out on the off-the-shelf radio, effective radio activation and link adaptation policies are derived. It is shown that, in a typical sensor network scenario, the average power per node can be reduced down to 211m mm mW. Next, the energy consumption breakdown between the different phases of a packet transmission is presented, indicating which part of the transceiver architecture can most effectively be optimized in order to further reduce the radio power, enabling self-powered wireless microsensor networks.
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ISBN:9780769522883
0769522882
ISSN:1530-1591
DOI:10.1109/DATE.2005.136