Title :
Dynamic voltage scaling techniques for distributed microsensor networks
Author :
Min, Rex ; Furrer, Travis ; Chandrakasan, Anantha
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Distributed microsensor networks promise a versatile and robust platform for remote environment monitoring. Crucial to long system lifetimes for these microsensors are algorithms and protocols that provide the option of trading quality for energy savings. Dynamic voltage scaling on the sensor node´s processor enables energy savings from these scalable algorithms. We demonstrate dynamic voltage scaling on the beginnings of a sensor node prototype, which currently consists of a commercial processor, a digitally adjustable DC-DC regulator, and a power-aware operating system
Keywords :
distributed sensors; low-power electronics; monitoring; adjustable DC-DC regulator; distributed microsensor networks; dynamic voltage scaling techniques; energy savings; power-aware operating system; protocols; remote environment monitoring; scalable algorithms; Array signal processing; Base stations; Computer networks; Distributed computing; Dynamic voltage scaling; Microprocessors; Microsensors; Prototypes; Remote monitoring; Scalability;
Conference_Titel :
VLSI, 2000. Proceedings. IEEE Computer Society Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0534-1
DOI :
10.1109/IWV.2000.844528
