Torpid Mode: Hybrid of Sleep and Idle Mode as Power Saving Mechanism for IEEE 802.16j

Author

Singh, Ashish Kumar ; Potdar, Vidyasagar

Author_Institution

Wireless Protocols & Platforms Group, Samsung India Software Oper., Bangalore, India

fYear

2010

fDate

20-23 April 2010

Firstpage

577

Lastpage

582

Abstract

Sleep and Idle modes are proposed as power saving mechanisms in IEEE 802.16j Mobile Multi-hop Relay (MMR) networks. In this paper, these mechanisms are analyzed in terms of number of messages exchanged, latency and cost. Besides, hybridization of Sleep and Idle modes, named as Torpid mode is proposed as a power saving mechanism for IEEE 802.16j. Our proposed mechanism takes advantage of the relay stations. Analytical results verified by simulations evince that our proposed mechanism surpasses both Idle and Sleep modes significantly in terms of bandwidth consumption. Torpid mode also outperforms over the Idle mode in terms of latency and is superior to Sleep mode on the grounds of cost.

Keywords

mobile radio; wireless LAN; IEEE 802.16; Torpid Mode; bandwidth consumption; idle mode; mobile multihop relay networks; power saving mechanism; relay stations; sleep modes; Application software; Bandwidth; Batteries; Costs; Delay; Energy consumption; Relays; Standards development; Switches; WiMAX; IEEE 802.16j; Idle mode; Sleep mode; power saving modes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops (WAINA), 2010 IEEE 24th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Perth, WA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6701-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WAINA.2010.176

Filename

5480611