Energy efficient modulation and MAC for asymmetric RF microsensor systems

Author

Wang, Andrew Y. ; Cho, SeongHwan ; Sodini, Charles G. ; Chandrakasan, Anantha P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

106

Lastpage

111

Abstract

Wireless microsensor systems are used in a variety of civil and military applications. Such microsensors are required to operate for years from a small energy source. To minimize the energy dissipation of the sensor node, RF front-end circuitry must be designed based on system level optimization of the entire network. This paper presents several energy minimization techniques derived from the unique properties of a practical short range asymmetric microsensor system. These include energy efficient modulation schemes, appropriate multiple access protocols, and a fast turn-on transmitter architecture

Keywords

microsensors; military equipment; modulation; multi-access systems; radio transmitters; RF front-end circuitry; RF microsensor system; civil applications; energy dissipation; energy efficient modulation; energy minimization techniques; energy source; military applications; multiple access protocols; short range asymmetric microsensor system; system level optimization; turn-on transmitter architecture; wireless microsensor systems; Access protocols; Circuits; Design optimization; Energy dissipation; Energy efficiency; Microsensors; Minimization; Radio frequency; Sensor systems; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Low Power Electronics and Design, International Symposium on, 2001.

Conference_Location

Huntington Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

1-58113-371-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LPE.2001.945384

Filename

945384