Title :
Energy-efficient medium access control for energy harvesting communications
Author :
Fafoutis, Xenofon ; Di Mauro, Alessio ; Orfanidis, Charalampos ; Dragoni, Nicola
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Bristol, Bristol, UK
fDate :
11/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
While energy consumption is widely considered the primary challenge of wireless networked devices, energy harvesting emerges as a promising way of powering the Internet of Things (IoT). In the Medium Access Control (MAC) layer of the communication stack, energy harvesting introduces spatial and temporal uncertainty in the availability of energy. In this context, this paper focuses on the design and implementation of the MAC layer of wireless embedded systems that are powered by energy harvesting; providing novel protocol features and practical experiences to designers of consumer electronics who opt for tailoring their own protocol solutions instead of using the standards.
Keywords :
Internet of Things; access protocols; energy harvesting; power consumption; telecommunication power management; Internet of Things; IoT; MAC layer; communication stack; energy consumption; energy efficient medium access control; energy harvesting communications; medium access control layer; protocol; spatial uncertainty; temporal uncertainty; wireless embedded systems; wireless networked devices; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Energy harvesting; Media Access Protocol; Receivers; Wireless sensor networks; Medium access control; energy harvestingcommunications; energy harvesting - wireless sensor networks;internet of things;
Journal_Title :
Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TCE.2015.7389793