Comparative study of software vs. hardware implementations of shortened Reed-Solomon code for Wireless Body Area Networks

Author

McSweeney, Richard ; Spagnol, Christian ; Popovici, Emanuel

Author_Institution

Dept. of Microelectron., Univ. Coll. Cork, Cork, Ireland

fYear

2010

fDate

16-19 May 2010

Firstpage

223

Lastpage

226

Abstract

The power and reliability of communication are important factors in the design of wireless sensor networks. This paper examines the use of a shortened Reed-Solomon code for power reduction in patient-monitoring application Wireless Body Area Network. The implementations of the scheme on an 8-bit micro-controller and on an FPGA are presented. The paper compares the energy consumption of the designs that are derived from the power measurements and packet rates. Shown also is energy savings on an ASIC implementation, derived from the results using Synopsis Prime Time PX.

Keywords

Reed-Solomon codes; field programmable gate arrays; microcontrollers; patient monitoring; wireless LAN; wireless sensor networks; ASIC implementation; FPGA; Synopsis Prime Time PX; communication power; communication reliability; energy consumption; energy savings; hardware implementations; microcontroller; patient-monitoring application; power measurements; power reduction; shortened Reed-Solomon code; software implementations; wireless body area networks; wireless sensor network design; word length 8 bit; Application software; Application specific integrated circuits; Body sensor networks; Energy consumption; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Power measurement; Reed-Solomon codes; Telecommunication network reliability; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microelectronics Proceedings (MIEL), 2010 27th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nis

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7200-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MIEL.2010.5490471

Filename

5490471