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

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

43

Lastpage

46

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

VLSI, 2000. Proceedings. IEEE Computer Society Workshop on

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0534-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWV.2000.844528

Filename

844528