Title :
Design considerations for distributed microsensor systems
Author :
Chandrakasan, Anantha ; Amirtharajah, Rajeevain ; Cho, SeongHwan ; Goodman, James ; Konduri, Gangadhar ; Kulik, Joanna ; Rabiner, Wendi ; Wang, Alice
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Wireless distributed microsensor systems will enable the reliable monitoring and control of a variety of applications that range from medical and home security to machine diagnosis, chemical/biological detection and other military applications. The sensors have to be designed in a highly integrated fashion, optimizing across all levels of system abstraction, with the goal of minimizing energy dissipation. This paper addresses some of the key design considerations for future microsensor systems including the network protocols required for collaborative sensing and information distribution, system partitioning considering computation and communication costs, low energy electronics, power system design and energy harvesting techniques
Keywords :
distributed sensors; low-power electronics; microsensors; collaborative sensing; design considerations; distributed microsensor systems; energy dissipation; energy harvesting techniques; information distribution; low energy electronics; military applications; monitoring; network protocols; power system design; system abstraction; system partitioning; Biological control systems; Biomedical monitoring; Chemicals; Communication system security; Condition monitoring; Control systems; Medical control systems; Medical diagnostic imaging; Microsensors; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Custom Integrated Circuits, 1999. Proceedings of the IEEE 1999
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5443-5
DOI :
10.1109/CICC.1999.777291
