Radio-Triggered Wake-Up Capability for Sensor Networks

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  • RTAS '04 Proceedings of the 10th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium
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  • 2004

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Abstract

Power management is an important technique to prolongthe lifespan of sensor networks.Many power-managementprotocols employ wake-up/sleep schedules, which are oftencomplicated and inefficient.We present power managementschemes that eliminate such wake-up periods unless the nodeindeed needs to wake up.This type of wake-up capabilityis enabled by a new radio-triggered hardware component.We evaluate the potential power saving in terms of the lifespanof a sensor network application, using experiment dataand SPICE circuit simulations.Comparing the result withalways-on and rotation-based power management schemes,we find the radio-triggered scheme saves 98% of the energyused in the always-on scheme, and saves over 70% of the energyused in the rotation-based scheme.Consequently, thelifespan increases from 3.3 days (always-on) or 49.5 days(rotation-based) to 178 days (radio-triggered).Furthermore,a store-energy technique can extend operating distance from10 feet to 22 feet, or even longer if longer latency is acceptable.We also present amplification and radio-triggered IDswhich can further enhance performance.