An architecture for a power-aware distributed microsensor node
Rex Min, Manish Bhardwaj, SeongHwan Cho, Aniruddha Sinha, Eugene I. Shih, A. Wang, Anantha P. Chandrakasan · 2002
Networks of distributed microsensors are emerging as a compelling solution for a wide range of data gathering applications. Perhaps the most substantial challenge facing designers of small but long-lived microsensor nodes is the need for significant reductions in energy consumption. We propose a power-aware design methodology that emphasizes the graceful scalability of energy consumption with factors such as available resources, event frequency, and desired output quality, at all levels of the system hierarchy. Our architecture for a power-aware microsensor node highlights the collaboration between software that is capable of energy-quality tradeoffs and hardware with scalable energy consumption.