Reducing Power Consumption in Smart Monitoring Systems with BLE Wireless Technology
Camelia-Mihaela Stoica, Petre-Daniel Mătăsaru, Luminița Scripcariu · IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering · 2020
Abstract This research focuses on alternative low power consumption in smart monitoring systems and on various techniques to facilitate access to different monitoring sensors connected via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). Due to high complexity and power demands that new smart monitoring equipment have, the need for reduced power consumption in the context of new regulations/architectures for the Internet of Things has occurred. Sensors can have dimensions of a few centimeters, are not required to have cabling or power supply and can transmit data for a long period of time. A network of sensors connected through BLE wireless technology with a corresponding architecture can provide a simple and versatile solution to multiple environments that need to be monitored. Data provided by the smart monitoring systems must be carried and analyzed either in upper layers of the network or close to the edge. Dedicated applications allow users to access data via smart-devices and data can be downloaded on any device, such as mobile phones. All these require communication technologies with optimized and reduced power consumption, also increasing battery lifetime and becoming more eco-friendly.