Choosing optimum noise figure and data rate in wireless sensor network radio transceivers

R. Dutta, Ronan A.R. van der Zee, Marinus Jan Bentum, Andre B.J. Kokkeler

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    Abstract

    To reduce the energy consumption in wireless sensor network transceivers, we propose an approach which combines two tradeoffs. The first tradeoff is between the receiver sensitivity and transmitter output power. The second one is the duty cycle and data rate of the transceiver. The combined approach gives us the optimum choice of noise figure and data rate for a given application and transceiver architecture. Considering a typical transceiver architecture and perfectly synchronized system, we show that the energy consumption can indeed be reduced with this approach compared to choosing either data rate or noise figure arbitrarily. Moreover, in case of a wakeup receiver architecture and slot based MAC protocol, applying this method, we show that there is a different combination of optimum data rate and noise figure value for the wakeup receivers to minimize the wakeup energy.
    Original languageUndefined
    Title of host publication2011 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)
    Place of PublicationUSA
    PublisherIEEE
    Pages1-5
    Number of pages5
    ISBN (Print)978-1-61284-232-5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 29 Jul 2011
    EventIEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2011 - Kyoto, Japan
    Duration: 5 Jun 20119 Jun 2011

    Publication series

    Name
    PublisherIEEE Antennas & Propagation Society

    Conference

    ConferenceIEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2011
    Period5/06/119/06/11
    Other5-9 June 2011

    Keywords

    • METIS-279181
    • IR-78073
    • noise figure
    • data rate
    • Wireless Sensor Network
    • Energy
    • EWI-20527
    • duty-cycled radio

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