Power Aware Wireless Microsensor Networks

Abstract

This effort developed power aware technologies and implemented an acoustic sensor network capable of performing audio direction finding. Strong ARM based acoustic sensor nodes were built and demonstrated at the Army Research Laboratory's Aberdeen MD test Facility in which they performed Line of Bearing measurements. Web based tools were developed to help Strong ARM developers evaluate the power consumption of these systems. Wireless protocols were also developed to optimize the power efficiency of the sensor network. An API framework was developed, in addition to a simulator that allows the end-user to measure and improve the power-awareness of data-gathering microsensor networks. This tool set allows a designer to develop and optimize protocols and algorithms in simulation, then rapidly transfer the design to the sensor hardware.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA415425

Entities

People

  • Anantha P. Chandrakasan

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Detectors
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Algorithms
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Detectors
  • Energy Consumption
  • Energy Management
  • Instruction Set Architecture
  • Measurement
  • Microsensors
  • Military Research
  • Sensor Networks
  • Simulators
  • Test Facilities
  • Very Large Scale Integration
  • Wireless Sensor Networks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.