Balancing power consumption in IoT devices by using variable packet size

M. Domingo-Prieto*, B. Martinez, M. Monton, I. Vilajosana-Guillen, X. Vilajosana-Guillen, J. Arnedo-Moreno

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Abstract

Currently, IoT devices are becoming more and more popular, being deployed in different scenarios such as monitoring the power consumption of a house or the state of an outdoor parking spot. These networks tend to be densely populated by a huge amount of sensors that send really short messages. Given these characteristics, their main problem is the great variability and unpredictability of battery lifetime, when they cannot be plugged to a power outlet. In this paper, we analyze the mote behaviour on a real IoT network and use the extracted data to propose a mechanism to distribute the power consumption more equally between all motes, regardless the number of messages each one sends. This new proposal decreases the numbers of interventions required to replace batteries, minimizing costs and increasing network lifetime.

Original languageEnglish
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781479943258
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2014

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2014 8th International Conference on Complex, Intelligent and Software Intensive Systems, CISIS 2014

Keywords

  • address clustering
  • Huffman coding
  • IoT
  • power consumption
  • WSN

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