Energy Implications of Network Sensor Designs

Technological progress in integrated, low-power, CMOS communication devices and sensors makes a rich design space of networked sensors viable. They can be deeply embedded in the physical world or spread throughout our environment. The fundamental constraint on these devices is energy consumption, as the largest and most expensive component is the battery. In this paper, we analyze the power usage of a remote networked sensor and evluate the power implications of various design choices.