Title
Smart applications for energy harvested WSNs
Abstract
A Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) powered using harvested energies is limited in its operation by instantaneous power. Since energy availability can be different across nodes in the network, network setup and collaboration is a non trivial task. At the same time, in the event of excess energy, exciting node collaboration possibilities exist; often not feasible with battery driven sensor networks. Operations such as sensing, computation, storage and communication are required to achieve the common goal for any sensor network. In this paper, we design and implement a smart application that uses a Decision Engine, and morphs itself into an energy matched application. The results are based on measurements using IRIS motes running on solar energy. We have done away with batteries; instead used low leakage super capacitors to store harvested energy. The Decision Engine utilizes two pieces of data to provide its recommendations. Firstly, a history based energy prediction model assists the engine with information about in-coming energy. The second input is the energy cost database for operations. The energy driven Decision Engine calculates the energy budgets and recommends the best possible set of operations. Under excess energy condition, the Decision Engine, promiscuously sniffs the neighborhood looking for all possible data from neighbors. This data includes neighbor's energy level and sensor data. Equipped with this data, nodes establish detailed data correlation and thus enhance collaboration such as filling up data gaps on behalf of nodes hibernating under low energy conditions. The results are encouraging. Node and network life time of the sensor nodes running the smart application is found to be significantly higher compared to the base application.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1109/COMSNETS.2010.5431958
Communication Systems and Networks
Keywords
Field
DocType
in-coming energy,excess energy,energy level,energy budget,smart application,energy availability,excess energy condition,decision engine,energy cost database,low energy condition,energy prediction model,sensor network,sensors,solar energy,collaboration,capacitors,energy efficiency,wireless sensor network,prediction model,wireless sensor networks,energy efficient,engines,energy harvesting,energy levels
Capacitor,Efficient energy use,Computer science,Decision support system,Energy harvesting,Solar energy,Real-time computing,Power (physics),Battery (electricity),Wireless sensor network
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4244-5487-7
7
0.70
References 
Authors
9
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Prabhakar TV113720.34
Shruti Devasenapathy2392.84
H. S. Jamadagni316030.14
R. Venkatesha Prasad464977.98