Title
Fluid Queue Models of Battery Life
Abstract
We investigate how a power-save mode affects the battery life of a device subject to stochastically determined charging and discharging periods. We use a multi-regime fluid queue, imposing a threshold at some value. When the power level falls below the threshold, (for example, 20% of charge remaining) a power-save mode is entered and the rate of discharge decreased. An expression for the Laplace transform of the battery life's probability density function is found and inverted numerically in particular instances. We show the life of battery can be significantly improved by the introduction of the power-saving threshold.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1109/MASCOTS.2011.61
MASCOTS
Keywords
Field
DocType
battery life,power-save mode,fluid queue models,particular instance,device subject,multi-regime fluid queue,power-saving threshold,power level,discharging period,probability density function,mathematical model,laplace transforms,queueing theory,laplace equation,markov process,fluid queue,probability,laplace transform,reservoirs,markov processes
Mathematical optimization,Markov process,Laplace transform,Computer science,Control theory,Power level,Fluid queue,Real-time computing,Queueing theory,Battery (electricity),Probability density function
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
10
0.62
8
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Gareth L. Jones1121.32
Peter G. Harrison287098.29
Uli Harder39413.47
Tony Field414418.45