Power consumption analysis of operating systems for wireless sensor networks

In this paper four wireless sensor network operating systems are compared in terms of power consumption. The analysis takes into account the most common operating systems--TinyOS v1.0, TinyOS v2.0, Mantis and Contiki--running on Tmote Sky and MICAz devices. With the objective of ensuring a fair eval...

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Published in:Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2010-06, Vol.10 (6), p.5809-5826
Main Authors: Lajara, Rafael, Pelegrí-Sebastiá, José, Perez Solano, Juan J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer Communication Networks - instrumentation
Conservation of Energy Resources - methods
Contiki
Electric Power Supplies
Electricity
Embedded systems
Mantis
MICAz
Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems - instrumentation
Microelectromechanical systems
Network operating systems
Remote Sensing Technology - instrumentation
Sensors
Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted - instrumentation
Software
TinyOS
Tmote
wireless sensor network operating systems
Wireless Technology - instrumentation
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Summary:In this paper four wireless sensor network operating systems are compared in terms of power consumption. The analysis takes into account the most common operating systems--TinyOS v1.0, TinyOS v2.0, Mantis and Contiki--running on Tmote Sky and MICAz devices. With the objective of ensuring a fair evaluation, a benchmark composed of four applications has been developed, covering the most typical tasks that a Wireless Sensor Network performs. The results show the instant and average current consumption of the devices during the execution of these applications. The experimental measurements provide a good insight into the power mode in which the device components are running at every moment, and they can be used to compare the performance of different operating systems executing the same tasks.
ISSN:1424-8220
1424-8220
DOI:10.3390/s100605809