Doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/1268r0 Submission November 2010 Minyoung Park, Intel Corp.Slide 1 Low Power...

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doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/1268r0 Submission November 2010 Minyoung Park, Intel Corp. Slide 1 Low Power Consumption Opportunity in Sub 1 GHz Date: 2010-11-08 N am e A ffiliations A ddress Phone em ail M inyoung Park IntelCorp. 2111 N E 25 th A ve. Hillsboro O R 97229 503 712 4705 [email protected] Em ily Q i IntelCorp. [email protected] Authors:

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doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/1268r0

Submission

November 2010

Minyoung Park, Intel Corp.Slide 1

Low Power Consumption Opportunity in Sub 1 GHz

Date: 2010-11-08

Name Affiliations Address Phone email Minyoung Park Intel Corp. 2111 NE 25th Ave.

Hillsboro OR 97229 503 712 4705 [email protected]

Emily Qi Intel Corp. [email protected]

Authors:

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Abstract

• This presentation shows an opportunity that enables low power consumption for 802.11 in sub 1 GHz band

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Sub 1 GHz

• Pros– Unlicensed spectrum– Better transmission range than 2.4 or 5 GHz bands– Better coverage in buildings

• Cons– Narrower frequency spectrum than 2.4/5 GHz (US: 26 MHz wide)– Data rates expected to be lower than 802.11a/b/g/n

• Suitable for small and simple devices to wirelessly connect to the Internet

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Usages and Traffic

• Usages– Smart metering (electricity, gas, water, …)

– Sensors (home, health, building, …)

– Collecting information from simple devices

– ...

• Traffic– Low duty cycle: data may be collected every few minutes, hours, or days

– Small packet sizes: 10s or 100s of bytes

• Many small devices are expected to be battery powered– Low power consumption required for multiple years of battery life

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Home Gateway

Smart Meter

Refrigerator

Washer

Smart Grid

Healthcare

Example: Using Existing Home Network for Smart Grid and Healthcare

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Power Consumption Analysis• Simple power consumption analysis for low duty cycle traffic

• Parameters– Battery capacity = 900 mAh (general AA battery), operating voltage = 3 V

– PHY rate for 5 MHz channel • Data frames: 54 Mbps/4 = 13.5 Mbps

• Control frames: 6 Mbps/4 = 1.5 Mbps

– Sleep to Active + Active to Sleep time = 10 msec

– Traffic• Data packet size = 256 bytes, ACK = 14 bytes

• A Data frame transmitted every 2 minutes (= Tx period)

• Duty cycle = A/B ~ 0.009%

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DIFS CW=7 DATA ACK

Power consumption

Tx

Rx

Sleep

Sleep to Active Active to Sleep

DIFSSIF

S

Listen Tx Rx

time

B (Tx period)

A (Active state period)

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0.065

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0.110

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power consumption in Sleep (mW)

Numerical Results

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Multiple years of battery life

Tx=300mW, Rx=200mW

Tx=700mW, Rx=500mW

Tx=800mW, Rx=600mW

Tx=1000mW, Rx=800mW

• Multiple years of battery life can be achieved with low Sleep state power consumption and low duty cycle traffic

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Summary

• Opportunity for low power consumption for 802.11

• Leverage low duty cycle traffic

• Low Sleep state power consumption is more important than transmit/receive power consumption

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