Battery power efficiency of PPM and OOK in wireless sensor networks

Fengzhong Qu, Liuqing Yang, Ananthram Swami

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Abstract

Sensor nodes in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are often expected to operate on batteries for a long period of time. Battery power-efficiency is a critical factor dictating the lifetime of WSNs. In this paper, we compare two pulse-based modulations, namely pulse position modulation (PPM) and on-off keying (OOK), both of which are suitable for WSNs due to their low complexity transceivers. The comparison is based on a general model that integrates typical WSN transmission and reception modules with realistic nonlinear battery models. We analyze and compare the battery powerefficiency of PPM and OOK using coherent detection, and with bit error rate (BER) and cutoff rate criteria. Our results reveal that in sparse WSNs, PPM is more battery power-efficient. In dense WSNs, OOK outperforms PPM. In addition, the battery power-efficiency of OOK increases as the required cutoff rate decreases.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2007 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, ICASSP '07
PagesIII525-III528
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes
Event2007 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, ICASSP '07 - Honolulu, HI, United States
Duration: Apr 15 2007Apr 20 2007

Publication series

NameICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings
Volume3
ISSN (Print)1520-6149

Other

Other2007 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, ICASSP '07
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityHonolulu, HI
Period4/15/074/20/07

Keywords

  • Battery
  • OOK
  • Power efficiency
  • PPM
  • WSN

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