A Simple Energy Model for Wireless Microsensor TransceiversAbstract— This paper describes the modelling of shortrange transceivers for microsensor applications
A simple energy model is derived and used to analyze the transceiver battery life
This model takes into account energy dissipation during the start-up, receive, and transmit modes
It shows that there is a significant fixed cost in the transceiver energy consumption and this fixed cost can be driven down by increasing the data rate of the transceiver
IntroductionWireless microsensor networks can provide short-range connectivity with significant fault tolerances
These systems find usage in diverse areas such as environmental monitoring, industrial process automation, and field surveillance
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