Optimized Protocol Processing for a Low-Power Wireless Senor Node
Conference: ARCS 2010 - 23th International Conference on Architecture of Computing Systems
02/22/2010 - 02/23/2010 at Hannover, Germany
Proceedings: ARCS 2010
Pages: 5Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Matischek, Rainer; Dielacher, Markus; Flatscher, Martin; Herndl, Thomas; Prainsack, Josef (Infineon Technologies Austria AG, Graz, Austria)
Abstract:
This work presents the approach to use an additional protocol processing unit for efficient MAC protocol operation in a wireless sensor node. This allows for reduced power consumption at the main general purpose microcontroller. Consequently, the requirements of typical MAC protocols are analyzed and according generic MAC acceleration functions are derived and presented.