A novel approach for ultra low-power WSN node generation

IET Conference Publications

Volumn 2010, Issue 566 CP, 2010, Pages 204-209

  Pasha, M A ^a   Derrien, S ^a   Sentieys, O ^a  

^a CAMPUS DE BEAULIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Hardware Specialization; Low Power Micro Architecture; WSN

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; DESIGN CONSTRAINTS; DISTRIBUTED HARDWARE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN LIVES; LOW POWER; LOW-POWER MICROCONTROLLERS; MICROTASKS; MILITARY SURVEILLANCE; NODE GENERATION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; POWER CONSUMPTION; POWER DISSIPATION; POWER GAINS; POWER-GATING; SHORT DISTANCES; SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION; SWITCHING APPLICATIONS; WSN;

DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERSION; MICROCONTROLLERS; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; SENSORS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

SENSOR NODES;

EID: 78649614221     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/cp.2010.0513     Document Type: Conference Paper

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