Greener and Smarter Phones for Future Cities: Characterizing the Impact of GPS Signal Strength on Power Consumption

IEEE Access

Volumn 4, Issue , 2016, Pages 858-868

  Tawalbeh, Lo'Ai A ^a,b   Basalamah, Anas ^b   Mehmood, Rashid ^c   Tawalbeh, Hala ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Energy Efficiency; Green Mobile Computing; Power Model; Signal Strength; Smart Cities; Smart Phones

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HAND HELD COMPUTERS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; SMARTPHONES; TELEPHONE SETS; URBAN GROWTH;

DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURES; LOCATION-BASED APPLICATIONS; POWER MODEL; SATELLITE SIGNALS; SIGNAL STRENGTHS; SMART CITIES; TIME TO FIRST FIXES; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 84979820330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21693536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2016.2532745     Document Type: Article

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