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A Transmit Power Control Method for Low-Power Communication in 802.11b Infrastructure Networks

IEEE 802.11b Infrastructure 환경에서 저전력 통신을 위한 전송 전력 제어 기법

  • Published : 2005.04.01
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Abstract

This paper describes a transmission power control method for power saving in 802.11b wireless LANs. We have first explored how much effects reducing transmission power has on communication performance. Then we propose a power control algorithm, whose approach is similar to that of TCP congestion control, determining an appropriate transmission power level by monitoring the retransmission rate. We have implemented an utility software on a Linux-based system and made several experiments to validate the proposed method. The results show that it is possible to save energy consumption by controlling transmission power without sacrificing communication performance.

본 논문에서는 802.11b 무선 LAN환경에서 전송 전력을 제어함으로써 통신에 소비되는 전력을 절약할 수 있는 방법을 제안한다. 먼저 실험을 통해 전송 전력의 조절이 성능과 전력 소비 면에서 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 이를 기초로 하여 TCP의 혼잡 제어 기법과 유사하게 재전송 비율을 암시적인 피드백으로 사용하여 단계적으로 적정 전송 전력을 찾는 방법을 제안하였다. 제안한 방법은 리눅스 시스템에서 구현하여 실험을 하였으며, 실험 결과를 통해 제안한 전송 전력 제어 방법의 타당성 및 실효성을 보였다. 제안한 방법은 통신 성능의 저하 없이 전송 전력을 제어함으로써 전력 소비를 줄일 수 있었다

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