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μNap: Practical micro-sleeps for 802.11 WLANs

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2017-09-15
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In this paper, we revisit the idea of putting interfaces to sleep during packet overhearing (i.e., when there are ongoing transmissions addressed to other stations) from a practical standpoint. To this aim, we perform a robust experimental characterisation of the timing and consumption behaviour of a commercial 802.11 card. We design Nap, a local standard -compliant energy-saving mechanism that leverages micro sleep opportunities inherent to the CSMA operation of 802.11 WLANs. This mechanism is backwards compatible and incrementally deployable, and takes into account the timing limitations of existing hardware, as well as practical CSMA-related issues (e.g., capture effect). According to the performance assessment carried out through trace -based simulation, the use of our scheme would result in a 57% reduction in the time spent in overhearing, thus leading to an energy saving of 15.8% of the activity time. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Energy efficiency, Energy measurement, Csma wireless networks
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Azcorra, A., Ucar, I., Gringoli, F., Banchs, A. & Serrano, P. (2017). μ Nap: Practical micro-sleeps for 802.11 WLANs. Computer Communications, vol. 110, pp. 175–186.