Energy conservation is a critical problem in recently-emerging wireless sensor networks （WSNs）. Pulse position modulation （PPM）, as an exploring-worthy modulation format for energy efficiency, is tailored for WSNs...Energy conservation is a critical problem in recently-emerging wireless sensor networks （WSNs）. Pulse position modulation （PPM）, as an exploring-worthy modulation format for energy efficiency, is tailored for WSNs into two schemes, mono-mode PPM and multi-mode PPM, in this paper. Resorting to an idealized system model and a practical system model, which combine the power consumptions in transmission and reception modules of nodes with the idealized and real- istic battery characteristics, the battery energy efficiencies of mono-mode PPM and multi-mode PPM are evaluated and compared. To minimize the battery energy consumption （BEC）, these schemes are further optimized in terms of constellation size M for a link in path-loss channels. Our analytical and numerical results show that considerable energy can be saved by multi-mode PPM; and the optimization performances of these schemes are noticeable at various communication distances though their optimization properties are different.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 60642007 and 10374051)the Scientific Fundation of Guangxi Education Department of China (Grant No. [2002]316)
文摘Energy conservation is a critical problem in recently-emerging wireless sensor networks （WSNs）. Pulse position modulation （PPM）, as an exploring-worthy modulation format for energy efficiency, is tailored for WSNs into two schemes, mono-mode PPM and multi-mode PPM, in this paper. Resorting to an idealized system model and a practical system model, which combine the power consumptions in transmission and reception modules of nodes with the idealized and real- istic battery characteristics, the battery energy efficiencies of mono-mode PPM and multi-mode PPM are evaluated and compared. To minimize the battery energy consumption （BEC）, these schemes are further optimized in terms of constellation size M for a link in path-loss channels. Our analytical and numerical results show that considerable energy can be saved by multi-mode PPM; and the optimization performances of these schemes are noticeable at various communication distances though their optimization properties are different.
