Research Article
Comparative Analysis of Simulation and Real-World Energy Consumption for Battery-Life Estimation of Low-Power IoT (Internet of Things) Deployment in Varying Environmental Conditions Using Zolertia Z1 Motes
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-61563-9_12, author={Ashutosh Bandekar and Akshay Kotian and Ahmad Javaid}, title={Comparative Analysis of Simulation and Real-World Energy Consumption for Battery-Life Estimation of Low-Power IoT (Internet of Things) Deployment in Varying Environmental Conditions Using Zolertia Z1 Motes}, proceedings={Sensor Systems and Software. 7th International Conference, S-Cube 2016, Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France, December 1-2, 2016, Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={S-CUBE}, year={2017}, month={7}, keywords={Energy consumption Battery life Internet of Things}, doi={10.1007/978-3-319-61563-9_12} }- Ashutosh Bandekar
Akshay Kotian
Ahmad Javaid
Year: 2017
Comparative Analysis of Simulation and Real-World Energy Consumption for Battery-Life Estimation of Low-Power IoT (Internet of Things) Deployment in Varying Environmental Conditions Using Zolertia Z1 Motes
S-CUBE
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-61563-9_12
Abstract
Battery life and power consumption have been a challenging real-world problem for the internet of things (IoT). IoT applications in biomedical, agriculture, ecosystem monitoring, wildlife management, etc., need an accurate estimation of average battery life based on the environment and application. In this paper, we opt for an experimental approach and use various types of real-world environmental conditions such as the presence of interferences and high-intensity lights, to determine the actual power consumption of IoT nodes with a new set of off-the-shelf AA batteries for each scenario. We took readings in each of these environments such as an indoor Basketball Court, an Auditorium, and a room (our lab) and to verify results in outdoor conditions we chose parking lot as one of the testing environments. Further analysis and experimentation were performed to get detailed results. Results were obtained using widely used Zolertia Z1 hardware motes arranged in a specific and consistent pattern. We have compared our experimental results with simulated results in the Cooja simulator.
