Studying the Feasibility of Energy Harvesting in a Mobile Sensor Network
Mohammad Rahimi, Hardik Shah, Gaurav Sukhatme, John Heidemann and Deborah Estrin
USC/Information Sciences Institute
Citation
Mohammad Rahimi, Hardik Shah, Gaurav Sukhatme, John Heidemann and Deborah Estrin. Studying the Feasibility of Energy Harvesting in a Mobile Sensor Network. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (Taipai, Taiwan, May 2003), 19–24. [PDF] [alt PDF]
Abstract
We study the feasibility of extending the lifetime of a wireless sensor network by exploiting mobility. In our system, a small percentage of network nodes are autonomously mobile, allowing them top move in search of energy, recharge, and deliver energy to immobile, energy-depleted nodes. We term this approach energy harvesting. We characterize the problem of uneven energy consumption, suggest energy harvesting as a possible solution, and provide a simple analytical framework to evaluate energy consumption and our scheme. Data from initial feasibility experiments using energy harvesting show promising results.Bibtex Citation
@inproceedings{Rahimi03a,
author = {Rahimi, Mohammad and Shah, Hardik and Sukhatme, Gaurav and Heidemann, John and Estrin, Deborah},
title = {Studying the Feasibility of Energy Harvesting in a Mobile Sensor Network},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation},
year = {2003},
sortdate = {2003-05-01},
project = {ilense, cens},
jsubject = {sensornet_general},
publisher = {IEEE},
address = {Taipai, Taiwan},
month = may,
pages = {19--24},
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keywords = {energy harvesting, robotics, sensor networks,
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