Power management for throughput enhancement in wireless ad-hoc networks
First Claim
1. A wireless communication network comprising:
- a set of n nodes, where at least one of the n nodes comprises;
an antenna element for transmitting and receiving a wireless signal;
a detector element configured to determine a minimum transmittance power required to covey data to a cluster of nodes, the cluster comprising N nodes of the set of n nodes, wherein 2≦
N<
n−
1; and
a transmit power adjustment element, operatively interfaced with the detector element, the transmit power adjustment element configured to provide the minimum transmittance power to the antenna element.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to power management within the context of wireless ad-hoc networks. More specifically to the effects of using different transmit powers on the average power consumption and end-to-end network throughput in a wireless ad-hoc environment. This power management approach reduces the system power consumption and thereby prolongs the battery life of mobile nodes. Furthermore, the invention improves the end-to-end network throughput as compared to other ad-hoc networks in which all mobile nodes use the same transmit power. The improvement is due to the achievement of a tradeoff between minimizing interference ranges, reduction in the average number of hops to reach a destination, reducing the probability of having isolated clusters, and reducing the average number of transmissions including retransmissions due to collisions. The present invention provides a network with enhanced end-to-end throughput performance, and lower transmit power.
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39 Claims
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1. A wireless communication network comprising:
a set of n nodes, where at least one of the n nodes comprises; an antenna element for transmitting and receiving a wireless signal; a detector element configured to determine a minimum transmittance power required to covey data to a cluster of nodes, the cluster comprising N nodes of the set of n nodes, wherein 2≦
N<
n−
1; anda transmit power adjustment element, operatively interfaced with the detector element, the transmit power adjustment element configured to provide the minimum transmittance power to the antenna element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A wireless communication device for use in a wireless communication network comprising:
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an antenna element for transmitting and receiving a wireless signal; a detector element configured to determine a minimum transmittance power required to covey data to a cluster of nodes, the cluster comprising N nodes of a set of n nodes, wherein 2≦
N<
n−
1; anda transmit power adjustment element, operatively interfaced with the detector element, the transmit power adjustment element configured to provide the minimum transmittance power to the antenna element. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A wireless communication network comprising:
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a set of n nodes, the set comprising a cluster of N nodes where 2≦
N<
n−
1, a first node outside the cluster, and a second node inside the cluster,wherein at least one node in the cluster of N nodes communicates directly with the other N−
1 nodes in its cluster, and the first node communicates with the second node via multiple hops; andthe at least one node comprising; a detector element configured to determine a minimum transmittance power required to covey data to a node within the cluster of nodes; and a transmit power adjustment element operatively interfaced with the detector element, the transmit power adjustment element configured to provide the minimum transmittance power to an antenna element. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A power-controlled wireless communication device for use in a network, the network having n nodes, said power-controlled wireless communication device comprising:
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an antenna element for radiating and detecting signals, the antenna element configured to receive a signal from another wireless communication device; a detector element configured to determine a received power level of the received signal from the other wireless communication device, the other wireless communication device transmitting at a known transmit power level, the other wireless communication device belonging to a cluster of nodes, the cluster having N nodes, where 2≦
N<
n−
1; anda connectivity table for storing an ID of the other wireless communication device and an associated transmit power level associated with the other wireless communication device, the associated transmit power level being calculated from the known transmit power level and the received power level. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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28. A method for improving multi-hop network data throughput in wireless ad hoc networks by optimizing transmitter output power, the wireless ad hoc network having n nodes, the method comprising acts of:
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receiving a plurality of signals from different wireless nodes in the wireless ad hoc network wherein at least one received signal has a known transmittance power; calculating a degree of signal attenuation for at least one node in the cluster; and utilizing the determined degree of signal attenuation and the known transmittance powers to calculate a near optimal transmittance power, whereby a cluster of N neighbors is determined, wherein 2≦
N<
n−
1. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method of optimizing power consumption in a network, the network having a first node and a second node, the method comprising steps of:
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receiving a beacon signal from the first node at a known transmit power; measuring a received power level of the beacon signal at the second node; calculating a optimum transmit power from the second node to the first node based upon the known transmit power and the received power level of the beacon; and utilizing the optimum transmit power when sending data from the second node to the first node. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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