Measurement and usage of power consumption parameters of wireless interfaces in energy-aware multi-service mobile terminals

Abstract

For IP-based always-on type multi-service user terminals, which may have multiple wireless interfaces, energy-efficiency is a key requirement. It is crucial to take into account the power consumption behavior and delay patterns associated with each state and transitions of the wireless devices to formulate efficient operation of multi-module terminals, especially in services where media/session handover between wireless networks are targeted. This paper investigates the power consumption pattern or behavior of some selected wireless interfaces that are good candidates for being part of the future of the multi-service user terminals. We propose a simple model for predicting energy consumption in a terminal attributed to the wireless network interfaces. We measured the actual consumption pattern to estimate the parameters of the model.