Role of network control packets in smartphone energy drainage

Energy drainage in smartphones via communication interfaces has been an important area of research in the past few years. While a large portion of the literature focuses on efficient scheduling of data packets to reduce energy wastage, there has been no attempt to study the impact of control packets in smartphone energy drainage. In this poster, we focus on understanding the role of control packets in excess energy consumption. We identify the types of control packets which contribute to this wastage, and point out areas in the design of traditional protocols which may need rethinking keeping in mind the nature of mobile data access.