Energy-efficiency of MIMO and cooperative MIMO techniques in sensor networks
Shuguang Cui
Goldsmith, A.J.
Bahai, A.
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., CA, USA;
This paper appears in: Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on
Publication Date: Aug. 2004
Volume: 22,
Issue: 6
On page(s): 1089- 1098
ISSN: 0733-8716
INSPEC Accession Number: 8074783
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/JSAC.2004.830916
Current Version Published: 2004-08-09
Abstract
We consider radio applications in sensor networks, where the nodes operate on batteries so that energy consumption must be minimized, while satisfying given throughput and delay requirements. In this context, we analyze the best modulation and transmission strategy to minimize the total energy consumption required to send a given number of bits. The total energy consumption includes both the transmission energy and the circuit energy consumption. We first consider multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) systems based on Alamouti diversity schemes, which have good spectral efficiency but also more circuitry that consumes energy. We then extend our energy-efficiency analysis of MIMO systems to individual single-antenna nodes that cooperate to form multiple-antenna transmitters or receivers. By transmitting and/or receiving information jointly, we show that tremendous energy saving is possible for transmission distances larger than a given threshold, even when we take into account the local energy cost necessary for joint information transmission and reception. We also show that over some distance ranges, cooperative MIMO transmission and reception can simultaneously achieve both energy savings and delay reduction.
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