A Heterogeneous System Architecture forEvent-triggered Wireless Sensing
X-Sense2 RTD 2013
Felix Sutton, Reto Da Forno, David Gschwend, Roman Lim, Tonio Gsell, Jan Beutel, and Lothar ThieleComputer Engineering and Networks Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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> Heterogeneous Protocol and Platform Design
Preliminary Power Dissipation:
Acoustic Sensor Interface: • Ultra-low power analog circuit to facilitate sensor-initiated wake-up using a piezoelectric transducer.• Wake-up application processor and start event characterization when acoustic signal greater than VTH.
Component During Periods of InactivityAcoustic Sensor Interface 6.3 µW
Zippy as a Sensor 9.6 µWAcoustic Event Characterization 2.5 µW
BOLT Processor Interconnect 1.3 µWEvent-based Low-power Wireless Bus 5.5 µW
Total 25.2 µW
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TI MSP432P401RARMCortex M4F
Acoustic Event Characterization
Event-based Low-power
Wireless Bus
Communication Processor
TI CC430F514716-bit SoC
AcousticSensor Interface
Zippy
Heterogeneous Protocol Design: • Asynchronous protocol (Zippy) for rapid and on-demand network wake-up. “Zippy as a Sensor” to enable rapid acoustic event characterization.
• Synchronous protocol (eLWB) for robust multi-hop dissemination. Low-power Wireless Bus tailored for rapid event-based dissemination.
Heterogeneous Platform Design: • Application and communication tasks onto dedicated processors.• Mitigate resource interference using the BOLT processor interconnect.
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Wireless Acoustic Sensing with High Spatial Resolution• Detection and characterization of an acoustic event with high spatial resolution.• Examples: intruder detection, structural monitoring, sniper localization, etc.
Challenges:• Acoustic Sensor Interface support low-power event detection and acquisition • Rapid Network Wake-up energy-efficient network wake-up upon event arrival• Adaptive Data Dissemination dynamic data-rate adaption throughout network• Resource Interference conflict between resource-intensive and time-critical tasks
Our Solution:• System architecture consisting of a heterogeneous protocol and platform.
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Asynchronous Protocol (e.g. Zippy)
Synchronous Protocol (e.g. eLWB)
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Sensor + Zippy + eLWB
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