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A detailed look into power consumption of commodity 60 GHz devices

  • Swetank Kumar Saha
  • , Tariq Siddiqui
  • , Dimitrios Koutsonikolas
  • , Adrian Loch
  • , Joerg Widmer
  • , Ramalingam Sridhar
  • SUNY Buffalo
  • Instituto IMDEA Networks

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Abstract

The millimeter-wave technology is emerging as an alternative to legacy 2.4/5 GHz WiFi, offering multi-Gigabit throughput. While a lot of attention has been paid recently to analyzing the performance of the 60 GHz technology and adapting it for indoor WLAN usage, the power consumption aspect has largely been neglected. Given that mobile devices are the next target for 60 GHz, any discussion about this technology is incomplete without considering power consumption. In this work, we present the first, to our best knowledge, detailed study of the power consumption of 60 GHz commodity devices. We evaluate the power and energy consumption of two standard-compliant 60 GHz wireless adapters in different operating states and under a number of different configurations. We also compare our results against 802.11ac and discuss power-performance tradeoffs for the two technologies.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication18th IEEE International Symposium on A World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks, WoWMoM 2017 - Conference
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781538627228
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 10 2017
Event18th IEEE International Symposium on A World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks, WoWMoM 2017 - Macau, China
Duration: Jun 12 2017Jun 15 2017

Publication series

Name18th IEEE International Symposium on A World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks, WoWMoM 2017 - Conference

Conference

Conference18th IEEE International Symposium on A World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks, WoWMoM 2017
Country/TerritoryChina
CityMacau
Period06/12/1706/15/17

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