Speaker: Wai How Michael Woo
When: 1:00PM Thursday 20th November 2003
Venue: GPSouth 78-420
Abstract:
The designs of low power wireless system have gained increasing importance for a variety of civil and military applications. Such example is the development of Bluetooth and more recently the research and development of Ultra-Wideband Transmission Systems. At this stage, these two wireless systems are still quite expensive and it has not been used as a day-to-day item in a house. These low power wireless micro sensor networks will enable the reliable monitoring of a variety of applications that range from medical and home security to machine diagnosis and chemical detection. It should also be easily integrated to another application.
Networking together these low power micro sensors requires energy efficient protocols. Some work has already been done around this area such as LEACH (Low-Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy). More research can be done around this area to improve the power efficiency of a wireless system.
In this seminar, I will be presenting how it is possible to design a low power wireless embedded system with the combination of low power hardware and energy efficient protocol. I will also be comparing different wireless system that is currently in the market.
Contact: Dr Mark Schulz