Energy Harvesting - Wireless Sensor Networks for Indoors Applications Using IEEE 802.11

Xenofon Fafoutis, Thomas Sørensen, Jan Madsen
2014 Procedia Computer Science  
The paper investigates the feasibility of using IEEE 802.11 in energy harvesting low-power sensing applications. The investigation is based on a prototype carbon dioxide sensor node that is powered by artificial indoors light. The wireless communication module of the sensor node is based on the RTX4100 module. RTX4100 incorporates a wireless protocol that duty-cycles the radio while being compatible with IEEE 802.11 access points. The presented experiments demonstrate sustainable operation but
more » ... ndicate a trade-off between the benefits of using IEEE 802.11 in energy harvesting applications and the energy-efficiency of the system.
doi:10.1016/j.procs.2014.05.523 fatcat:nzolxtgilzhipeghdeqynnsdge