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A first look at 802.11n power consumption in smartphones

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Ramanujan K. Sheshadri,

Dimitrios KoutsonikolasAuthors Info & Claims

PINGEN '12: Proceedings of the first ACM international workshop on Practical issues and applications in next generation wireless networks

Pages 27 - 32

https://doi.org/10.1145/2348714.2348720

Published: 26 August 2012 Publication History

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We report the first measurement study of 802.11n power consumption in smartphones. Using a popular 802.11n-enabled smartphone and an 802.11n wireless testbed, we evaluate the power and energy consumption on the phone for a variety of configurations including different MAC bitrates, frame sizes, and channel conditions. We contrast our results against recent studies using 802.11n wireless cards for desktop/laptop computers. Our findings have significant implications in the design of energy efficient rate adaptation algorithms for the next generation of 802.11n-enabled smartphones.

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PINGEN '12: Proceedings of the first ACM international workshop on Practical issues and applications in next generation wireless networks

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DOI:10.1145/2348714

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