Research Article
A Framework for the Estimation and Validation of Energy Consumption in Wireless Sensor Networks
Table 3
Comparative results of BSN node energy consumption.
| Applications | Techniques | Current consumption per period (mAsec) | Shunt resistor | Capacitor based | iCount based | Energy simulator | Theoretical estimation |
| CountToLeds | 4.821 | 4.811 | 4.760 | 4.863 | 4.866 | — | −0.2% | 1.3% | 0.9% | 0.9% |
| CountToRadio | 1.843 | 1.872 | 1.881 | 1.842 | 1.844 | — | 1.6% | 2.1% | −0.1% | 0.1% |
| CountToRadio with LPL | 1.371 | 1.403 | 1.399 | 1.247 | 1.321 | — | 2.3% | 2% | −9% | −3.7% |
| CountToRadioWMR | 0.154 | 0.165 | 0.160 | 0.119 | 0.147 | — | 7.1% | 3.9% | −22.7% | −4.5% |
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