Research Article

Energy Efficiency of Ultra-Low-Power Bicycle Wireless Sensor Networks Based on a Combination of Power Reduction Techniques

Table 3

ANT active, sleep, and average current consumption measurements for the master node in the Tx mode and the mobile node in the Rx mode based on (10).

Data rate ()/receiver sensitivity
250 kbps/−94 dBm1 Mbps/−85 dBm2 Mbps/−82 dBm
Mode of operationTxRxTxRxTxRx
level (dBm) (mA) (µA) (mA) (µA) (mA) (µA) (mA) (µA) (mA) (µA) (mA) (µA)

08.038.3212.6522.754.372.7713.212.223.662.1513.6210.61
−66.927.2812.6522.753.872.5413.212.223.342.0313.6210.61
−126.156.5612.6522.753.532.3913.212.223.121.9513.6210.61
−185.776.2012.6522.753.362.3113.212.223.011.9113.6210.61

Sleep current = 0.8 µA for all cases.