Abstract
Advanced communications, sensors, and controls play an important role in reducing the energy consumption of smart buildings. Wireless sensors have recently been deployed in buildings to provide monitoring and control of several devices such as heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) and lighting systems. In this paper, we present a low-power bandwidth-efficient communication scheme that can be driven by energy harvesting in self-powered wireless sensors. The proposed communication scheme is based on Gold code-phase-shift keying (CPSK) spread-spectrum signaling that improves both transmitter range and power consumption. We present our efforts toward exploring the design, implementation, and performance evaluation of a hardware prototypic Gold CPSK spread-spectrum radio transceiver. Experimental testing in addition to end-To-end system-level simulation-based studies are conducted to evaluate the performance of the Gold CPSK transceiver in terms of receiver sensitivity, coverage range, average probability of bit-error over standard Gaussian and Rayleigh fading-Type channels, and multiple access capabilities. The specific engineering tradeoffs are also discussed.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 2018 IEEE International Workshop Technical Committee on Communications Quality and Reliability, CQR 2018 |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
ISBN (Print) | 9781538658093 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 24 2018 |
Event | 2018 IEEE International Workshop Technical Committee on Communications Quality and Reliability, CQR 2018 - Austin, United States Duration: May 15 2018 → May 17 2018 |
Publication series
Name | 2018 IEEE International Workshop Technical Committee on Communications Quality and Reliability, CQR 2018 |
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Conference
Conference | 2018 IEEE International Workshop Technical Committee on Communications Quality and Reliability, CQR 2018 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Austin |
Period | 05/15/18 → 05/17/18 |
Funding
This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, the Building Technologies Office. The submitted manuscript has been authored by a contractor of the U.S. Government under Contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy.
Keywords
- Bit error rate
- Code division multiple access
- Code-phase-shift keying
- Gold code
- Rayleigh fading
- Receiver sensitivity
- Smart building
- Spread-spectrum
- Wireless sensor