| | 1 | = Power-Efficient Directional Wireless Communication on Small Form-Factor Mobile Devices = |
| | 2 | Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (ISLPED 2010) |
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| | 4 | Authors: Ardalan Amiri Sani, Hasan Dumanli, Lin Zhong, and Ashutosh Sabharwal |
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| | 6 | == Abstract == |
| | 7 | Wireless access is known to be power-hungry for mobile devices. A key reason is that devices radiate power in all directions and much of this power will not reach the destination. To address this waste, we present BeamSwitch, a multi-antenna system designed to realize directional communication efficiently. Unlike power hungry and expensive beamforming, BeamSwitch requires only one transceiver. We provide an 802.11-compliant design and prototype of BeamSwitch. Our measurements show that with three passive directional antennas, BeamSwitch reduces the power consumption of a commercial 802.11 adapter by up to 20% and provide better quality under diverse propagation environments and extreme rotation. |
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| | 9 | == Citation == |
| | 10 | {{{ |
| | 11 | @article{Amiri Sani:2010, |
| | 12 | Author = {A. Amiri Sani, H. Dumanli, L. Zhong, and A. Sabharwal}, |
| | 13 | Booktitle = {Proceedings of ISLPED 2010}, |
| | 14 | Title = {Power-Efficient Directional Wireless Communication on Small Form-Factor Mobile Devices}, |
| | 15 | Year = {2010}} |
| | 16 | }}} |
