Seminar 1 Summary :

 

Paper 1:

 

Presented the Dynamic Voltage Scaling (DVS) algorithm to reduce energy dissipation by lowering the Supply Voltage and operating frequency of the devices.

 

Discussed Time Constrained applications and the effects of  changing the frequency of the Processor  violating some of the timeliness guarantees

 And discusses DVS algorithm that consider Deadlines and are tightly coupled with the actual real time scheduler of the O.S.

 

Discussed Classic Real time Schedulers and the types of Real time Schedulers which involve

Rate Monotonic (RM) and Earliest Deadline First (EDF) algorithms.

 

 

The Algorithms discussed are

 

1.Static Voltage Scaling

2. Cycle Conserving RT-DVS

3. Look – Ahead RT DVS :

 

 

 

Paper 2:  SPAN : An Energy-Efficient Coordination algorithm for topology maintenance in Ad hoc Wireless Networks.

 

Presented SPAN a power saving technique for multi hop ad hoc wireless networks that reduces energy consumption without significantly diminishing the capacity or connectivity of the network

 

. Discussed on the design of Span, the role of co-ordinators, Co-ordinator announcements and withdrawals and Span Node Broadcasts.

 

 

 

 

Paper 3: Dynamic Power Management for Portable Systems

 

Presented Different Device Power States and System Power States.  Presented the Role of Power Manager

Which observers the overall work load of the system and decides when and how to force power state transition.

Discussed  the different timeout policies.

 

Discussed the time-based SMDP Progression.

 


References
  1. Slide presentation
  2. P. Pillai, K. Shin, "Real-Time Dynamic Voltage Scaling for Low-Power Embedded Operating Systems" paper
  3. T. Simunic, L. Benini, P. Glynn, G. DeMicheli, "Dynamic Power Management for Portable Systems" paper
  4. B. Chen, K. Jamieson, H. Balakrishnan, R. Morris, "Span: An Energy-Efficient Coordination Algorithm for Topology Maintenance in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks" paper
  5. S. Doshi, T. Brown, "Minimum Energy Routing Schemes for a Wireless Ad Hoc Network" paper