Application of LTE to wireless sensor systems

• Published in: IET Conference on Wireless Sensor Systems (WSS 2012) p. 6B2
• Main Authors: Beale, M.W, Barrett, S.J, Piggin, P.W, Young, P.A, Morioka, Y
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Stevenage, UK IET 2012; The Institution of Engineering & Technology
• Subjects: Mobile radio systems; Wireless sensor networks; wireless sensor networks; small infrequent datagrams; 3G mobile communication; telecommunication signalling; datagrams transfer; cellular network; power consumption; cellular devices; LTE devices; 3GPP long term evolution network; LTE network; Long Term Evolution; wireless sensor systems; cellular radio; signalling messages
• ISBN: 1849196257; 9781849196253
• DOI: 10.1049/cp.2012.0603

Wireless sensors may be connected directly to a cellular network. The power consumption and cost of these cellular devices need to be minimised. Sensors typically create small infrequent datagrams. A 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) network needs to communicate many signalling messages in order to transfer these datagrams. This paper presents some novel techniques to reduce the power consumption and cost of LTE devices and to reduce the signalling associated with supporting sensor systems over an LTE network. (5 pages)