Modelling energy changes in the energy harvesting battery of an IoT device

Author Czachórski T.; Gelenbe E.; Kuaban G.
Title Modelling energy changes in the energy harvesting battery of an IoT device
Journal 30th International Symposium on the Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS 2022)
Year 2022
Status Published
Abstract <p>The complexity of battery-powered autonomous de-<br />
vices such as Internet of Things (IoT) nodes or Unmanned Aerial<br />
Vehicles (UAV) and the necessity to ensure an acceptable quality<br />
of service, reliability, and security, have significantly increased<br />
their energy demand. In this paper, we discuss using a diffusion<br />
approximation process to approximate the dynamic changes in<br />
the energy content of a battery. We consider the case when<br />
energy harvesting sources are constantly charging the battery.<br />
The model assumes a probabilistic consumption and delivery of<br />
energy, giving the time-dependent distributions of the energy at<br />
the battery, of the time remaining until it becomes empty, the<br />
time required to charge the battery to its total capacity, or the<br />
time it is operational between two moments of complete depletion.<br />
When possible, we compare the diffusion approximation results<br />
with corresponding Markovian models.</p>
Publisher IEEE
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