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Core Technology for Ultra Low Power Using Cold Restart in Wearable Devices

Cold Restart를 이용한 웨어러블 디바이스의 초저전력 핵심 기술

  • Received : 2016.11.10
  • Accepted : 2017.03.07
  • Published : 2017.04.25
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Abstract

There are many battery-based wearable devices for healthcare and medical applications, but there is a user's inconvenience to charge battery frequently due to insufficient power management. In this paper, we propose a tickless-based operating system and power management algorithm that can effectively utilize the power management provided by HW, and propose a cold restart method that consumes the minimum power at the board level. The operating system of the proposed technique has reduced the power consumption from 2 times to 33 times in the four scenarios modeling the wearable device application compared to the existing operating system.

헬스케어 및 의료분야를 위한 배터리 기반 웨어러블 디바이스가 많이 제품화되고 있으나, 효과적인 전력 관리 미흡으로 자주 충전해야 하는 사용자의 불편함이 존재한다. 본 연구에서는 HW에서 제공하는 전력 관리 회로도를 효과적으로 활용할 수 있는 Tickless 기반 운영체제 및 전력 관리 알고리즘을 제시하고, 보드 레벨에서 최소 전력을 소모하는 Cold Restart 기법을 제안한다. 제안된 기법의 운영체제는 기존 운영체제에 비해 웨어러블 디바이스의 응용을 모델링한 4가지 시나리오에서 2배에서 최대 33배의 전력 소모 절감을 가져왔다.

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