TY - GEN
T1 - On energy/information cross-layer architectures
AU - Varshney, Lav R.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The importance of architectural principles in the design of engineering systems is well-recognized. This paper argues that the traditional separation between energy delivery and information delivery leads to suboptimal systems. To demonstrate this for wireline systems that may use DC powerline communication, a capacity-power-wiring cost function is defined. Signaling strategies that optimize this function deliver patterned energy: a commodity measured in bits and joules such that energy and information are intermixed. Cross-layer design leads to improved performance.
AB - The importance of architectural principles in the design of engineering systems is well-recognized. This paper argues that the traditional separation between energy delivery and information delivery leads to suboptimal systems. To demonstrate this for wireline systems that may use DC powerline communication, a capacity-power-wiring cost function is defined. Signaling strategies that optimize this function deliver patterned energy: a commodity measured in bits and joules such that energy and information are intermixed. Cross-layer design leads to improved performance.
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U2 - 10.1109/ISIT.2012.6283481
DO - 10.1109/ISIT.2012.6283481
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84867513120
SN - 9781467325790
T3 - IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings
SP - 1356
EP - 1360
BT - 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory Proceedings, ISIT 2012
T2 - 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2012
Y2 - 1 July 2012 through 6 July 2012
ER -