Patent ID: 8260989
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: H03M,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A sensor comprising: one or more sensing devices; data-transmission components to transmit sensor data to a receiving entity; and a processing component to execute routines to record sensing-device output as data for transmission to the receiving entity and to control the data-transmission components to transmit the data to the receiving entity, wherein the processing component is to execute one or more compressing routines to compress data prior to transmission when data compression is estimated to result in a lower power cost than transmitting uncompressed data, and control the data-transmission components to transmit data without compressing the data when data compression is estimated to result in a higher power cost than transmitting uncompressed data, and wherein, if the uncompressed data is transmitted from the data-transmission components to the receiving entity, the data-transmission components are to monitor an amount of the transmitted uncompressed data.