PowerMemo: A power profiling tool for mobile devices in an emulated wireless environment

Shiao-Li Tsao*, Chih Chen Kao, Ilter Suat, Yuchen Kuo, Yi Hsin Chang, Cheng Kun Yu

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Abstract

In this paper, we present an architecture and implementation of a measurement-based energy profiling tool for mobile devices, called PowerMemo (power meter for mobile). The tool composes of a software event profiler and power measurement hardware to analyze process-level and function-level power consumption of mobile applications on Linux operating system and Dalvik virtual machine. Wireless signal attenuators and RF-shielded chambers are further integrated with the tool so that developers are able to emulate a real-life mobility scenario that a mobile device may encounter. The proposed tool overcomes the issue for profiling asynchronous I/Os and can correlate energy consumption of I/O events with software activities. This tool gives developers a broader view of software energy consumption in a mobile environment so that the developers can optimize the energy efficiency of their mobile applications.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2012 International Symposium on System on Chip, SoC 2012
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event2012 International Symposium on System on Chip, SoC 2012 - Tampere, Finland
Duration: 10 Oct 201212 Oct 2012

Publication series

Name2012 International Symposium on System on Chip, SoC 2012

Conference

Conference2012 International Symposium on System on Chip, SoC 2012
Country/TerritoryFinland
CityTampere
Period10/10/1212/10/12

Keywords

  • Embedded System
  • I/O Energy Consumption
  • Mobile Device
  • Power Profiling

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