Picoradio Supports Ad-hoc Ultra-low Power Wireless Networking

J. Rabaey, J. Ammer, J. da Silva, D. Patel, S. Roundy

One of the most compelling challenges of the next decade is the "lastmeter" problem—extending the expanding data network into end-user data-collection and monitoring devices. PicoRadio supports the assembly of an ad hoc wireless network of self-contained mesoscale, low-cost, low-energy sensor and monitor nodes.