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. 2019 Jan 23;19(3):467. doi: 10.3390/s19030467

Table 8.

Current consumption of the anchor nodes in different power states with different MAC implementations. The last line shows the total current consumption for the complete superframe.

Power State Iavg [mA] Stand-by Anchor
(No Slot)
Active Anchor
(One Slot)
Always-RX Anchor
(Traditional Approach)
% mA % mA % mA
UWB RX 133 - - 10.3 13.699 89.1 118.51
UWB TX 102 - - 5 5.1 10.9 11.12
UWB SLEEP 0.001 100 0.001 84.7 0.001 - -
SubGHz RX 23 14.8 3.404 14.9 3.427 - -
SubGHz TX 45 - - 9.8 4.41 - -
SubGHz SLEEP 0.005 85.2 0.004 75.3 0.004 - -
Superframe 100 3.409 100 26.641 100 129.63