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Architectural evaluation of node: server partitioning for people counting

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Irida Shallari,

Mattias O'NilsAuthors Info & Claims

ICDSC '18: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Distributed Smart Cameras

Article No.: 1, Pages 1 - 6

https://doi.org/10.1145/3243394.3243688

Published: 03 September 2018 Publication History

Abstract

The Internet of Things has changed the range of applications for cameras requiring them to be easily deployed for a variety of scenarios indoor and outdoor, while achieving high performance in processing. As a result, future projections emphasise the need for battery operated smart cameras, capable of complex image processing tasks that also communicate within one another, and the server. Based on these considerations, we evaluate in-node and node -- server configurations of image processing tasks to provide an insight of how tasks partitioning affects the overall energy consumption. The two main energy components taken in consideration for their influence in the total energy consumption are processing and communication energy. The results from the people counting scenario proved that processing background modelling, subtraction and segmentation in-node while transferring the remaining tasks to the server results in the most energy efficient configuration, optimising both processing and communication energy. In addition, the inclusion of data reduction techniques such as data aggregation and compression not always resulted in lower energy consumption as generally assumed, and the final optimal partition did not include data reduction.

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Shallari IKrug SO’Nils M(2020)Communication and computation inter-effects in people counting using intelligence partitioningJournal of Real-Time Image Processing10.1007/s11554-020-00943-6Online publication date: 23-Jan-2020
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11554-020-00943-6
Taami TKrug SO'Nils M(2019)Experimental Characterization of Latency in Distributed IoT Systems with Cloud Fog Offloading2019 15th IEEE International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS)10.1109/WFCS.2019.8757960(1-4)Online publication date: May-2019
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Architectural evaluation of node: server partitioning for people counting
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Computer graphics
    1. Image manipulation
      1. Image processing

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ICDSC '18: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Distributed Smart Cameras

September 2018

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ISBN:9781450365116

DOI:10.1145/3243394

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Shallari ILeal IKrug SJantsch AO'Nils M(2021)Design Space Exploration for an IoT Node: Trade-Offs in Processing and CommunicationIEEE Access10.1109/ACCESS.2021.30748759(65078-65090)Online publication date: 2021
https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3074875
Shallari IKrug SO’Nils M(2020)Communication and computation inter-effects in people counting using intelligence partitioningJournal of Real-Time Image Processing10.1007/s11554-020-00943-6Online publication date: 23-Jan-2020
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11554-020-00943-6
Taami TKrug SO'Nils M(2019)Experimental Characterization of Latency in Distributed IoT Systems with Cloud Fog Offloading2019 15th IEEE International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS)10.1109/WFCS.2019.8757960(1-4)Online publication date: May-2019
https://doi.org/10.1109/WFCS.2019.8757960
Krug SShallari IO'Nils M(2019)A Case Study on Energy Overhead of Different IoT Network Stacks2019 IEEE 5th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT)10.1109/WF-IoT.2019.8767284(528-529)Online publication date: Apr-2019
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Krug SO'Nils M(2019)Modeling and Comparison of Delay and Energy Cost of IoT Data TransfersIEEE Access10.1109/ACCESS.2019.29137037(58654-58675)Online publication date: 2019
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