IoT security, power consumption in Benchmark Group's sights

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The EEMBC trade group is looking to benchmark IoT connections in a way that’s protocol agnostic, covering popular standards like ZigBee and Bluetooth.

The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium is the trade group that will run two
benchmark exercises for IoT protocols. Image Source: EE Times

London—The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium (EEMBC) trade group plans to embrace the Internet of Things with two forthcoming benchmarking exercises addressing edge-node IoT energy consumption and IoT security.

The 38-member EEMBC, best known for its CoreMark processor and ULP (ultra-low power) microcontroller benchmarks is now heading up towards the system with working groups addressing entire edge-node power consumption, including RF communications, and another on security.

Both benchmarking exercises are expected to build on the energy measurement platform and profile approach used for ULPBench.

However, because of the complexity, the output from these working groups is likely to be more than benchmarking to aid purchase decisions, two working-group co-chairs told EE Times Europe. It could also include information on system decomposition and partitioning, the exposition of numerous use-cases, design guidelines, examples of best practise and Wikipedia-style continuously updated web pages.

Quantifying edge-node complexity

The IoT edge-node power consumption working group is the most advanced and has developed a physical test-rig to benchmark the combination of microcontroller plus RF communications.

The benchmark is intended to be communications protocol agnostic. Brent Wilson, a director of applications engineering, at Silicon Laboratories Inc. in Austin, Texas, who serves as co-chair of the working group, said "We're looking at things like battery-powered edge-node performance whether that includes ZigBee, Bluetooth, Thread." He added that LoRa "is in the field of view" as is SigFox's proprietary long-range communications for IoT.

This article was originally published on EE Times. To read the rest of the article, please click here.

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IoT security, power consumption in Benchmark Group's sights

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