UCLA

The ability to accurately estimate the power and energy dissipation of a smartphone, based on different running applications, has been a crucial demand for both mobile companies and mobile users. Pre-­‐existing solutions are either calibrated for specific devices or lack accuracy due to the use of oversimplified power models or operating restrictions. The developed power simulator for smartphones described here is the first complete attempt to combine generalized power models together with sequential and parallel application execution algorithms and a user friendly graphical user interface in order to create a power and energy estimation tool that can be used by both researchers and smartphone users to accurately simulate real mobile usage profiles and examine their impact on power and energy consumption.