Modeling, profiling, and debugging the energy consumption of mobile devices

Software energy profilers are the tools to measure the energy consumption of mobile devices, applications running on those devices, and various hardware components. They adopt different modeling and measurement techniques. In this article, we aim to review a wide range of such energy profilers for mobile devices. First, we introduce the terminologies and describe the power modeling and measurement methodologies applied in model-based energy profiling. Next, we classify the profilers according to their implementation and deployment strategies, and compare the profiling capabilities and performance between different types. Finally, we point out their limitations and the corresponding challenges. Categories and Subject Descriptors: C.4 [Performance of Systems]: Measurement Techniques, Design Studies, Performance Attribute General Terms: Design, Experiment, Measurement, Performance Additional Key Words and Phrases: Energy profiler, power model, power consumption, energy debugging, battery model, fuel gauge, discharge curve, energy bug, energy hog, energy hotspot DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2840723