RF Energy Harvesting Wireless Communications: RF Environment, Device Hardware and Practical Issues
Radio frequency (RF) based wireless power transfer provides an attractive solution to extend the lifetime of power-constrained wireless sensor networks. Through harvesting RF energy from surrounding environments or dedicated energy sources, low-power wireless devices can be self-sustaining and envir...
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| author | Yu Luo Lina Pu Guodong Wang Yanxiao Zhao |
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| description | Radio frequency (RF) based wireless power transfer provides an attractive solution to extend the lifetime of power-constrained wireless sensor networks. Through harvesting RF energy from surrounding environments or dedicated energy sources, low-power wireless devices can be self-sustaining and environment-friendly. These features make the RF energy harvesting wireless communication (RF-EHWC) technique attractive to a wide range of applications. The objective of this article is to investigate the latest research activities on the practical RF-EHWC design. The distribution of RF energy in the real environment, the hardware design of RF-EHWC devices and the practical issues in the implementation of RF-EHWC networks are discussed. At the end of this article, we introduce several interesting applications that exploit the RF-EHWC technology to provide smart healthcare services for animals, wirelessly charge the wearable devices, and implement 5G-assisted RF-EHWC. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d2adb85c26a844058a4b8fcc267c46bb2022-12-22T01:57:49ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202019-07-011913301010.3390/s19133010s19133010RF Energy Harvesting Wireless Communications: RF Environment, Device Hardware and Practical IssuesYu Luo0Lina Pu1Guodong Wang2Yanxiao Zhao3Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39759, USAComputer Science and Computer Engineering, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, USAComputer Science, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA 01247, USAElectrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 843068, USARadio frequency (RF) based wireless power transfer provides an attractive solution to extend the lifetime of power-constrained wireless sensor networks. Through harvesting RF energy from surrounding environments or dedicated energy sources, low-power wireless devices can be self-sustaining and environment-friendly. These features make the RF energy harvesting wireless communication (RF-EHWC) technique attractive to a wide range of applications. The objective of this article is to investigate the latest research activities on the practical RF-EHWC design. The distribution of RF energy in the real environment, the hardware design of RF-EHWC devices and the practical issues in the implementation of RF-EHWC networks are discussed. At the end of this article, we introduce several interesting applications that exploit the RF-EHWC technology to provide smart healthcare services for animals, wirelessly charge the wearable devices, and implement 5G-assisted RF-EHWC.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/13/3010RF Energy harvesting wireless communication (RF-EHWC)RF environmentRF-EHWC hardwarepractical issues in RF-EHWC network design |
| spellingShingle | Yu Luo Lina Pu Guodong Wang Yanxiao Zhao RF Energy Harvesting Wireless Communications: RF Environment, Device Hardware and Practical Issues Sensors RF Energy harvesting wireless communication (RF-EHWC) RF environment RF-EHWC hardware practical issues in RF-EHWC network design |
| title | RF Energy Harvesting Wireless Communications: RF Environment, Device Hardware and Practical Issues |
| title_full | RF Energy Harvesting Wireless Communications: RF Environment, Device Hardware and Practical Issues |
| title_fullStr | RF Energy Harvesting Wireless Communications: RF Environment, Device Hardware and Practical Issues |
| title_full_unstemmed | RF Energy Harvesting Wireless Communications: RF Environment, Device Hardware and Practical Issues |
| title_short | RF Energy Harvesting Wireless Communications: RF Environment, Device Hardware and Practical Issues |
| title_sort | rf energy harvesting wireless communications rf environment device hardware and practical issues |
| topic | RF Energy harvesting wireless communication (RF-EHWC) RF environment RF-EHWC hardware practical issues in RF-EHWC network design |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/13/3010 |
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