This paper summarizes recent contributions in the broad area of energy harvesting wireless
communications. In particular, we provide the current state of the art for wireless networks …

Recent emphasis on green communications has generated great interest in the
investigations of energy harvesting communications and networking. Energy harvesting from …

Wireless charging is a technique of transmitting power through an air gap to an electrical
device for the purpose of energy replenishment. Recently, wireless charging technology has …

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 harvesting from the surroundings is a promising solution to perpetually power-up
wireless sensor communications. This paper presents a data-driven approach of finding …

This paper considers a wireless sensor powered by an energy harvesting device, which
reports data of varying importance to its receiver. Modeling the ambient energy supply by a …

Cognitive radio and energy harvesting techniques have provided significant benefits in
terms of spectrum reuse and lifetime prolongation for conventional wireless networks. We …

Wireless sensors can integrate rechargeable batteries and energy-harvesting (EH) devices
to enable long-term, autonomous operation, thus requiring intelligent energy management …

This article focuses on a new type of wireless devices in the domain between RFIDs and
sensor networks—Energy-Harvesting Active Networked Tags (EnHANTs). Future EnHANTs …

This work develops a tractable model to analyze the performance of downlink
heterogeneous cellular networks (HCNs) with both power-grid-connected base stations (PG …