Humanity faces important challenges concerning the optimal use, security, and availability of
energy systems, particularly electrical power systems and transmission lines. In this context …

Due to the rising trends in the adoption of smart systems such as smart grids, smart homes,
and vehicle-to-grid, there has been a lot of research interest in these areas. To manage …

Although the number of Internet of Things devices increases every year, efforts to decrease
hardware energy demands and to improve efficiencies of the energy-harvesting stages have …

RF energy harvesting (RFEH) has recently become part of the alternatives for powering
wireless sensor networks. Our focus in this article was to introduce a design, MSwitch, able …

This paper presents a novel multi-band patch antenna with an aesthetic design for ambient
RF energy harvesting applications. A new approach is applied to create antenna elements …

Microgrids are localized, independent power grids that can operate while connected to the
larger electrical grid. These systems make intelligent decisions regarding power …

Concurrent Transmissions (CT) occur when different transmitters simultaneously send the
same packet. We analyze how CT distort the received waveform and characterize the Bit …

Due to the rising trends in the adoption of smart systems such as smart grids, smart homes,
and vehicle-to-grid, there has been a lot of research interest in these areas. To manage …

Microgrids are localized, independent power grids that can operate while connected to the
larger electrical grid. These systems make intelligent decisions regarding power …

Low power communication protocols such as 6LoWPAN have been widely used on
applications that require less energy consumption for short-range wireless communication …