Ambient backscatter communications: A contemporary survey

N Van Huynh, DT Hoang, X Lu, D Niyato… - … surveys & tutorials, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently, ambient backscatter communication has been introduced as a cutting-edge
technology which enables smart devices to communicate by utilizing ambient radio …

Breaking the interference and fading gridlock in backscatter communications: State-of-the-art, design challenges, and future directions

B Gu, D Li, H Ding, G Wang… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As the Internet of Things (IoT) advances by leaps and bounds, a multitude of devices are
becoming interconnected, marking the onset of an era where everything is connected. While …

Far-field wireless power harvesting: Nonlinear modeling, rectenna design, and emerging applications

X Gu, S Hemour, K Wu - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Continuous advances in ultralow-power electronics are a fundamental driving force of
developing far-field wireless power harvesting techniques, which generally harnesses …

Mutualistic cooperative ambient backscatter communications under hardware impairments

Y Ye, L Shi, X Chu, G Lu, S Sun - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mutualistic cooperative ambient backscatter communications (AmBC) have been proposed
to improve the spectrum and energy efficiencies of Internet-of-Things (IoT) systems, where a …

Non-coherent and backscatter communications: Enabling ultra-massive connectivity in 6G wireless networks

SJ Nawaz, SK Sharma, B Mansoor, MN Patwary… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the commencement of the 5 th generation (5G) of wireless networks, researchers
around the globe have started paying their attention to the imminent challenges that may …

A survey on ambient backscatter communications: Principles, systems, applications, and challenges

W Wu, X Wang, A Hawbani, L Yuan, W Gong - Computer Networks, 2022 - Elsevier
Owing to the nature of ultra-low-power and extremely low deployment as well as
maintenance costs, ambient backscatter technology is promising to become a prominent …

Dynamic ambient RF energy density measurements of Montreal for battery-free IoT sensor network planning

X Gu, L Grauwin, D Dousset… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work summarizes an outdoor dynamic measurement of ambient radiofrequency (RF)
power density in the core areas of Montreal city, which can eventually be exploited for …

Grid-array rectenna with wide angle coverage for effectively harvesting RF energy of low power density

YY Hu, S Sun, H Xu, H Sun - IEEE Transactions on Microwave …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It is difficult to effectively rectify or convert low power in the circuit stage of harvesters. The
high-gain antenna can offer a higher level of power and is beneficial to RF power harvesting …

Joint optimization for ambient backscatter communication system with energy harvesting for IoT

B Ji, Z Chen, S Chen, B Zhou, C Li, H Wen - Mechanical Systems and …, 2020 - Elsevier
For the ambient backscatter communication system, a joint optimization algorithm based on
the energy efficiency maximization criterion was proposed in this paper by designing a two …

A RIS-segmented symbiotic ambient backscatter communication system

H Yang, H Ding, K Cao, M Elkashlan… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article proposes a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) segmented symbiotic ambient
backscatter system, which is composed of a primary source (S), a RIS, and a cooperative …