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This paper deals with the influence of IDT (interdigitated transducer) structure and input signal on responses of passive wireless sensor SAW (Surface Acoustic Wave). We used simulation software based on finite element method (FEM) with YZ-LiNbO3 piezoelectric substation has 80 μm thickness, 3 reflectors, material of the reflecting bar is Al and the structure of IDT is SPUDT (single-phase unidirectional...
This paper considers a wireless power transfer system with multiple antennas by using the multicarrier signal waveforms. A prior art optimizes the waveform with the channel state information at the transmitter (CSIT) to improve the energy harvesting efficiency of the receiver with the non-linear model. The impact of the imperfect CSIT on the energy harvesting capability is studied as a function of...
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) include a large number of distributed sensor nodes that consist of sensor, microcontroller and transceiver block. As the main source of energy sensor nodes usually use non-rechargeable batteries, so that the stored energy is a very important resource of a WSN. The main goal of this paper is estimating the battery lifetime of a sensor node in respect to the usage pattern...
This paper investigates the ergodic capacity of a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) wireless powered communication system with partial channel state information at the power beacon (PB). Employing time splitting protocol, the PB first transmit energy-bearing signals to the energy constrained source S through beamforming, and then S uses this energy to transmit information to the destination. Unlike...
The performance of fingerprint based indoor localization techniques is significantly degraded by environmental dynamics especially when devices such as Wi-Fi access points (APs), which are used to build fingerprint database, are densely deployed. The primary reason is that the plug-and-play feature of these devices would render the fingerprints in the database invalid. Worsestill, the time-varying...
Physical layer security is becoming a promising technology to face the security challenges of diversified and rapidly-growing wireless applications. In this paper, we propose a three-hop secure Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) transmission protocol for the wireless networks with untrusted relays. In the proposed protocol, instead of exploiting the degree of freedom over spatial domain...
This paper analyzes the viability of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) as the enabling technology in railway scenarios to allow sensor data transmission from ground to train. This proposal is based on using the broadcasting capabilities introduced by the Bluetooth specifications since v4.0. The last version, v5.0, extends the range the speed and the broadcast capacity. However, due to its recent publication...
With the rapidly approaching era of IoT and smart cities, it is anticipated that the market will greatly demand more autonomous and self-powered wireless sensors. Ideally, these sensors should operate for decades without service. This paper reports on the development and implementation of a novel, fully-autonomous, self-powered wireless sensor for real-time traffic surveillance in smart cities. Multi-disciplinary...
Soil Moisture Sensing is important for many safety-critical, agricultural or even Smart Home applications to identify risks and take countermeasures at an early stage. By only punctually measuring the soil moisture, unfavorable events between the measurement points will possibly be undetected or recognized too late, because the detection radius is very limited. Therefore, this paper describes, how...
Future automated vehicles will rely on V2V communication to exchange information about their motion states and take corresponding control actions, to enhance road safety and efficiency. Evaluating the trustworthiness of such data in a VANET is critical as malicious vehicles may inject false data which will undermine the benefits of V2V communication and lead to severe consequences, such as collisions...
Camera-enabled sensors deployed for visual monitoring will cover a region of the target field, providing information for many innovative applications based on wireless sensing. Actually, some areas of the monitored field may have more relevance than others, according to the characteristics of the applications, which may indicate that such areas need better coverage to avoid blind spots and achieve...
The use of sensing technologies in industrial environments has opened many possibilities for monitoring and control applications, driving much research efforts in the last years. Among the challenging issues related to industrial wireless sensor networks, efficient nodes deployment is a major concern since it can directly impact the way sensors operate, which has demanded proper solutions. When sensing...
A dual-polarized cross-dipole antenna with a radiating patch and a tapered balun is proposed for the harvesting of wireless energy over the frequency band from 1.92 GHz to 2.16 GHz. By optimizing the antenna dimensions, the performance of the proposed antenna is improved, such as a 1.01 of VSWR, a 96 % efficiency, and a nearly omnidirectional beam pattern. The proposed antenna could be used to supply...
Emerging technologies in communication (5G) and its use in new industrial automation approaches (smart manufacturing) require more than today precise specifications of dependability requirements and assurance at the interface between application and communication. The growing role of dependability assessment for wireless automation is addressed. First an overview is given over general definitions...
Internet of Things (IoT) has revolutionized the traditional Internet where only human-centric services were offered. It has enabled objects to have the ability to connect and communicate through the Internet. IoT has several applications such as smart water management systems. However, they require high energy-efficient sensor nodes that are able to communicate across long distance. This motivates...
In recent years, the wireless body area network (WBAN) has become a heated topic in research, but its quality of service (QoS) has not received enough attention. The two operation modes of IEEE802.15.4 are analyzed, and the slotted CSMA/CA mechanism is found more suitable for the WBAN. With the simulation tool OPNET the network delays are proved to change in accordance with the parameter values of...
Wireless Body Sensor Networks (WBSNs) are a low-cost solution allowing remote patient monitoring and continuous health assessment, thus reducing healthcare expenditure. In such networks, sensor nodes periodically collect vital signs and send them to the coordinator for fusion. However, sensor nodes have limited energy and processing resources and transmission is the most power-hungry task. In this...
Recent advances in technology propelled the development of resource constrained tiny devices and the concept of Internet of Things (IoT). Potential applications spanning various fields of science from environmental to medical have been emerged. Different architectures, routing protocols, performance issues and goals have been suggested. In this work, we review fundamental concepts, recent developments...
Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) technologies have recently triggered many research efforts and standardization activities due to the inherent possibility of both providing long range wireless communications and guaranteeing a long life for very cheap sensing devices. At the same time, the increasing interest of telco operators into such kind of networks is due to the wide range of applications...
Energy harvesting has been gaining a lot of attention in the past decade due to its ability to provide a-virtually-endless energy supply. Nodes in a Wireless Powered Communication Network (WPCN) depend, totally or partially, on the energy harvested from the Central Node (CN) which has a constant power supply. This work addresses a solution to the problem of lack of fairness in the distribution of...
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