316 research outputs found
Sum Throughput Maximization in Multi-Tag Backscattering to Multiantenna Reader
Backscatter communication (BSC) is being realized as the core technology for
pervasive sustainable Internet-of-Things applications. However, owing to the
resource-limitations of passive tags, the efficient usage of multiple antennas
at the reader is essential for both downlink excitation and uplink detection.
This work targets at maximizing the achievable sum-backscattered-throughput by
jointly optimizing the transceiver (TRX) design at the reader and
backscattering coefficients (BC) at the tags. Since, this joint problem is
nonconvex, we first present individually-optimal designs for the TRX and BC. We
show that with precoder and {combiner} designs at the reader respectively
targeting downlink energy beamforming and uplink Wiener filtering operations,
the BC optimization at tags can be reduced to a binary power control problem.
Next, the asymptotically-optimal joint-TRX-BC designs are proposed for both low
and high signal-to-noise-ratio regimes. Based on these developments, an
iterative low-complexity algorithm is proposed to yield an efficient
jointly-suboptimal design. Thereafter, we discuss the practical utility of the
proposed designs to other application settings like wireless powered
communication networks and BSC with imperfect channel state information.
Lastly, selected numerical results, validating the analysis and shedding novel
insights, demonstrate that the proposed designs can yield significant
enhancement in the sum-backscattered throughput over existing benchmarks.Comment: 17 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on
Communication
Time-Hopping Multiple-Access for Backscatter Interference Networks
Future Internet-of-Things (IoT) is expected to
wirelessly connect tens of billions of low-complexity devices.
Extending the finite battery life of massive number of IoT
devices is a crucial challenge. The ultra-low-power backscatter
communications (BackCom) with the inherent feature of RF
energy harvesting is a promising technology for tackling this
challenge. Moreover, many future IoT applications will require
the deployment of dense IoT devices, which induces strong
interference for wireless information transfer (IT). To tackle these
challenges, in this paper, we propose the design of a novel
multiple-access scheme based on time-hopping spread-spectrum
(TH-SS) to simultaneously suppress interference and enable both
two-way wireless IT and one-way wireless energy transfer (ET) in
coexisting backscatter reader-tag links. The performance analysis
of the BackCom network is presented, including the bit-error
rates for forward and backward IT and the expected energytransfer
rate for forward ET, which account for non-coherent and
coherent detection at tags and readers, and energy harvesting at
tags, respectively. Our analysis demonstrates a tradeoff between
energy harvesting and interference performance. Thus, system
parameters need to be chosen carefully to satisfy given BackCom
system performance requirement.ARC Discovery Projects Grant DP14010113
Saiyan: Design and Implementation of a Low-power Demodulator for LoRa Backscatter Systems
The radio range of backscatter systems continues growing as new wireless
communication primitives are continuously invented. Nevertheless, both the bit
error rate and the packet loss rate of backscatter signals increase rapidly
with the radio range, thereby necessitating the cooperation between the access
point and the backscatter tags through a feedback loop. Unfortunately, the
low-power nature of backscatter tags limits their ability to demodulate
feedback signals from a remote access point and scales down to such
circumstances. This paper presents Saiyan, an ultra-low-power demodulator for
long-range LoRa backscatter systems. With Saiyan, a backscatter tag can
demodulate feedback signals from a remote access point with moderate power
consumption and then perform an immediate packet retransmission in the presence
of packet loss. Moreover, Saiyan enables rate adaption and channel hopping-two
PHY-layer operations that are important to channel efficiency yet unavailable
on long-range backscatter systems. We prototype Saiyan on a two-layer PCB board
and evaluate its performance in different environments. Results show that
Saiyan achieves 5 gain on the demodulation range, compared with
state-of-the-art systems. Our ASIC simulation shows that the power consumption
of Saiyan is around 93.2 uW. Code and hardware schematics can be found at:
https://github.com/ZangJac/Saiyan
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