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Simultaneous wireless information and power transfer in modern communication systems
Energy harvesting for wireless communication networks is a new paradigm that allows terminals to recharge their batteries from external energy sources in the surrounding environment. A promising energy harvesting technology is wireless power transfer where terminals harvest energy from electromagnetic radiation. Thereby, the energy may be harvested opportunistically from ambient electromagnetic sources or from sources that intentionally transmit electromagnetic energy for energy harvesting purposes. A particularly interesting and challenging scenario arises when sources perform simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT), as strong signals not only increase power transfer but also interference. This article provides an overview of SWIPT systems with a particular focus on the hardware realization of rectenna circuits and practical techniques that achieve SWIPT in the domains of time, power, antennas, and space. The article also discusses the benefits of a potential integration of SWIPT technologies in modern communication networks in the context of resource allocation and cooperative cognitive radio networks
Towards Optimal Energy Harvesting Receiver Design in MIMO Systems
In this paper, we investigate a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system
with simultaneous information detection (ID) and energy harvesting (EH)
receiver. This point-to-point system operates in the vicinity of active
interfering nodes. The receiver performs power splitting where a portion of
received signal undergoes analog energy harvesting circuitry. Further, the
information content of the other portion is extracted after performing digital
beamforming. In this MIMO system, information carrier eigen-modes are not
necessarily the eigen-modes with the strongest energy level. Hence, it is
beneficial to perform independent beamforming at the receiver of MIMO-P2P
channel. Here, we utilize a hybrid analog/digital beamforming for the purpose
of simultaneous ID and EH in such scenarios. This design, provides extra design
degrees-of-freedom in eigen-mode selection for ID and EH purposes
independently. Worst-case performance of this receiver structure is discussed.
Finally, its benefits is compared to the classical receiver structure and the
gains are highlighted
Optimal Multiuser Scheduling Schemes for Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer
In this paper, we study the downlink multiuser scheduling problem for systems
with simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT). We design
optimal scheduling algorithms that maximize the long-term average system
throughput under different fairness requirements, such as proportional fairness
and equal throughput fairness. In particular, the algorithm designs are
formulated as non-convex optimization problems which take into account the
minimum required average sum harvested energy in the system. The problems are
solved by using convex optimization techniques and the proposed optimization
framework reveals the tradeoff between the long-term average system throughput
and the sum harvested energy in multiuser systems with fairness constraints.
Simulation results demonstrate that substantial performance gains can be
achieved by the proposed optimization framework compared to existing suboptimal
scheduling algorithms from the literature.Comment: Accepted for presentation at the European Signal Processing
Conference 201
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