Smart RF energy harvesting communications: Challenges and opportunities

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 70-78

  Mishra, Deepak ^a   De, Swades ^a   Jana, Soumya ^b   Basagni, Stefano ^c   Chowdhury, Kaushik ^c   Heinzelman, Wendi ^d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HYDERABAD   (India)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS; QUALITY OF SERVICE;

COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES; NEXT-GENERATION WIRELESS NETWORK; ON DEMANDS; POTENTIAL METHODS; RECEIVER SENSITIVITY; RF ENERGY HARVESTING; STATE OF THE ART;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 84927598344     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2015.7081078     Document Type: Article

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