Mobile Charging in Wireless-Powered Sensor Networks: Optimal Scheduling and Experimental Implementation

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 7400-7410

  Sangare, Fahira ^a   Xiao, Yong ^b   Niyato, Dusit ^c   Han, Zhu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Markov decision process; mobile charging; sensor networks; wireless power transfer

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; HARDWARE; MARKOV PROCESSES; MOTION PLANNING; SCHEDULING; SENSOR NETWORKS;

HARDWARE PLATFORM; MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES; MOBILE CHARGING; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPTIMAL POLICIES; OPTIMAL SCHEDULING; WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER; WIRELESS RADIO-FREQUENCY;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 85029494993     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2017.2668990     Document Type: Article

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