Ambient Backscatterers Using FM Broadcasting for Low Cost and Low Power Wireless Applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 5251-5262

  Daskalakis, Spyridon Nektarios ^a   Kimionis, John ^b   Collado, Ana ^a   Goussetis, George ^a   Tentzeris, Manos M ^b   Georgiadis, Apostolos ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient backscattering; backscatter communication; frequency modulated (FM) modulation; inkjet printing; Internet of Things (IoT); radio frequency (RF) identification (RFID) sensors; software defined radio (SDR)

Indexed keywords

ANALOG CIRCUITS; ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; BACKSCATTERING; BIT ERROR RATE; COSTS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; INK JET PRINTING; INTERNET OF THINGS; MICROCONTROLLERS; MODULATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; RADIO; RADIO BROADCASTING; RADIO COMMUNICATION; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); RADIO RECEIVERS; RADIO WAVES; SENSOR NODES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTERS; BIT ERROR RATE MEASUREMENTS; FREQUENCY MODULATED; FREQUENCY MODULATED SIGNAL; INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT); RADIO FREQUENCIES; SIGNAL PROCESSING ALGORITHMS; SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIOS;

SOFTWARE RADIO;

EID: 85033709392     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2017.2765635     Document Type: Article

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