Ambient backscatter communications: A contemporary survey

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 2889-2922

  Van Huynh, Nguyen ^a   Hoang, Dinh Thai ^a   Lu, Xiao ^b   Niyato, Dusit ^c   Wang, Ping ^c   Kim, Dong In ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ambient backscatter; Backscatter communications; Bistatic backscatter; IoT networks; Low power communications; RFID; Wireless energy harvesting

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY HARVESTING; INTERNET OF THINGS; LOW POWER ELECTRONICS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); RADIO TRANSMISSION; RADIO WAVES; RECEIVERS (CONTAINERS); SENSOR NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY; TRANSMITTERS; WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BISTATIC; PASSIVE COMMUNICATION; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RF SIGNAL; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; WIRELESS ENERGY HARVESTING;

BACKSCATTERING;

EID: 85047808339     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/COMST.2018.2841964     Document Type: Article

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