Wireless energy harvesting: Empirical results and practical considerations for Internet of Things

Journal of Network and Computer Applications

Volumn 121, Issue , 2018, Pages 149-158

  Sanislav, Teodora ^a   Zeadally, Sherali ^b   Mois, George Dan ^a   Folea, Silviu Corneliu ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLUJ NAPOCA   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; Internet of Things; Low power electronics; Sensor networks

Indexed keywords

INTERNET OF THINGS; LOW POWER ELECTRONICS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGIES (BLE); DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY CHARACTERISTICS; INTERNET OF THING (IOT); LITERATURE REVIEWS; RESEARCH CHALLENGES; SELF-SUSTAINABLE; WIRELESS ENERGY HARVESTING;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 85052124675     PISSN: 10848045     EISSN: 10958592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnca.2018.08.002     Document Type: Article

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