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IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 25, Issue 2, Pages 170-177Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/MWC.2017.1600398
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- National Research Foundation of Korea Grant - Korean Government [2014R1A5A1011478]
- Singapore MOE Tier 1 [RG33/16, RG18/13]
- Singapore MOE Tier 2 [MOE2014-T2-2-015 ARC4/15, MOE2013-T2-2-070 ARC16/14, NRF2015-NRF-ISF001-2277]
- U.S. NSF [CNS-1717454, CNS-1731424, CNS-1702850, CNS-1646607, ECCS-1547201, CMMI-1434789, CNS-1443917, ECCS-1405121]
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
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Ambient backscatter communication technology has been introduced recently, and is quickly becoming a promising choice for self-sustainable communication systems, as an external power supply or a dedicated carrier emitter is not required. By leveraging existing RF signal resources, ambient backscatter technology can support sustainable and independent communications and consequently open up a whole new set of applications that facilitate Internet of things (IoT). In this article, we study an integration of ambient backscatter with wireless powered communication networks (WPCNs). We first present an overview of backscatter communication systems with an emphasis on the emerging ambient backscatter technology. Then we propose a novel hybrid transmitter design by combining the advantages of both ambient backscatter and wireless powered communications. Furthermore, in the cognitive radio environment, we introduce a multiple access scheme to coordinate hybrid data transmissions. The performance evaluation shows that the hybrid transmitter outperforms traditional designs. In addition, we discuss open issues related to ambient backscatter networking.
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