Large-scale wireless-powered networks with backscatter communications—A comprehensive survey

F Rezaei, C Tellambura… - IEEE Open Journal of the …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Massive and ubiquitous deployment of devices in networks of fifth generation (5G) and
beyond wireless has necessitated the development of ultra-low-power wireless …

Reliability-constrained throughput optimization of industrial wireless sensor networks with energy harvesting relay

K Ma, Z Li, P Liu, J Yang, Y Geng… - IEEE Internet of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In industrial wireless sensor networks (IWSNs), a lot of energy is wasted in the form of
electromagnetic radiations. It can be effectively utilized with energy harvesting (EH), which …

Joint design of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces and transmit beamforming under proper and improper Gaussian signaling

H Yu, HD Tuan, AA Nasir, TQ Duong… - IEEE Journal on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper considers a network consisting of a multiple antenna array access point serving
multiple single antenna downlink users with the assistance of a reconfigurable intelligent …

Age-of-information minimization in healthcare IoT using distributionally robust optimization

Z Ling, F Hu, H Zhang, Z Han - IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we consider a cellular-based healthcare Internet of Things (IoT) system with
imperfect channel state information (CSI), where a healthcare IoT device first receives radio …

Cooperative scheme for backscatter-aided passive relay communications in wireless-powered D2D networks

X Gao, D Niyato, K Yang, J An - IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In wireless-powered device-to-device (D2D) networks with backscatter-aided passive relays,
the cooperation among D2D pairs is of special necessity. With the cooperation among D2D …

Deep reinforcement learning for backscatter-aided data offloading in mobile edge computing

S Gong, Y **e, J Xu, D Niyato, YC Liang - IEEE Network, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wireless network optimization has been becoming very challenging as the problem size and
complexity increase tremendously, due to close couplings among network entities with …

Exploiting backscatter-aided relay communications with hybrid access model in device-to-device networks

S Gong, L Gao, J Xu, Y Guo, DT Hoang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The backscatter and active RF radios can complement each other and bring potential
performance gain. In this paper, we envision a dual-mode radio structure that allows each …

Backscatter-assisted computation offloading for energy harvesting IoT devices via policy-based deep reinforcement learning

Y **e, Z Xu, Y Zhong, J Xu, S Gong… - 2019 IEEE/CIC …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wireless Internet of Things (IoT) devices can be deployed for data acquisition and decision
making, eg, the wearable sensors used for healthcare monitoring. Due to limited …

Short-packet backscatter assisted wireless-powered relaying with NOMA: Mode selection with performance estimation

X Lu, P Wang, G Li, D Niyato, Z Li - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Backscatter-assisted wireless-powered relaying has emerged as a promising approach to
extend the transmission range of energy-constrained devices, eg, sensors, with improved …

Passive relaying game for wireless powered Internet of Things in backscatter-aided hybrid radio networks

J Xu, J Li, S Gong, K Zhu… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we consider wireless powered Internet of Things (IoT) by a power beacon
station (PBS). Each IoT device can be a sensor node that has continuous data transmission …