Wireless Underground Communication (WUC) is an emerging field that is being developed
continuously. It provides secure mechanism of deploying nodes underground which shields …

Radio frequency energy harvesting (RFEH) is considered as one of the possible and
environmentally friendly solution for energizing sensor devices and prolonging the lifetime of …

Internet of underground things (IoUTs) and wireless underground sensor networks (WUSNs)
are new technologies particularly relevant in agriculture to measure and transmit …

The recent emergence of Internet of Underground Things (IOUT) in many areas including
environment and infrastructure monitoring, border patrol, transportation, and precision …

In this paper, a new RF Energy Harvesting (RF-EH) system for Wireless Sensor Network
(WSN) feeding is proposed. It is based on two different monitored architectures using switch …

Wireless underground sensor networks (WUSNs) is an emerging area of research. They are
used in many applications from intelligent irrigation to security and assisted navigation …

In this chapter, wireless underground (UG) communications are introduced. A detailed
overview of WUC is given. A comprehensive review of research challenges in WUC is …

The antenna's bandwidth strongly depends on its physical characteristics and the
surrounding environment. However, permanently embedding devices in the soil causes …

The antenna's bandwidth is strongly dependent on its physical properties and the
environment where it is located. Nevertheless, for transmitting devices embedded …

Harmonic transponders are nonlinear, passive devices that typically receive an interrogation
signal at one single frequency and reradiate harmonics. In this work, we propose leveraging …