Breaking the interference and fading gridlock in backscatter communications: State-of-the-art, design challenges, and future directions
As the Internet of Things (IoT) advances by leaps and bounds, a multitude of devices are
becoming interconnected, marking the onset of an era where everything is connected. While …
becoming interconnected, marking the onset of an era where everything is connected. While …
Backscatter communication meets practical battery-free Internet of Things: A survey and outlook
Battery-free Internet-of-Things (BF-IoT), which is realized by harvesting ambient energy to
power the IoT devices, has emerged to reduce the energy consumption, and alleviate …
power the IoT devices, has emerged to reduce the energy consumption, and alleviate …
Energy-sustainable iot connectivity: Vision, technological enablers, challenges, and future directions
Technology solutions must effectively balance economic growth, social equity, and
environmental integrity to achieve a sustainable society. Notably, although the Internet of …
environmental integrity to achieve a sustainable society. Notably, although the Internet of …
A survey on ambient backscatter communications: Principles, systems, applications, and challenges
Owing to the nature of ultra-low-power and extremely low deployment as well as
maintenance costs, ambient backscatter technology is promising to become a prominent …
maintenance costs, ambient backscatter technology is promising to become a prominent …
Leggiero: Analog wifi backscatter with payload transparency
Backscatter is an enabling technology for battery-free sensing in today's Artificial Intelligence
of Things (AIOT). Building a backscatter-based sensing system, however, is a daunting task …
of Things (AIOT). Building a backscatter-based sensing system, however, is a daunting task …
Content-agnostic backscatter from thin air
We present CAB, a content-agnostic backscatter system that can demodulate both tag and
ambient data from ambient backscattered WiFi alone. In contrast to prior ambient backscatter …
ambient data from ambient backscattered WiFi alone. In contrast to prior ambient backscatter …
Enabling native wifi connectivity for ambient backscatter
WiFi backscatter communication has required unwanted constraints on either excitations or
receivers since its inception eight years ago. We present Chameleon, the first native WiFi …
receivers since its inception eight years ago. We present Chameleon, the first native WiFi …
Enabling zigbee backscatter communication in a crowded spectrum
To piggyback information, the instantaneous-phase shift (IPS) modulation toggles discrete
phases on ambient RF carriers, which is popular with advanced backscatter systems …
phases on ambient RF carriers, which is popular with advanced backscatter systems …
Dances with blues: Harnessing multi-frequency carriers for commodity bluetooth backscatter
M Jiang, W Gong - Proceedings of the ACM on Networking, 2023 - dl.acm.org
We present DanBlue, a commodity Bluetooth backscatter system that can take multi-
frequency signals as excitations. Unlike all prior systems, DanBlue leverages ambient …
frequency signals as excitations. Unlike all prior systems, DanBlue leverages ambient …
Intermittently-powered bluetooth that works
We present an architecture for intermittently-powered wireless communication systems that
does not require any changes to the official protocol specification. Our core idea is to save …
does not require any changes to the official protocol specification. Our core idea is to save …