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Internet-of-Things (IoT) is rapidly growing in wireless technology, aiming to connect vast numbers of devices to gather and distribute vital information. Despite individual devices having low energy consumption, the cumulative demand…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-08 Shayan Zargari , Azar Hakimi , Fatemeh Rezaei , Chintha Tellambura , Amine Maaref

The 3GPP has recently conducted a study on the Ambient Internet of Things (AIoT), with a particular emphasis on examining backscatter communications as one of the primary techniques under consideration. Previous investigations into Ambient…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-22 Jingyi Liao , Kalle Ruttik , Riku Jantti , Phan-Huy Dinh-Thuy

To reduce transmit power, increase throughput, and improve communication range, radio systems---such as IoT sensor networks, Wi-Fi and cellular networks---benefit from the ability to direct their signals, to ensure that more of the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-05-14 Venkat Arun , Hari Balakrishnan

Wireless sensors in extreme environments such as underground, concrete wall, and the human body, can enable a large number of important applications. However, deploying wireless sensors in such environments on a large scale is a great…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-07-24 Hongzhi Guo , Zhi Sun

Backscatter communication, relying on the reflection principle, constitutes a promising-enabling technology for lowcost, large-scale, ubiquitous sensor networking. This work makes an overview of the state-of-the-art coherent and noncoherent…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-03-22 Panos N. Alevizos , Aggelos Bletsas

We study a novel communication mechanism, ambient backscatter, that utilizes radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted from an ambient source as both energy supply and information carrier to enable communications between low-power devices.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-12-26 Jing Qian , Feifei Gao , Gongpu Wang , Shi Jin , Hongbo Zhu

This work considers a system where a dual-function radar transmitter (source) performs direct communication with a reader while simultaneously enabling ambient backscatter communication from a tag. The source embeds its message into a coded…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-20 Yubo Zhang , Luca Venturino , Xiaodong Wang

Ambient backscatter communications have been identified for ultra-low energy wireless communications. Indeed, a tag can send a message to a reader without emitting any wave and without battery, simply by backscattering the waves generated…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-08-05 Jean-Marc Kelif , Dinh-Thuy Phan-Huy

This paper proposes to leverage intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) backscatter to realize radio-frequency-chain-free uplink-transmissions (RFCF-UT). In this communication paradigm, IRS works as an information carrier, whose elements are…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-22 Sai Xu , Yanan Du , Jiliang Zhang , Jiangzhou Wang , Jie Zhang

As a key enabling technology of the Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G communication networks, millimeter wave (mmWave) backscatter has undergone noteworthy advancements and brought significant improvement to prevailing sensing and…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-04-02 Yimiao Sun , Yuan He , Yang Zou , Jiaming Gu , Xiaolei Yang , Jia Zhang , Ziheng Mao

Radio Frequency Fingerprinting (RFF) techniques allow a receiver to authenticate a transmitter by analyzing the physical layer of the radio spectrum. Although the vast majority of scientific contributions focus on improving the performance…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-11-24 Gabriele Oligeri , Savio Sciancalepore

Recently, cellular Ambient Backscattering has been proposed for cellular networks. Up to now an Ambient backscatter device, called zero-energy device or tag, broadcasted its message by backscattering ambient downlink waves from the closest…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-04-11 Ahmed ElSanhoury , Islam Galal , Khaled AlKady , Aml ElKhodary , Dinh-Thuy Phan-Huy , Ayman M. Hassan

Physical isolation from external networks - an airgap - aims to minimize exposure to remote attacks. Yet capable adversaries still achieve code execution on air-gapped systems, and prior work has shown that they can then wirelessly…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Paul Staat , Daniel Davidovich , Christof Paar

In distributed target-tracking sensor networks, efficient data gathering methods are necessary to save communication resources and assure information accuracy. This paper proposes a Feedback (FB) distributed data-gathering method which lets…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-07 Hyeongmin Choe , SooJean Han

Multiple-antenna backscatter is emerging as a promising approach to offer high communication performance for the data-intensive applications of ambient backscatter communications (AmBC). Although much has been understood about…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-12-24 Zhiang Niu , Wei Wang , Tao Jiang

Due to the practical challenges in the deployment of existing half-duplex systems, the promise of ubiquitous backscatter connectivity has eluded us. To address this, we design the first long-range full-duplex LoRa backscatter reader. We…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-11-10 Mohamad Katanbaf , Anthony Weinand , Vamsi Talla

Ambient backscatter communication (AmBC) leverages the existing ambient radio frequency (RF) environment to implement communication with battery-free devices. One critical challenge of AmBC systems is signal recovery because the transmitted…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-19 Wenjing Liu , Shanpu Shen , Danny H. K. Tsang , Ranjan K. Mallik , Ross Murch

Backscatter Communication (BackCom) technology has emerged as a promising paradigm for the Green Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem, offering advantages such as low power consumption, cost-effectiveness, and ease of deployment. While…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-11-21 Shumaila Javaid , Hamza Fahim , Bin He , Nasir Saeed

In this work, we exploit the radar clutter (i.e., the ensemble of echoes generated by the terrain and/or the surrounding objects in response to the signal emitted by a radar transmitter) as a carrier signal to enable an ambient backscatter…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-07 Luca Venturino , Emanuele Grossi , Marco Lops , Jeremy Johnston , Xiaodong Wang

Ambient backscatter communication (AmBC) is becoming increasingly popular for enabling green communication amidst the continual development of the Internet-of-things paradigm. Efforts have been put into backscatter signal detection as the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-25 Xiyu Wang , Hüseyin Yiğitler , Riku Jäntti