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Existing information theoretic work in decentralized detection is largely focused on parallel configuration of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), where an individual hard or soft decision is computed at each sensor node and then transmitted…
The problem of communication among nodes in an \emph{extended network} is considered, where radio power decay and interference are limiting factors. It has been shown previously that, with simple multi-hopping, the achievable total…
Multi cast communication is a key technology for wireless mesh networks. Multicast provides efficient data distribution among a group of nodes, Generally sensor networks and MANETs uses multicast algorithms which are designed to be energy…
In this work, we consider an energy harvesting device (EHD) served by an access point with a single antenna that is used for both wireless power transfer (WPT) and data transfer. The objective is to maximize the expected throughput of the…
Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) has recently been emerged as an effective way for improving the performance of wireless networks by reconfiguring the propagation environment through a large number of passive reflecting elements. This…
This paper considers max-min fairness for wireless energy transfer in a downlink multiuser communication system. Our resource allocation design maximizes the minimum harvested energy among multiple multiple-antenna energy harvesting…
Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSELs) have gained popularity in Optical Wireless Communication (OWC) due to their high modulation bandwidth, narrow spectral width, and directional beam, offering improved spectral efficiency and…
We consider distributed estimation of a random source in a hierarchical power constrained wireless sensor network. Sensors within each cluster send their measurements to a cluster head (CH). CHs optimally fuse the received signals and…
In order to meet the growing mobile data demand, future wireless networks will be equipped with a multitude of access points (APs). Besides the important implications for the energy consumption, the trend towards densification requires the…
In this paper, we analyze the performance of a time-slotted multi-antenna wireless powered communication (WPC) system, where a wireless device first harvests radio frequency (RF) energy from a power station (PS) in the downlink to…
Ambient backscatter (AB) communication is an emerging wireless communication technology that enables wireless devices (WDs) to communicate without requiring active radio transmission. In an AB communication system, a WD switches between…
In designing wireless sensor networks, it is important to reduce energy dissipation and prolong network lifetime. In this paper, a new model with energy and monitored objects heterogeneity is proposed for heterogeneous wireless sensor…
Wireless power transfer (WPT) is a promising technology that provides the network a way to replenish the batteries of the remote devices by utilizing RF transmissions. We study a class of harvest-first-transmit-later type of WPT policy,…
Leveraging massive numbers of sensors in user equipment as well as opportunistic human mobility, mobile crowd sensing (MCS) has emerged as a powerful paradigm, where prolonging battery life of constrained devices and motivating human…
This paper investigates an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)-based wireless powered communication system, where one user harvests energy from an energy access point (EAP) to power its information transmission to a data…
This invited paper presents some novel ideas on how to enhance the performance of consensus algorithms in distributed wireless sensor networks, when communication costs are considered. Of particular interest are consensus algorithms that…
Cooperation between the nodes of wireless multihop networks can increase communication reliability, reduce energy consumption, and decrease latency. The possible improvements are even greater when nodes perform mutual information…
Energy-efficient communication is an important issue in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) consisting of large number of energy-constrained sensor nodes. Indeed, sensor nodes have different energy budgets assigned to data transmission at…
A Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is made up of a large number of nodes that are spread randomly or on a regular basis to detect the surrounding environment and transfer data to a base station (BS) over the Internet to the user. It is widely…
Network lifetime and energy consumption of data transmission have been primary Quality of Service (QoS) obligations in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). The environment of a WSN is often organized into clusters to mitigate the management…