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This letter studies a radio-frequency (RF) multi-user wireless power transfer (WPT) system, where an energy transmitter (ET) with a large number of antennas delivers energy wirelessly to multiple distributed energy receivers (ERs). We…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-06-26 Seunghyun Lee , Yong Zeng , Rui Zhang

In wireless sensor networks (WSNs), utilizing the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as a mobile data collector for the ground sensor nodes (SNs) is an energy-efficient technique to prolong the network lifetime. Specifically, since the UAV can…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-08-02 Cheng Zhan , Yong Zeng , Rui Zhang

This paper focuses on wireless energy transfer (WET) to a pair of low complex energy receivers (ER), by only utilizing received signal strength indicator (RSSI) values that are fed back from the ERs to the energy transmitter (ET). Selecting…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-03-13 Chanaka Singhabahu , Tharaka Samarasinghe , Samith Abeywickrama , Chau Yuen

Development of compact wireless power transfer (WPT) systems for charging miniature randomly oriented electronic devices is quite a challenge. Traditionally, WPT systems based on resonant magnetic coupling utilize face-to-face aligned…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-07-31 Andrey Korzin , Esmaeel Zanganeh , Polina Kapitanova

Extraction of electromagnetic energy by an antenna from impinging external radiation is at the basis of wireless communications and power transfer (WPT). The maximum of transferred energy is ensured when the antenna is conjugately matched,…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-04-11 Alex Krasnok , Denis G. Baranov , Andrey Generalov , Sergey Li , Andrea Alu

This paper studies energy-efficient unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled wireless communications, where the UAV acts as a flying base station (BS) to serve the ground users (GUs) within some predetermined latency constraints, e.g.,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-06-17 Dinh-Hieu Tran , Thang X. Vu , Symeon Chatzinotas , Shahram ShahbazPanahi , Björn Ottersten

This paper studies a cognitive or secondary multi-antenna wireless power transfer (WPT) system over a multi-carrier channel, which shares the same spectrum with a primary wireless information transfer (WIT) system that employs adaptive…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-03-22 Tianxin Feng , Ganggang Ma , Jie Xu

Due to the wide application of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as relays to establish Disaster Response Networks (DRNs), an effective model of energy harvesting (EH) and energy consumption for the UAV-aided Disaster Response Network (DRN)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-20 Hossein Mohammadi Firouzjaei , Javad Zeraatkar Moghaddam , Mehrdad Ardebilipour

In this paper, we consider a scenario where an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) collects data from a set of sensors on a straight line. The UAV can either cruise or hover while communicating with the sensors. The objective is to minimize the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-07 Jie Gong , Tsung-Hui Chang , Chao Shen , Xiang Chen

In this paper, the problem of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) deployment, power allocation, and bandwidth allocation is investigated for a UAV-assisted wireless system operating at terahertz (THz) frequencies. In the studied model, one UAV…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-16 Luyao Xu , Ming Chen , Mingzhe Chen , Zhaohui Yang , Christina Chaccour , Walid Saad , Choong Seon Hong

Far-field wireless power transfer (WPT) is a promising technique to resolve the painstaking power-charging problem inherent in various wireless terminals. This paper investigates the power transfer efficiency of the WPT segment in future…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-04-14 Minghua Xia , Sonia Aïssa

Despite the increasing popularity of commercial usage of UAVs or drone-delivered services, their dependence on the limited-capacity on-board batteries hinders their flight-time and mission continuity. As such, developing in-situ power…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-10-27 Sayed Amir Hoseini , Jahan Hassan , Ayub Bokani , Salil S. Kanhere

This paper addresses the challenge of energy-constrained maritime monitoring networks by proposing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled integrated sensing, communication, powering and backhaul transmission scheme with a tailored…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-02 Bohan Li , Jiahao Liu , Yujun Liang , Qian Li , Haochen Liu , Yaoyuan Zhang , Junsheng Mu , Shahid Mumtaz , Sheng Chen

The high mobility and flexible deployment capability of UAVs make them an impressive option for charging nodes in Wireless Rechargeable Sensor Networks (WRSNs) using Directional Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) technology. However, existing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Zhenguo Gao , Hui Li , Yiqin Chen , Qingyu Gao , Zhufang Kuang , Shih-Hau Fang , Hsiao-Chun Wu

Wireless-powered underground communication networks (WPUCNs), which allow underground devices (UDs) to harvest energy from wireless signals for battery-free communication, offer a promising solution for sustainable underground monitoring.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-07-22 Kaiqiang Lin , Yijie Mao , Onel Luis Alcaraz López , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

With the maturity of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology, this work investigates the integration of UAV into wireless communication systems. Since the UAV is powered by a capacity-limited battery, this work proposes to use the radio…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-05-01 Yanjie Dong , Julian Cheng , Md. Jahangir Hossain , Victor C. M. Leung

This paper investigates a new spectrum sharing scenario between unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and terrestrial wireless communication systems. We consider that a cognitive/secondary UAV transmitter communicates with a ground secondary…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-02-15 Yuwei Huang , Jie Xu , Ling Qiu , Rui Zhang

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or drones have witnessed a spectacular surge in applications for military, commercial, and civilian purposes. However, their potential for flight is always limited by the finite power budget of their onboard…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-18 Harsh Abhinandan , Aditya Dhanraj , Aryan Katoch , R. Raja Singh

Wireless communication with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is a promising technology for future communication systems. In this paper, we study energy-efficient UAV communication with a ground terminal via optimizing the UAV's trajectory, a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-08-08 Yong Zeng , Rui Zhang

Recently, movable antenna (MA) array becomes a promising technology for improving the communication quality in wireless communication systems. In this letter, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) enabled multi-user multi-input-single-output…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-24 Wenchao Liu , Xuhui Zhang , Huijun Xing , Jinke Ren , Yanyan Shen , Shuguang Cui