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A distance bounding system guarantees an upper bound on the physical distance between a verifier and a prover. However, in contrast to a conventional wireless communication system, distance bounding systems introduce tight requirements on…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2014-04-21 Aanjhan Ranganathan , Boris Danev , Srdjan Capkun

In next-generation wireless systems, providing location-based mobile computing services for energy-neutral devices has become a crucial objective for the provision of sustainable Internet of Things (IoT). Visible light positioning (VLP) has…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-03 Boxuan Xie , Lauri Mela , Alexis A. Dowhuszko , Yu Bai , Zehui Xiong , Zhu Han , Dusit Niyato , Riku Jäntti

Backscatter communication is a burgeoning low-power communication technology that has been introduced into the Internet of Things (IoT) due to its excellent self-sustainability. However, conventional backscatter communication (BackCom)…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-05-18 Weilin Chen

Backscatter communication (BC) is a promising technique for future Internet-of-Things (IoT) owing to its low complexity, low cost, and potential for energy-efficient operation in sensor networks. There are several network infrastructure…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-13 Ahmet Kaplan , Joao Vieira , Erik G. Larsson

We study a backscatter communication protocol over a AWGN channel, where a transmitter illuminates a tag with a directional multi-antenna. The tag performs load modulation on the signal while hiding its physical presence from a warden. We…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-09 Roberto Di Candia , Saneea Malik , Huseyin Yiğitler , Riku Jäntti

In the last decade, the advancement of the Internet of Things (IoT) has caused unlicensed radio spectrum, especially the 2.4 GHz ISM band, to be immensely crowded with smart wireless devices that are used in a wide range of application…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-07-07 Indika S. A. Dhanapala , Ramona Marfievici , Dirk Pesch

Modern edge devices increasingly rely on neural networks for intelligent applications. However, conventional digital computing-based edge inference requires substantial memory and energy consumption. In analog radio frequency (RF)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-15 Wentao Yu , Vincent W. S. Wong

This paper provides a comprehensive analysis and theoretical foundation for next-generation backscatter networks that move beyond communication and integrate RF location sensing capabilities. An end-to-end system model for wideband OFDM…

LiFi is a networked wireless communication technology transforming solid-state indoor lighting into a backbone for information. The technology has reached maturity, with the first LiFi LED luminaire commercialized in 2016. Real life…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-02-07 Christophe Jurczak

Visible light communication (VLC) backscatter has been proposed as a wireless access option for Internet of Things (IoT). However, the throughput of the state-of-the-art VLC backscatter is limited by simple single-carrier pulsed modulation…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-04-05 Sihua Shao , Abdallah Khreishah , Hany Elgala

This paper presents Whisper, a fast and reliable protocol to flood small amounts of data into a multi-hop network. Whisper makes use of synchronous transmissions, a technique first introduced by the Glossy flooding protocol. In contrast to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-05-28 Martina Brachmann , Olaf Landsiedel , Diana Göhringer , Silvia Santini

The convergence of sensing and communication functionalities is poised to become a pivotal feature of the sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks. This vision represents a paradigm shift in wireless network design, moving beyond mere…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-11-01 Tianxiang Li , Haofan Lu , Omid Abari

Wireless charging is a technique of transmitting power through an air gap to an electrical device for the purpose of energy replenishment. Recently, the wireless charging technology has been significantly advanced in terms of efficiency and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-12-10 Xiao Lu , Dusit Niyato , Ping Wang , Dong In Kim , Zhu Han

As a key low-power communication technique, backscatter communication has received significant attention since the rising of the Internet of Things (IoT). We revisit the state-of-the-art backscatter system, RBLE [1]. It solves several key…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-02 Bohan Lou

Due to its ubiquitous and contact-free nature, the use of WiFi infrastructure for performing sensing tasks has tremendous potential. However, the channel state information (CSI) measured by a WiFi receiver suffers from errors in both its…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-22 Vishnu V. Ratnam , Hao Chen , Hao Hsuan Chang , Abhishek Sehgal , Jianzhong , Zhang

Wireless sensor network comprises of small sensor nodes with limited resources. Clustered networks have been proposed in many researches to reduce the power consumption in sensor networks. LEACH is one of the most interested techniques that…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2013-10-15 Mohammad Reza Rohbanian , Mohammad Rafi Kharazmi , Alireza Keshavarz-Haddad , Manije Keshtgary

LoRa backscatter (LB) communication systems can be considered as a potential candidate for ultra low power wide area networks (LPWAN) because of their low cost and low power consumption. In this paper, we comprehensively analyze LB…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-21 Ganghui Lin , Ahmed Elzanaty , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS) utilizes low-cost, passive reflecting elements to enhance the passive beam gain, improve Wireless Energy Transfer (WET) efficiency, and enable its deployment for numerous Internet of Things (IoT)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-16 Cheng Luo , Jie Hu , Luping Xiang , Kun Yang , Kai-Kit Wong

The rapid growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) devices in the sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks raises significant generality and scalability challenges due to energy consumption, deployment complexity, and environmental impact.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-06 Boxuan Xie , Yifan Zhang , Kalle Koskinen , Alexis A. Dowhuszko , Jiacheng Wang , Ruichen Zhang , Zehui Xiong , Dusit Niyato , Zhu Han , Riku Jäntti

Novel backscatter communication techniques enable battery-free sensor tags to interoperate with unmodified standard IoT devices, extending a sensor network's capabilities in a scalable manner. Without requiring additional dedicated…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-04-06 Daniel F. Perez-Ramirez , Carlos Pérez-Penichet , Nicolas Tsiftes , Thiemo Voigt , Dejan Kostic , Magnus Boman