Sungkyunkwan University

Jong Ho Moon

Jong Jin Park

Dong In Kim

Kang Yoon Lee

Keum Cheol Hwang

A method of energy harvester reconfiguration for a simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) receiver including receiving an input power from an RF signal, determining whether a Nblock-th energy block is activated based on a condition for operating the Nblock-th energy block having a maximum valid input power, among Nblock energy blocks each having a predetermined valid input power, in response to the Nblock-th energy block being determined activated, determining a number of energy harvesting circuits that are activated, among a plurality of energy harvesting circuits included in the Nblock-th energy block, based on power conversion efficiency, and reconfiguring power input in the Nblock-th energy block and the plurality of energy harvesting circuits included in the Nblock-th energy block, based on the determination and result of determination.

Reconfigurable heterogeneous energy harvester for SWIPT receiver and method of energy harvester reconfiguration

A method of performing adaptive mode switching in a transmitter of a dual mode simultaneous wireless information and power transmission (SWIPT) system, incudes receiving received power of a receiver in a channel; comparing the received power with a predetermined threshold value; selecting one of a single tone mode or a multi-tone mode as a single/multi-tone mode based on the comparison result; selecting a modulation index based on the selected single/multi-tone mode and the received power; and transmitting the selected single/multi-tone mode, the selected modulation index, and a duty cycle to the receiver. The duty cycle is determined based on at least one of power consumed for decoding a single tone signal, power consumed for decoding a multi-tone signal, and power harvested during the channel by the receiver.

Receiver control apparatus and method for simultaneous wireless information and power transmission operating in dual mode

A receiver that receives a simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) signal is provided. The receiver comprises an antenna configured to receive a SWIPT signal including a power signal and an information signal; an energy harvester configured to receive the SWIPT signal from the antenna when a communication mode is an energy harvesting (EH) mode; and an information decoder configured to receive the SWIPT signal from the antenna when the communication mode is an information decoding (ID) mode.

SWIPT signal receiver and SWIPT signal receiving method

The present disclosure relates to an adaptive mode switching method for simultaneous wireless power/information transmission operating in a dual mode and an apparatus for performing the same. The adaptive mode switching apparatus for simultaneous wireless power/information transmission operating in a dual mode includes: an energy harvesting unit; a single tone information receiving unit; a multi-tone information receiving unit; a time-division switch; and an adaptive mode switching control unit which determines a communication mode and a modulation index based on a battery status, the magnitude of the received signal, and a data transmission rate and controls the time-division switch in accordance with the selected communication mode and modulation index. It is possible to overcome a limited energy transmission area of simultaneous wireless power/information transmission (SWIPT) using a single tone in a low power IoT environment and a low transmission rate of a peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR)-based SWIPT using a multi-tone.

Adaptive mode switching method for simultaneous wireless power/information transmission operating in dual mode and apparatus for performing the same

A simultaneous wireless information and power transmission method includes: transmitting an energy transfer signal comprising a peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) corresponding to information to be transmitted at a first side; measuring the PAPR by receiving the energy transfer signal at a second side; and recovering the information from the measured PAPR at the second side.

Simultaneous wireless information and power transmission method, and transmission apparatus and reception apparatus using the same

A method using energy harvesting including receiving, by a relay node, first information signals transmitted from a source node and second information signals transmitted from a destination node, harvesting, by the relay node, energy using energy signals transmitted from the source node while bi-directionally relaying the first information signals and the second information signals; receiving, by the source node, information signals transmitted by the relay node; and receiving, by the destination node, the information signals relayed by the relay node. The source node, the relay node, and the destination node are devices for performing communication in a full-duplex mode.

Full-duplex relay communication method using energy harvesting, full-duplex relay communication system based on energy-harvesting, relay node device, and source node device

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Busan, South Korea

Jong Ho Moon