[Tccc] IEEE PIMRC 2013 - SPECIAL SESSION on Energy Harve...

Teo Wan Ting wanting_teoatsutd.edu.sg
Mon Apr 29 20:46:49 EDT 2013



 IEEE PIMRC 2013 - SPECIAL SESSION on Energy Harvesting Communications

Paper submission deadline: 7 May 2013  

EDAS Submission link: http://www.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=14835&track=32947


Over the last decade, interest in energy harvesting has increased because of 
its environmental friendliness and its ability to power devices without power 
supply and electric wires; extend the life of batteries (or eliminate them 
entirely); reduce the maintenance cost; and most importantly eliminate the need 
to replace batteries in impossible-to-reach sensors such as within the body or 
walls. Energy harvesting becomes a promising technology that enables smart 
cities, wide-area rural communications, or next generation machine-to-machine 
communications.

This special session will focus on issues related to energy harvesting 
communications. In particular for wireless sensor networks, because of its 
ultra-low-power operation, such small, wireless, autonomous sensors can be 
powered by harvesting ambient power which is scavenged in milliwatts or even 
microwatts. If these wireless sensors, which spread throughout a home or 
factories, in-buildings or even outdoor to monitor all kind of environmental 
conditions, are powered by energy harvesting, there are no batteries to replace 
and no labor costs associated with replacing them, in other words, 
self-sustainable. However, the design of communication systems has to take into 
account the fluctuating availability of energy source.

In a cellular network, energy harvesting can be used to provide power in many 
elements of a telecom network, saving considerable costs in electricity supply 
and providing low maintenance monitoring. Powering mobile phone base stations 
with wind or solar power allows telecom networks to expand beyond the limits of 
the power grid. The possibility of re-distribution of the renewable energy in 
smart grids allows further efficient utilization, but leads to many challenges 
as well.

Another important focus of this workshop is on RF energy harvesting. RF energy 
is currently broadcasted from billions of radio transmitters around the world, 
including mobile telephones, handheld radios, mobile base stations, and 
television/ radio broadcast stations. The ability to harvest RF energy, from 
ambient or dedicated sources, enables wireless charging of low-power devices 
and has significant benefits to product design, usability, and reliability. 
Fundamental practical issues on realizing this ability leads to many 
interesting research problems.

The special session solicits original technical papers that were not previously 
published and are not currently under review for publication elsewhere. The 
papers should address the challenges of energy harvesting communications. 
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
Energy-harvesting base-station / relay / access point;
Energy-harvesting and energy-efficient machine-to-machine (M2) communications;
Low-power and energy-harvesting wireless sensor network;
Light (solar), thermal, vibration, RF, motion, wind energy harvesting;
Wireless charging;
Energy harvesting, storage, and recycling;
Energy harvesting applications.

Organisers:
Chau Yuen, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
Woon Hau Chin, Toshiba Research Europe, UK
Lei Shu, Guangdong University of Petrochemical University, China
Chin Keong Ho, Institute for Infocomm Research. Singapore
Maged Elkashlan, Queen Mary University of London, UK


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