Energy harvesting for self-sustainable OFDMA communications

Marco Maso, Subhash Lakshminarayana, Tony Q.S. Quek, H. Vincent Poor

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Abstract

In this work a wireless power transfer (WPT) scheme for orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) systems is proposed, with the objective of prolonging the battery life of the receiver. A novel receiver that capitalizes on the presence of a redundant portion of the OFDMA signal, i.e, the cyclic prefix (CP), to harvest energy that can be used to reduce the power consumption of the OFDMA digital signal processing at the receiver, is described. The concept of self-sustainability, a condition achieved when the amount of harvested energy from the received signal is sufficient to perform the digital signal processing at the receiver, is introduced. A parametric model to study the feasibility of several levels of self-sustainability, is provided and an analytical condition to ensure their achievability is derived. Numerical findings show that, under certain reasonable conditions, the full self-sustainability can be achieved for CP sizes compliant with the existing telecommunication standards.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2014 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2014
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages3168-3173
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781479935116
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 9 2014
Event2014 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2014 - Austin, United States
Duration: Dec 8 2014Dec 12 2014

Publication series

Name2014 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2014

Other

Other2014 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAustin
Period12/8/1412/12/14

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Communication

Keywords

  • Energy harvesting
  • OFDMA
  • self-sustainability
  • wireless power transfer

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