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Real-time implementation of distributed beamforming for simultaneous wireless information and power transfer in interference channels

  • Hong, Yong-Gi (Department of Electronic Engineering, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Hwang, SeongJun (Department of Electronic Engineering, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Seo, Jiho (Department of Electronic Engineering, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Lee, Jonghyeok (Department of Electronic Engineering, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Park, Jaehyun (Department of Electronic Engineering, Pukyong National University)
  • Received : 2020.02.13
  • Accepted : 2020.07.30
  • Published : 2021.06.01
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Abstract

In this paper, we propose one-bit feedback-based distributed beamforming (DBF) techniques for simultaneous wireless information and power transfer in interference channels where the information transfer and power transfer networks coexist in the same frequency spectrum band. In a power transfer network, multiple distributed energy transmission nodes transmit their energy signals to a single energy receiving node capable of harvesting wireless radio frequency energy. Here, by considering the Internet-of-Things sensor network, the energy harvesting/information decoding receivers (ERx/IRx) can report their status (which may include the received signal strength, interference, and channel state information) through one-bit feedback channels. To maximize the amount of energy transferred to the ERx and simultaneously minimize the interference to the IRx, we developed a DBF technique based on one-bit feedback from the ERx/IRx without sharing the information among distributed transmit nodes. Finally, the proposed DBF algorithm in the interference channel is verified through the simulations and also implemented in real time by using GNU radio and universal software radio peripheral.

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Acknowledgement

This work is supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Education (2018R1D1A1B07043786).

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