Low-power backscatter relay network

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Abstract

This paper proposes a full duplex relay scheme for ambient backscatter devices which require little or no power for operation. The ambient backscatter devices reflect radio signals from ambient sources such as TV tower, FM radio station, etc. Because of the backscattering of radio signals, such devices have small coverage range. To extend the network coverage of such devices, relaying is the most conventional way, which is previously used for extending the coverage range of radio networks such as LTE, WiFi and so on. In this paper, the backscatter devices assist other backscatter devices to relay the information to their destination nodes. Because of the full duplex characteristics at the relaying node, they can send their own information while receiving signals from the source node. We propose the relaying procedure for full duplex backscatter nodes and investigate the its performance in terms of throughput by performing simulations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 11th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication, IMCOM 2017
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
ISBN (Electronic)9781450348881
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Jan 2017
Event11th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication, IMCOM 2017 - Beppu, Japan
Duration: 5 Jan 20177 Jan 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 11th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication, IMCOM 2017

Conference

Conference11th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication, IMCOM 2017
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityBeppu
Period5/01/177/01/17

Keywords

  • Backscatter communications
  • Full-duplex
  • Relays

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