Deep Dive into Wireless Energy Transfer Technologies for IoT Networks

Wireless Energy Transfer: Towards Sustainable Zero-Energy IoT Networks offers a comprehensive discussion by distinguished researchers Onel L. A. López and Hirley Alves on massive wireless energy transfer and zero-energy, low-cost Internet of Things networks. Moving beyond basic theory, the authors provide an in-depth analysis of scenarios and requirements for wireless energy transfer.

The book details novel powering schemes recently proposed to meet the challenging requirements of the future Internet of Things, along with a thorough review of sustainable IoT wireless networks.

Wireless Energy Transfer explains why new energy-efficient solutions are essential to handle the vast number of devices forecasted for the near future. It explores the challenges faced by technologists and users, as well as proposed solutions and future research directions.

The authors also discuss:

• Thorough introductions to wireless energy transfer, including energy harvesting sources, radio frequency energy harvesting circuits, efficiency models, and architectures for wireless energy transfer powered IoT networks
• Comprehensive explorations of ambient radio frequency energy harvesting, including measurement campaigns, energy harvesting hardware prototypes, and performance analysis based on stochastic geometry
• Practical discussions of efficient schemes for massive wireless energy transfer, including energy beamforming, multi-antenna techniques, and distributed antenna systems

Perfect for students and researchers in signal processing, communications, networking, and information theory, Wireless Energy Transfer: Towards Sustainable Zero-Energy IoT Networks will also find a place in the libraries of students and practitioners in communication hardware and transceiver design.