Enabling Far-Field Power Transfer and RF Energy Harvesting in Future Wireless Communication Networks

随着无线信息通信技术在当今社会众多领域的迅速扩展和渗透，以及对具有环保无线设备的更节能的无线网络的迫切需求，远场无线电力传输和射频能量收集这两项革命性技术的同时出现，将不可避免地看到新的无线范式的兴起。这些技术为有效利用能源以满足日益增长的需求提供了有前途的解决方案，并为下一代无线通信网络的发展开辟了新的前景。这一趋势带来了重大挑战，从定义这些技术的基本限制到开发确保有效部署和操作的网络管理和资源共享协议。在此背景下，本研究计划的主要目标是推进无线电力传输和收集技术的最先进能力的基础贡献，并为未来无线通信网络的开发和最终部署提供基本功能，并实现自动无线充电。为此，将开发大规模远场无线电力传输和射频能量收集的骨干技术、新的设计策略、网络协议和资源管理技术。利用这些无线充电技术之间的互补性，我们的解决方案将建立在灵活的架构之上，提供最有用的控制能力和适应性，并展示对环境的感知和对变化和需求的自动反应能力。我们的研究项目将研究和教育发展紧密结合，并将以独特和自然的方式整合通信理论，网络和无线能量传输/收集。我们将介绍一种定量的、系统的、基本的无线供电网络通信方法。该研究项目的成果有望为在无线动力通信网络的转型新兴范例中建立基础设计策略的最新研究做出重大贡献。因此，预计将产生重大的技术和工业影响。将要开发的新技术不仅将导致高技术转让，而且还将有助于开发加拿大经济电信部门的创新技术，以加强加拿大无线通信基础设施的质量和能力。该研究项目还将为研究生提供前沿培训

Driven by the rapid expansion and penetration of the wireless information and communication technology in numerous domains of today's society, and the urgent need for more energy-efficient wireless networks with environmentally friendly wireless devices, the concurrent emergence of two revolutionary technologies, far-field wireless power transfer and RF energy harvesting, will inevitably see the rise of a new wireless paradigm. These technologies offer promising solutions for utilizing the energy resources in an efficient way to satisfy the increasing demands, and open new perspectives for the development of the future-generation of wirelessly powered communication networks. This trend poses significant challenges, which range from defining the fundamental limits of these technologies to developing network management and resource sharing protocols that ensure efficient deployment and operation. In this context, the main goal of the research program proposed in this grant application is to advance fundamental contributions to advance the state-of-the-art capability of wireless power transfer and harvesting technologies, and enable essential functionalities for the development and ultimate deployment of future wireless communication networks with automatic wireless power recharging. To that end, backbone techniques for large-scale far-field wireless power transfer and RF energy harvesting, new design strategies, network protocols and resource management techniques will be developed. Leveraging the complementarity between these wireless power recharging technologies, our solutions will be built upon agile architectures that provide the most useful control capabilities and adaptation, and demonstrating an awareness of the environment and an ability to automatically react to changes and requirements. Our research program couples research and educational development closely, and will integrate communication theory, networking and wireless power transfer/harvesting in a unique and natural fashion. We will introduce a quantitative, systematic and fundamental approach to wirelessly powered networked communications. The outcome of this research program is expected to contribute substantially to the state-of-the-art research towards establishing foundational design policies in this transformational emerging paradigm of wirelessly powered communication networks. As such, significant technical and industrial impacts are expected. The new technologies to be developed will not only result in high-technology transfer, but will also contribute to the development of innovative technologies in the telecommunications sector of the Canadian economy to strengthen the quality and capacity of Canada's wireless communication infrastructure. The research program will also provide leading-edge training for graduate students.**