Wireless Communication Networks with Energy Cooperation

ABSTRACT

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Our research project aims to extend the lifetime and improve the quality of data of wireless networks by harvesting the electromagnetic energy in the communication channel. This project can help develop ways of improving the sustainability of wireless networks and particularly those involving Internet of Things(IOT) devices. Multiple approaches on how to achieve these goals will be investigated. In particular, evolutionary search techniques will be utilized to optimize the network nodes transmit power and time based on realistic hardware capabilities, while taking into account that new protocols addressing both communication and energy needs have to be designed and implemented. Accomplishing this research project involves utilizing and in some cases gaining a basic knowledge of network information theory, electromagnetic theory and wave propagation, wireless communication theory, optimization algorithms, and wireless device technologies to develop computer programs and algorithms in Matlab for analysis of the proposed networks.

VISUAL PRESENTATION

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AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

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Jacob Mitchem is a Senior majoring in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Computer Science. He has been performing research through the Electrical Engineering department, focusing on wireless energy harvesting to improve network lifetimes. He would like to continue performing research on wireless energy harvesting, specifically focusing on ways to improve it’s feasibility for powering devices.

Sponsored by Phillips 66