Internet of Things (IoT) is becoming a driving paradigm for the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) evolution. This paradigm is not a revolution, yet is a way to look at, use and evolve existing technologies and apply them to new solutions. Among these technologies, Wireless Power Transmission (WPT) and related ones can be certainly considered enabling for IoT. WPT in fact, on the one hand is the core of Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) systems, that represents likely the most promising physical layer communication platform for IoT; on the other hand WPT itself can be a means to power supply ???things??? and make them independent from grid connection and batteries, especially when massive localized concentration of granular devices can be envisaged, such as, for instance, in the case of ???smart surface??? implementation, ???smart gravel??? and so on. Example applications will be showed in this contribution in a comprehensive and holistic way, emphasizing the consistency of the developed technological solutions and architectures with short term and long term constraints and requirements for electronic apparatuses conceived for smart objects. Namely: data acquisition, wireless connectivity (short term), energy autonomy and object compatibility (long term).
WPT Related Applications Enabling Internet of Things Evolution
ROSELLI, Luca;MARIOTTI, CHIARA;VIRILI, MARCO;ALIMENTI, Federico;ORECCHINI, GIULIA;PALAZZI, VALENTINA;MEZZANOTTE, Paolo;
2016
Abstract
Internet of Things (IoT) is becoming a driving paradigm for the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) evolution. This paradigm is not a revolution, yet is a way to look at, use and evolve existing technologies and apply them to new solutions. Among these technologies, Wireless Power Transmission (WPT) and related ones can be certainly considered enabling for IoT. WPT in fact, on the one hand is the core of Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) systems, that represents likely the most promising physical layer communication platform for IoT; on the other hand WPT itself can be a means to power supply ???things??? and make them independent from grid connection and batteries, especially when massive localized concentration of granular devices can be envisaged, such as, for instance, in the case of ???smart surface??? implementation, ???smart gravel??? and so on. Example applications will be showed in this contribution in a comprehensive and holistic way, emphasizing the consistency of the developed technological solutions and architectures with short term and long term constraints and requirements for electronic apparatuses conceived for smart objects. Namely: data acquisition, wireless connectivity (short term), energy autonomy and object compatibility (long term).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
