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Prototype implementation of wireless sensor network using TV broadcast RF energy harvesting

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Energy harvesting is a key technique that can be used to overcome the barriers that prevent the real world deployment of wireless sensor networks. We explored the use of airwaves of TV broadcasts as energy sources to power wireless sensor nodes. We measured the output of a rectenna continuously for 7 days. The experimental results showed that the daily and weekly cycles of TV broadcasts affected the harvested energy output. We developed a Radio Frequency (RF) energy harvesting wireless sensor network prototype to show the effectiveness of RF energy harvesting for the usage of a wireless sensor network. We also proposed a duty cycle determination method for our system, and verified this by implementation.

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      UbiComp '10 Adjunct: Proceedings of the 12th ACM international conference adjunct papers on Ubiquitous computing - Adjunct
      September 2010
      203 pages
      ISBN:9781450302838
      DOI:10.1145/1864431

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      1. RF energy harvesting
      2. rectenna
      3. scheduling
      4. wireless sensor networks

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      Ubicomp '10: The 2010 ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing
      September 26 - 29, 2010
      Copenhagen, Denmark

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