TY - JOUR
T1 - RF-powered cognitive radio networks
T2 - Technical challenges and limitations
AU - Mohjazi, Lina
AU - Dianati, Mehrdad
AU - Karagiannidis, George K.
AU - Muhaidat, Sami
AU - Al-Qutayri, Mahmoud
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 1979-2012 IEEE.
PY - 2015/4/1
Y1 - 2015/4/1
N2 - The increasing demand for spectral- and energy-efficient communication networks has spurred great interest in energy harvesting cognitive radio networks. Such a revolutionary technology represents a paradigm shift in the development of wireless networks, as it can simultaneously enable the efficient use of the available spectrum and the exploitation of RF energy in order to reduce reliance on traditional energy sources. This is mainly triggered by the recent advancements in microelectronics that puts forward RF energy harvesting as a plausible technique in the near future. On the other hand, it has been suggested that the operation of a network relying on harvested energy needs to be redesigned to allow the network to reliably function in the long term. To this end, the aim of this survey article is to provide a comprehensive overview of recent development and the challenges regarding the operation of CRNs powered by RF energy. In addition, the potential open issues that might be considered for future research are also discussed in this article.
AB - The increasing demand for spectral- and energy-efficient communication networks has spurred great interest in energy harvesting cognitive radio networks. Such a revolutionary technology represents a paradigm shift in the development of wireless networks, as it can simultaneously enable the efficient use of the available spectrum and the exploitation of RF energy in order to reduce reliance on traditional energy sources. This is mainly triggered by the recent advancements in microelectronics that puts forward RF energy harvesting as a plausible technique in the near future. On the other hand, it has been suggested that the operation of a network relying on harvested energy needs to be redesigned to allow the network to reliably function in the long term. To this end, the aim of this survey article is to provide a comprehensive overview of recent development and the challenges regarding the operation of CRNs powered by RF energy. In addition, the potential open issues that might be considered for future research are also discussed in this article.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84927739937&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/MCOM.2015.7081081
DO - 10.1109/MCOM.2015.7081081
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84927739937
SN - 0163-6804
VL - 53
SP - 94
EP - 100
JO - IEEE Communications Magazine
JF - IEEE Communications Magazine
IS - 4
M1 - 7081081
ER -
