Systems and techniques are provided for wireless communication. For example, an energy harvesting (EH)-capable device for wireless communication can provide, to a network entity, EH information corresponding to one or more EH characteristics of the EH-capable device. The EH-capable device can…
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to attachment of an energy harvesting device to a terminal device. The terminal device receives, from a network device, an information message for attachment of at least one energy harvesting device to the terminal device. In turn, the terminal device…
A multi-band ambient energy harvesting apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus may comprise: at least one antenna that is electrically tuned to multiple frequency bands; and a rectifier electrically coupled to the at least one antenna, where the rectifier is electrically tuned to the multiple…
A system for collecting energy, comprising a stationary component disposed in an electric field and coupled to a capacitor, a dynamic component disposed adjacent to the stationary component in the electric field, the dynamic component including a load resistor and a device for creating a…
Methods are provided which involve obtaining energy related parameters of Internet of Things (IoT) devices including an indication of whether a power sourcing mode and/or a power consuming mode are enabled on the IoT devices. The methods further involve detecting network devices of at least two…
A secure apparatus and method for harvesting, validating, storing, and conditionally releasing physical resources are disclosed. The apparatus includes an environmental harvesting assembly configured to physically collect energy or other resources from multiple environmental domains, a conversion…
Certain aspects of the present disclosure are directed towards an apparatus for energy harvesting. The apparatus generally includes: an energy harvesting circuit; a reconfigurable capacitor circuit coupled to an output of the energy harvesting circuit; a voltage converter having an input coupled to…
A system and method are disclosed for AI-orchestrated multi-source renewable energy harvesting and decentralized trading. A plurality of energy harvesting nodes convert renewable resources, including solar irradiance, wind, hydrodynamic flow, salinity gradients, geothermal heat, and waste-heat…
A system can facilitate broadband cellular communications with user equipment via a group of antennas of the system, wherein the group of antennas comprises multiple-input multiple-output antennas. The system can determine channel state information of user equipment for which broadband cellular…
A multi-band ambient energy harvesting apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus may comprise: at least one antenna that is electrically tuned to multiple frequency bands; and a rectifier electrically coupled to the at least one antenna, where the rectifier is electrically tuned to the multiple…
Disclosed is a method comprising an apparatus instructing a set of ambient radiation powered devices to suspend transmissions other than harvested energy reporting during a training period. Upon at least a predefined number of the ambient radiation powered devices in the set agreeing to transmit…
The technology described herein is directed towards a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) that harvests RF energy from incoming signals. In one implementation, there are two types of RIS elements (unit cells), one type engineered to capture and wirelessly harvest energy from incoming…
Provided is a vibration-driven energy harvesting device that can enhance the power generation efficiency of the vibration-driven energy harvesting device even in a case where vibration is changed. The vibration-driven energy harvesting device includes: a vibration-driven energy harvesting element…
An apparatus is disclosed for multi-capacitor energy harvesting. In example aspects, the apparatus includes energy storage including a first capacitor and a second capacitor. The apparatus also includes an energy harvester including at least one rectifier and one or more switches. The switches can…
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of energy harvesting information supported User Equipment (UE) scheduling. The method includes reporting, to a network device in the radio network, energy harvesting capability of the…
A radio frequency to direct current (RF-DC) converter for energy harvesting includes a first cross-coupled circuit and a second cross-coupled circuit. The first cross-coupled circuit includes a pair of NMOS transistors and a pair of PMOS transistors. The second cross-coupled circuit is connected to…
According to a first aspect of the present disclosed subject matter, a configurable harvester energized by radio-frequency (RF) inputs and stores direct current (DC) in an accumulator, the harvester comprises: a plurality of gangs each comprising at least one rectifier powered by RF input; and at…
Systems, devices, and methods for wirelessly transmitting power are provided. Devices in accordance with embodiments of the present invention include a transmitter layer, a sensor layer disposed on the transmitter layer, and a cover disposed on the sensor layer. With the systems, devices, and…
A technique for incorporating energy harvesting into a wireless network (e.g., an IoT network) of communications devices (e.g., IoT nodes) enables the nodes to harvest energy from neighboring nodes within the wireless network. The technique configures each node to identify its own energy…
Disclosed herein is a system for facilitating harnessing terahertz electromagnetic waves for photovoltaically generating electrical energy. Accordingly, the system may include an electromagnetic wave generator configured for generating first electromagnetic waves having first wave energy. Further…
Disclosed are systems and techniques for wireless communications. For example, a first network device can transmit, to second network device(s), a first information signal including information indicating a frequency for a backscattered signal. The first network device can transmit, to a third…
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of operating an internet-of-things (IoT) device. An internet-of-things device with an energy storage is provided. An energy harvesting signal is transmitted over-the-air. The energy harvesting signal provides energy to be stored in the energy…
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method of operating an internet-of-things (IoT) device. An internet-of-things device with an energy storage is provided. At least one energy harvest window for the internet-of-things device is provided during which energy provided by the network…
Disclosed is an energy harvesting arrangement for use in the harvesting of magnetic field energy from a source in the form of a rail of a railway network, the energy harvesting arrangement comprising an energy harvester arranged in proximity to the rail or a component electrically connected to the…
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may obtain a first priority level for an energy harvesting (EH) interval of the UE. The UE may perform wireless communications or EH in the EH interval, based at least in…
The present disclosure provide techniques for communicating energy request reports and energy reports. A method includes sending an energy request indication in an energy request occasion, the energy request indication indicating a request for a user equipment (UE) to send an energy request report…
A backscatter communication device assistant may be provided. A computing device may designate a client device as a backscatter communication device assistant. Next, a report indicating a location of a backscatter communication device may be received from the backscatter communication device…
Provided is an electric power supply system comprising: an energy harvesting electric power source; and a switching electric power source apparatus which boosts an input voltage supplied from the energy harvesting electric power source for an output, where the switching electric power source…
Systems, methods, and devices that facilitate battery recharge from harvesting energy from radio frequency (RF) signals described. A UE may harvest energy from signals absorbed by the UE's antenna. The energy may be transferred from the UE to a remote device. Additionally, the power generation and…
A wireless-power harvester integrated in a small device, comprising a stamped metal harvesting antenna. The stamped metal antenna is formed into a meandering shape. A first end of the meandering shape is a free end positioned within free space of a housing of a small device, and a second end of the…