9 papers
Electric Field Attenuation Techniques for Inductive Wireless Charging of Medical Implants
Sam Boeckx, Pieterjan Polfliet, Lieven De Strycker +1
Inductive wireless charging of implantable medical devices necessitates careful control of magnetic and electric field emissions to meet strict safety regulations while delivering…
Long-Range Backscatter: A Bottom-Up Approach
Tijl Schepens, Gilles Callebaut, Liesbet Van der Perre
Continued progress towards energy-neutral Internet of Things (IoT) nodes expose the wireless communication link as the dominant energy bottleneck. While low-power wide-area network…
Weighted-Sum Energy Efficiency Maximization in User-Centric Uplink Cell-Free Massive MIMO
Donghwi Kim, Liesbet Van der Perre, Wan Choi
This paper introduces the weighted-sum energy efficiency (WSEE) as an advanced performance metric designed to represent the uplink energy efficiency (EE) of individual user equipme…
Towards Sustainable 6G: A Holistic View of Trade-offs and Enablers
Mattia Merluzzi, Olivier Bouchet, Ali Balador +9
The sixth generation of mobile networks (6G) can play a central role in shaping a sustainable future, the most compelling contemporary challenge. Connecting the unconnected, reduci…
The environmental impact of ICT in the era of data and artificial intelligence
François Rottenberg, Thomas Feys, Liesbet Van der Perre
The technology industry promotes artificial intelligence (AI) as a key enabler to solve a vast number of problems, including the environmental crisis. However, when looking at the…
A Parametric Power Model of Upper Mid-Band (FR3) Base Stations for 6G
Emanuele Peschiera, Sangbu Yun, Youngjoo Lee +2
Increasing attention is given to the upper mid-band or Frequency Range 3 (FR3), from 7 to 24 GHz, in the research towards sixth-generation (6G) networks. Promises of offering large…