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Towards Optimal Resource Allocation in Wireless Powered Communication Networks with Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access
Mariam M. N. Aboelwafa, Mohamed A. Abd-Elmagid, Alessandro Biason +3
The optimal allocation of time and energy resources is characterized in a Wireless Powered Communication Network (WPCN) with non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA). We consider two…
Multicast Transmissions in Directional mmWave Communications
Alessandro Biason, Michele Zorzi
Multicast transmissions have been widely analyzed in traditional networks as a way to improve spectrum efficiency when multiple users are interested in the same data. However, thei…
Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access Schemes in Wireless Powered Communication Networks
Mohamed A. Abd-Elmagid, Alessandro Biason, Tamer ElBatt +2
We characterize time and power allocations to optimize the sum-throughput of a Wireless Powered Communication Network (WPCN) with Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA). In our setu…
On the Energy/Distortion Tradeoff in the IoT
Alessandro Biason, Chiara Pielli, Andrea Zanella +1
The Internet of Things paradigm envisages the presence of many battery-powered sensors and this entails the design of energy-aware protocols. Source coding techniques allow to save…
A Decentralized Optimization Framework for Energy Harvesting Devices
Alessandro Biason, Subhrakanti Dey, Michele Zorzi
Designing decentralized policies for wireless communication networks is a crucial problem, which has only been partially solved in the literature so far. In this paper, we propose…
Decentralized Transmission Policies for Energy Harvesting Devices
Alessandro Biason, Subhrakanti Dey, Michele Zorzi
The problem of finding decentralized transmission policies in a wireless communication network with energy harvesting constraints is formulated and solved using the decentralized M…
Joint Optimization of Energy Efficiency and Data Compression in TDMA-Based Medium Access Control for the IoT - Extended Version
Chiara Pielli, Alessandro Biason, Andrea Zanella +1
Energy efficiency is a key requirement for the Internet of Things, as many sensors are expected to be completely stand-alone and able to run for years without battery replacement.…
Energy Harvesting Communication System with SOC-Dependent Energy Storage Losses
Alessandro Biason, Michele Zorzi
The popularity of Energy Harvesting Devices (EHDs) has grown in the past few years, thanks to their capability of prolonging the network lifetime. In reality, EHDs are affected by…
On the Effects of Battery Imperfections in an Energy Harvesting Device
Alessandro Biason, Michele Zorzi
Energy Harvesting allows the devices in a Wireless Sensor Network to recharge their batteries through environmental energy sources. While in the literature the main focus is on dev…
On Optimal Policies in Full-Duplex Wireless Powered Communication Networks
Mohamed A. Abd-Elmagid, Alessandro Biason, Tamer ElBatt +2
The optimal resource allocation scheme in a full-duplex Wireless Powered Communication Network (WPCN) composed of one Access Point (AP) and two wireless devices is analyzed and der…
Battery-Powered Devices in WPCNs
Alessandro Biason, Michele Zorzi
Wireless powered communication networks are becoming an effective solution for improving self sustainability of mobile devices. In this context, a hybrid access point transfers ene…
Improved Active Sensing Performance in Wireless Sensor Networks via Channel State Information - Extended Version
Alessandro Biason, Urbashi Mitra, Michele Zorzi
Active sensing refers to the process of choosing or tuning a set of sensors in order to track an underlying system in an efficient and accurate way. In a wireless environment, amon…
Achievable Secrecy Rates of an Energy Harvesting Device
Alessandro Biason, Nicola Laurenti, Michele Zorzi
The secrecy rate represents the amount of information per unit time that can be securely sent on a communication link. In this work, we investigate the achievable secrecy rates in…
Joint Transmission and Energy Transfer Policies for Energy Harvesting Devices with Finite Batteries
Alessandro Biason, Michele Zorzi
One of the main concerns in traditional Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) is energy efficiency. In this work, we analyze two techniques that can extend network lifetime. The first is…