An experimental evaluation of wireless power transfer protocols in mobile ad hoc networks

Author

Nikoletseas, Sotiris ; Raptis, Theofanis P. ; Souroulagkas, Alexandros ; Tsolovos, Dimitrios

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Eng. & Inf., Univ. of Patras, Rio-Patras, Greece

fYear

2015

fDate

13-15 May 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We employ wireless chargers that charge the battery of the network nodes in mobile ad hoc networks and we propose two new, alternative protocols that configure the activity of the chargers. One protocol performs wireless charging focused on the charging efficiency, while the other aims at proper balance of the chargers´ residual energy. Towards a more realistic validation, we perform the evaluation, not in a simulation environment, but through an experimental setting of real devices.

Keywords

battery chargers; mobile ad hoc networks; protocols; radiofrequency power transmission; telecommunication power management; telecommunication power supplies; battery charger; mobile ad hoc networks; wireless chargers; wireless power transfer protocols; Ad hoc networks; Batteries; Mobile computing; Performance evaluation; Protocols; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Ad hoc networks; Energy management; Mobile nodes; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Power Transfer Conference (WPTC), 2015 IEEE

Conference_Location

Boulder, CO

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WPT.2015.7139128

Filename

7139128