Wireless powered communication: opportunities and challenges

@article{Bi2015WirelessPC,
  title={Wireless powered communication: opportunities and challenges},
  author={Suzhi Bi and Chin Keong Ho and Rui Zhang},
  journal={IEEE Communications Magazine},
  year={2015},
  volume={53},
  pages={117-125}
}
The performance of wireless communication is fundamentally constrained by the limited battery life of wireless devices, the operations of which are frequently disrupted due to the need of manual battery replacement/recharging. The recent advance in RF-enabled wireless energy transfer (WET) technology provides an attractive solution named wireless powered communication (WPC), where the wireless devices are powered by dedicated wireless power transmitters to provide continuous and stable… 
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