Title
Massive MIMO for RFID

CoPED ID
9e610571-f88e-48ac-b7da-4ff1f25f102f

Status
Active

Funder

Value
No funds listed.

Start Date
Jan. 1, 2023

End Date
June 29, 2026

Description

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Wireless IoT (internet of things) devices use very little power, with watchsized batteries capable of lasting a device's entire lifetime. Current wireless communication technology relies on duty cycling, which is both difficult to synchronise and power inefficient. Passive wake-up radio utilises a separate 'wake-up' packet sent alongside the data packets. The radio can then remain in deep-sleep until an incident wake-up packet has its RF energy harvested, and this energy can then switch the radio on and signal whether to transmit or receive data. Since the device spends most of its time in deep-sleep with this design, rather than duty cycling, it will result in significant power consumption improvements. However, it comes at the cost of lower receiver sensitivity and a current max wake-up range of ~10m, which is far too low to be viable for most IoT applications. To attempt to overcome this, we propose to use SAW (surface acoustic wave) devices within the wake-up radio architecture as a voltage multiplier. These devices have a very high gain & Q-factor, which will shift the radio design from broadband to narrowband. The project will investigate opportunities to improve the sensitivity/range of the wake-up passive radio through the process of designing, fabricating, and implementing SAW devices within the radio design. Alongside this, the project will require modification of current architecture to accommodate the new narrowband requirements presented.

Michael Crisp SUPER_PER
Ryan Jones STUDENT_PER

Subjects by relevance
  1. Internet of things
  2. Wireless technology
  3. Mobile devices
  4. Radio technology
  5. Radio receivers
  6. Internet
  7. Cell phones

Extracted key phrases
  1. Massive mimo
  2. Current wireless communication technology
  3. Wireless iot
  4. SAW device
  5. Current max wake
  6. Radio design
  7. Passive radio
  8. Radio architecture
  9. Passive wake
  10. Significant power consumption improvement
  11. Little power
  12. Current architecture
  13. Watchsized battery capable
  14. Low receiver sensitivity
  15. Power inefficient

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