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Low-Power Ultrasonic Wake-Up and Communication through Structural Elements

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Peter Oppermann,

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ENSsys '19: Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Energy Harvesting & Energy-Neutral Sensing Systems

Pages 42 - 48

https://doi.org/10.1145/3362053.3363490

Published: 10 November 2019 Publication History

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Research in ultra-low energy communication for wireless sensor networks mostly focuses on radio frequency (RF). Simple, low-cost, and low-power approaches for acoustic communication are typically not explored, although in a variety of applications acoustic communication using ultrasonic waves is preferable to RF. In others, motes are already equipped with sensors and actuators for acoustics. In this work, we present a method to communicate between motes on structural elements using piezoelectric discs. We demonstrate that data rates up to one kilobit per second are achievable with only minimal additional hardware. At the same time, the energy consumption for communication is reduced compared with popular RF methods.

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Schaechtle THöflinger FFischer GHelmerich JHäring IRupitsch S(2023)Low-Power Ultrasonic Wake-Up through Metal2023 IEEE 13th International Conference on RFID Technology and Applications (RFID-TA)10.1109/RFID-TA58140.2023.10290503(41-44)Online publication date: 4-Sep-2023
https://doi.org/10.1109/RFID-TA58140.2023.10290503
Gong ZHan LAn ZYang LDing SXiang YKuipers FOrda A(2022)Empowering smart buildings with self-sensing concrete for structural health monitoringProceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM 2022 Conference10.1145/3544216.3544270(560-575)Online publication date: 22-Aug-2022
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Oppermann PRenner CKuipers FOrda A(2022)Higher-order modulation for acoustic backscatter communication in metalsProceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM 2022 Conference10.1145/3544216.3544261(576-587)Online publication date: 22-Aug-2022
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