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Inter-Technology Backscatter: Towards Internet Connectivity for Implanted Devices

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GetMobile: Mobile Computing and Communications, Volume 21, Issue 3

Pages 35 - 38

https://doi.org/10.1145/3161587.3161597

Published: 14 November 2017 Publication History

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We introduce inter-technology backscatter, a novel approach that transforms wireless transmissions from one technology to another, on the air. We show for the first time that Bluetooth transmissions can be used to create Wi-Fi and ZigBee-compatible signals using backscatter communication. Since Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and ZigBee radios are widely available, this enables a backscatter design that works using only commodity devices. We build an FPGA prototype that creates 2'11 Mbps Wi-Fi or Zigbee packets by backscattering Bluetooth transmissions. We use this to demonstrate previously infeasible applications including the first contact lens form-factor antenna prototype and implantable neural recording interface that communicate directly to commodity devices, such as smartphones, thus enabling the vision of Internet-connected implanted devices

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GetMobile: Mobile Computing and Communications Volume 21, Issue 3

September 2017

34 pages

ISSN:2375-0529

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DOI:10.1145/3161587

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Chen SZhang MZhao JGong WLiu J(2021)Reliable and Practical Bluetooth Backscatter With Commodity DevicesIEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking10.1109/TNET.2021.306886529:4(1717-1729)Online publication date: Aug-2021
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An ZYang LLin Q(2021)Identifying UHF RFIDs in Range of Readers With WiFiIEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking10.1109/TNET.2021.305739229:3(1252-1265)Online publication date: Jun-2021
https://doi.org/10.1109/TNET.2021.3057392
An ZLin QYang LShorey RMurty RChen YJamieson K(2018)Cross-Frequency CommunicationProceedings of the 24th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking10.1145/3241539.3241569(623-638)Online publication date: 15-Oct-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3241539.3241569
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