Ambient Backscatter Communications: A Contemporary Survey
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Recently, ambient backscatter communication has been introduced as a cutting-edge technology which enables smart devices to communicate by utilizing ambient radio frequency (RF) signals without requiring active RF transmission. This technology is especially effective in addressing communication and energy efficiency problems for low-power communications systems such as sensor networks, and thus it is expected to realize numerous Internet-of-Things applications. Therefore, this paper aims to provide a contemporary and comprehensive literature review on fundamentals, applications, challenges, and research efforts/progress of ambient backscatter communications. In particular, we first present fundamentals of backscatter communications and briefly review bistatic backscatter communications systems. Then, the general architecture, advantages, and solutions to address existing issues and limitations of ambient backscatter communications systems are discussed. Additionally, emerging applications of ambient backscatter communications are highlighted. Finally, we outline some open issues and future research directions.
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- Authors
- Van Huynh, N., Hoang, D. T., Lu, X., Niyato, D., Wang, P., & Kim, D. I.
- Affiliations
- University of Technology Sydney (AU)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- Venue
- IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials
- Published
- 2018
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 2889-2922
- ISSN
- 1553-877X (ISSN-L)
- 2373-745X
- OpenAlex
- W2775135700
- Cited by
- 932
- References
- 159
- Citations by year
- 2026: 70 · 2025: 107 · 2024: 126 · 2023: 128 · 2022: 138 · 2021: 124 · 2020: 138 · 2019: 79 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 2
- FWCI
- 34.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials (publishedVersion)
- DR-NTU (Nanyang Technological University) (submittedVersion)
- Edinburgh Napier Research Repository (Edinburgh Napier University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Research Foundation (2014R1A5A1011478, NRF2017EWT-EP003-041, NRF2015-NRF-ISF001-2277, MOE2014-T2-2-015 ARC4/15)
- National Research Foundation of Korea ((2014R1A5A1011478))
- Israel Science Foundation
- Ministry of Education, India
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Wireless Communication Security Techniques
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Optical Wireless Communication Technologies
- Keywords
- ambient backscatter communication, Internet of Things, low-power wireless communication, energy efficiency, sensor networks
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