Understanding Wireless Charger Networks: Concepts, Current Research, and Future Directions

IF 34.4 1区计算机科学 Q1 COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials Pub Date : 2024-10-28 DOI:10.1109/COMST.2024.3486820

Meixuan Ren;Haipeng Dai;Tang Liu;Xianjun Deng;Wanchun Dou;Yuanyuan Yang;Guihai Chen

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Abstract

Wireless Charger Network (WCN) emerges as a promising networking paradigm, employing wireless chargers with Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) technology to provide long-term and sustainable energy supply for future networks. Although extensive research has been conducted in this area over the last decade, there is currently no comprehensive survey to compile the latest literature and provide insights into future research directions. To fill this gap, our survey explores the recent developments in the active research area of WCNs. This paper starts by providing a framework of WCNs in detail, covering aspects of network architecture, various charging models, network design issues, and typical applications of WCNs. Then, we give an overview of charger deployment schemes, focusing on omnidirectional, directional, non-radiative, and heterogeneous charger deployments. We also provide an overview of charging scheduling schemes, encompassing power control, time allocation, energy beamforming, and multi-resource scheduling. Moreover, we explore communication optimization schemes, including Medium Access Control (MAC) protocols, routing protocols, broadcast transmission, and data collection. Finally, we highlight some future research directions and present corresponding open issues to advance the research on WCNs.

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了解无线充电器网络：概念、当前研究和未来方向

无线充电器网络（Wireless Charger Network， WCN）是一种极具发展前景的网络模式，它采用无线充电器和无线电力传输（Wireless Power Transfer， WPT）技术，为未来网络提供长期、可持续的能源供应。虽然在过去的十年中在这一领域进行了广泛的研究，但目前还没有全面的调查来汇编最新的文献并为未来的研究方向提供见解。为了填补这一空白，我们的调查探讨了WCNs活跃研究领域的最新发展。本文首先详细介绍了无线网络网络的框架，包括网络架构、各种收费模式、网络设计问题以及无线网络网络的典型应用。然后，我们概述了充电器部署方案，重点是全向，定向，非辐射和异构充电器部署。我们还概述了充电调度方案，包括功率控制、时间分配、能量波束形成和多资源调度。此外，我们还探讨了通信优化方案，包括介质访问控制（MAC）协议、路由协议、广播传输和数据收集。最后，对未来的研究方向进行了展望，并提出了相应的开放性问题，以促进WCNs的研究。

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IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS-TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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80.20

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2.50%

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审稿时长

6 months

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