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Re-configurable Intelligent Surfaces Assisted Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer

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The bandwidth limitation is an arduous challenge to deploy the large-scale Internet of Things (IoTs) beyond fifth-generation (B5G) communication networks. Although the millimeter wave (mmWave) technology can provide greater bandwidth at the cost of complex processors in harsh environments, it can be a solution to establish large-scale IoTs. Still, its cost and power requirements become obstacles to widespread adoption. In this context, Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) can be a crucial technology to meet this challenge. In this paper, we study the B5G RIS-assisted MIMO simultaneous wireless-information and power-transfer (SWIPT) mmWave large-scale IoTs, where active BS transmitted beamformer and passive RIS reflection vector are jointly optimized to maximize the minimum signal-to-interference-plus-noise-ratio (SINR) of all the information decoders (ID) and the minimum harvested power of all the energy receivers (ER) is maintained. The simulation result demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed system.

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Ueng, FB., Wang, HF. & Shen, HW. Re-configurable Intelligent Surfaces Assisted Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer. Wireless Pers Commun 133, 1963–1985 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-023-10837-y

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