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Ambient Back Scatter : Harvesting
Power from Thin Air
By : Chetna (04311503010)
Instrumentation and Control
Engineering.
Introduction
Small computing devices are
increasingly embedded in objects
and environments such as
thermostats, books, furniture, and even
implantable medical devices . A key
issue is how to
power these devices as they become
smaller and numerous; wires
are often not feasible, and batteries add
weight, bulk, cost, and require
recharging or replacement that adds
maintenance cost and is
difficult at large scales .
Ambient Backscatter: Harvesting
Power From Thin Air
A new system of wireless communication allows devices to interact and send data
from one to another without having any source of power
The system is based on the new ambient backscatter technology, which practically
harvests all the existing signals in the air and converts them into power for
communication devices.
University of Washington researchers created the new system, which absorbs all the
different kinds of transmissions all around us in the air, from radio waves, TV and
cell signals to mobile networks and Wi-Fi, and transforms them to both a source of
electricity and a medium for battery-free communication.
Basically, prototype devices using the technology are equipped with antennas to
pick up the signals and reflect them back and forth Other devices equipped with
similar antennas then intercept and decode the signal and send a response, allowing
full communication without any exterior power source and without any human
intervention.
What is this Technology
The new communication technique, which the researchers call “ambient
backscatter,” takes advantage of the TV and cellular transmissions that already
surround us around the clock. Two devices communicate with each other by
reflecting the existing signals to exchange information. The researchers built
small, battery-free devices with antennas that can detect, harness and reflect a
TV signal, which then is picked up by other similar devices.
We can repurpose wireless signals that are already around us into both a
source of power and a communication medium,” said lead researcher Shyam
Gollakota, a UW assistant professor of computer science and engineering. “It’s
hopefully going to have applications in a number of areas including wearable
computing, smart homes and self-sustaining sensor networks.”
The researchers published their results at the Association for Computing
Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Data
Communication 2013 conference in Hong Kong, which began Aug. 13. They
have received the conference’s best-paper award for their research.
Communication Through Ambient
Backscatter
Achieves information rates of 1 Kbps over a distance of 2.5 feet while operating indoors
And over a distance of 1.5 feet outdoors
Is able to operate battery-free at distances of up to 6.5 miles from the tower
Block diagram of An Ambient
Backscattering Device
The transmitter, receiver, and the harvester are all connected to a single antenna
and use the same RF signals. The transmitter and receiver communicate by
backscattering the ambient signals. The harvester collects energy from the
ambient signals and uses it to provide the small amount of power required for
communication and to operate the sensors and the digital logic unit.
The researchers tested the ambient backscatter technique with credit card-sized
prototype devices placed within several feet of each other. For each device the
researchers built antennas into ordinary circuit boards that flash an LED light
when receiving a communication signal from another device.
Groups of the devices were tested in a variety of settings in the Seattle
area, including inside an apartment building, on a street corner and on the top
level of a parking garage. These locations ranged from less than half a mile away
from a TV tower to about 6.5 miles away.
Role of Tv Towers
TV towers transmit up to 1 MW effective radiated power (ERP) and can
serve locations more than 100 m away from the tower in very flat terrain
and up to 45 m in denser terrain
Firstly, TV towers broadcast uninterrupted, continuous signals at all
hours of the day and night. Thus, they provide a reliable source of both
power and signal for use in ambient backscatter. Secondly, TV
transmissions are amplitude-varying signals that change at a fast rate.
Lastly, TV transmissions periodically encode special synchronization
symbols that are used by the receiver to compute the multipath channel
characteristics
3 Keys of Ambient Backscatter
1. It takes advantage of existing RF signals so it does not require
the development of a special-purpose power Infrastructure
2. It has a very small environmental footprint because no
additional energy is consumed beyond that which is already in
the air.
3. Ambient backscatter provides device-to-device
communication.
Prototype
A photo of prototype PCB that can harvest , transmit and receive without needing
a battery or powered reader. It also includes touch sensors (the A, B and C
buttons), and LEDs (placed near the two arrows) that operate using harvested
energy and can be programmed by an onboard microcontroller.
Hardware Prototype
Prototype approximately the size
of a credit card includes a power
harvester for TV signals, as
well as the ambient backscatter
hardware that is tuned to
communicate by using UHF TV
signals in a 50 MHz wide
frequency band centered at 539
MHz. The harvested energy is
used to provide the small
amounts of power required for
ambient backscatter and to run
the microcontroller and the on-
board sensors .
Prototype also
includes a low-power flashing LED and capacitive touch sensor for
use by applications.
Current Applications
1 . The first application is a bus pass that can also transfer
money to other cards anywhere, at any time. When a user swipes
the touch sensor in the presence of another card, it transmits the current
balance stored in the microcontroller and confirms the transaction
by flashing the LED.
2. The second is a grocery store application
where an item tag can tell when an item is placed in a wrong shelf.
We ask 10 tags to verify that they do not contain a misplaced tag
and flash the LED when they do.
Smart Card Applications
Prototype that comes complete with an ambient backscattering transmitter/
receiver, MSP430 microcontroller, capacitive touch sensor, and LEDs. When a user
swipes the touch sensors (marked by A, B,C), in the presence of another card, it
transmits the phrase "HelloWorld". The receiver on the other card decodes the
transmission, and confirms a successful packet decoding
by flashing the LED.
Future Applications
Smart sensors could be built and placed permanently inside nearly any
structure, then set to communicate with each other. For example, sensors placed
in a bridge could monitor the health of the concrete and steel, then send an alert
if one of the sensors picks up a hairline crack. The technology can also be used for
communication – text messages and emails, for example – in wearable
devices, without requiring battery consumption.
Advantages
No Additional Battery or Power outlet required
 function anywhere and with no maintenance
No pollutions
Compact in size
Can be used for Home monitering : The tech could also be used to allow
smartphones to send text messages even if their battery is dead, or to tag various
items such as keys, wallet or phone to transmit their location if they are lost
 design avoids the expensive process of generating radio waves
 devices communicate by backscattering ambient RF signals
Designing is challenging for three
reasons.
Firstly the ambient signals are random and uncontrollable.
Thus, we need a mechanism to extract the backscattered information
from these random ambient signals.
 Second, the receiver has to decode these signals on a battery-free device
which significantly limits the design space by placing a severe constraint
on the power requirements of the device.
Third, since there is no centralized controller to coordinate
communications, these devices need to operate a distributed multiple
access protocol and develop functionalities like carrier sense.
Refrences
Researchers involved are David Wetherall, a UW professor of computer science and
engineering, Vincent Liu, a doctoral student in computer science and
engineering, and Aaron Parks and Vamsi Talla, both doctoral students in electrical
engineering.
The research was funded by the University of Washington through a Google Faculty
Research Award and by the National Science Foundation’s Research Center for
Sensorimotor Neural Engineering at the UW.
Conclusion
Ambient backscatter, a new form of communication that provides
connectivity between computers out of what is essentially thin air. In this
technique, TV signals and other source of RF signals serve as both the
source of power and the means of communication. Because ambient
backscatter avoids the maintenance-heavy batteries and dedicated power
infrastructure of other forms of low-power communication (e.g., RFID), it
enables a bevy of new applications that were previously impossible or at
least impractical.
Ambient backscatter provides a key building block that enables
communication (with no restrictions except the existence of ambient RF
signals) among pervasive devices which are cheap and have near-zero
maintenance
Ambient back scatter

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Ambient back scatter

  • 1. Ambient Back Scatter : Harvesting Power from Thin Air By : Chetna (04311503010) Instrumentation and Control Engineering.
  • 2. Introduction Small computing devices are increasingly embedded in objects and environments such as thermostats, books, furniture, and even implantable medical devices . A key issue is how to power these devices as they become smaller and numerous; wires are often not feasible, and batteries add weight, bulk, cost, and require recharging or replacement that adds maintenance cost and is difficult at large scales .
  • 3. Ambient Backscatter: Harvesting Power From Thin Air A new system of wireless communication allows devices to interact and send data from one to another without having any source of power The system is based on the new ambient backscatter technology, which practically harvests all the existing signals in the air and converts them into power for communication devices. University of Washington researchers created the new system, which absorbs all the different kinds of transmissions all around us in the air, from radio waves, TV and cell signals to mobile networks and Wi-Fi, and transforms them to both a source of electricity and a medium for battery-free communication. Basically, prototype devices using the technology are equipped with antennas to pick up the signals and reflect them back and forth Other devices equipped with similar antennas then intercept and decode the signal and send a response, allowing full communication without any exterior power source and without any human intervention.
  • 4. What is this Technology The new communication technique, which the researchers call “ambient backscatter,” takes advantage of the TV and cellular transmissions that already surround us around the clock. Two devices communicate with each other by reflecting the existing signals to exchange information. The researchers built small, battery-free devices with antennas that can detect, harness and reflect a TV signal, which then is picked up by other similar devices. We can repurpose wireless signals that are already around us into both a source of power and a communication medium,” said lead researcher Shyam Gollakota, a UW assistant professor of computer science and engineering. “It’s hopefully going to have applications in a number of areas including wearable computing, smart homes and self-sustaining sensor networks.” The researchers published their results at the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Data Communication 2013 conference in Hong Kong, which began Aug. 13. They have received the conference’s best-paper award for their research.
  • 6. Achieves information rates of 1 Kbps over a distance of 2.5 feet while operating indoors And over a distance of 1.5 feet outdoors Is able to operate battery-free at distances of up to 6.5 miles from the tower
  • 7. Block diagram of An Ambient Backscattering Device The transmitter, receiver, and the harvester are all connected to a single antenna and use the same RF signals. The transmitter and receiver communicate by backscattering the ambient signals. The harvester collects energy from the ambient signals and uses it to provide the small amount of power required for communication and to operate the sensors and the digital logic unit.
  • 8. The researchers tested the ambient backscatter technique with credit card-sized prototype devices placed within several feet of each other. For each device the researchers built antennas into ordinary circuit boards that flash an LED light when receiving a communication signal from another device. Groups of the devices were tested in a variety of settings in the Seattle area, including inside an apartment building, on a street corner and on the top level of a parking garage. These locations ranged from less than half a mile away from a TV tower to about 6.5 miles away.
  • 9. Role of Tv Towers TV towers transmit up to 1 MW effective radiated power (ERP) and can serve locations more than 100 m away from the tower in very flat terrain and up to 45 m in denser terrain Firstly, TV towers broadcast uninterrupted, continuous signals at all hours of the day and night. Thus, they provide a reliable source of both power and signal for use in ambient backscatter. Secondly, TV transmissions are amplitude-varying signals that change at a fast rate. Lastly, TV transmissions periodically encode special synchronization symbols that are used by the receiver to compute the multipath channel characteristics
  • 10. 3 Keys of Ambient Backscatter 1. It takes advantage of existing RF signals so it does not require the development of a special-purpose power Infrastructure 2. It has a very small environmental footprint because no additional energy is consumed beyond that which is already in the air. 3. Ambient backscatter provides device-to-device communication.
  • 11. Prototype A photo of prototype PCB that can harvest , transmit and receive without needing a battery or powered reader. It also includes touch sensors (the A, B and C buttons), and LEDs (placed near the two arrows) that operate using harvested energy and can be programmed by an onboard microcontroller.
  • 12. Hardware Prototype Prototype approximately the size of a credit card includes a power harvester for TV signals, as well as the ambient backscatter hardware that is tuned to communicate by using UHF TV signals in a 50 MHz wide frequency band centered at 539 MHz. The harvested energy is used to provide the small amounts of power required for ambient backscatter and to run the microcontroller and the on- board sensors . Prototype also includes a low-power flashing LED and capacitive touch sensor for use by applications.
  • 13. Current Applications 1 . The first application is a bus pass that can also transfer money to other cards anywhere, at any time. When a user swipes the touch sensor in the presence of another card, it transmits the current balance stored in the microcontroller and confirms the transaction by flashing the LED. 2. The second is a grocery store application where an item tag can tell when an item is placed in a wrong shelf. We ask 10 tags to verify that they do not contain a misplaced tag and flash the LED when they do.
  • 14. Smart Card Applications Prototype that comes complete with an ambient backscattering transmitter/ receiver, MSP430 microcontroller, capacitive touch sensor, and LEDs. When a user swipes the touch sensors (marked by A, B,C), in the presence of another card, it transmits the phrase "HelloWorld". The receiver on the other card decodes the transmission, and confirms a successful packet decoding by flashing the LED.
  • 15. Future Applications Smart sensors could be built and placed permanently inside nearly any structure, then set to communicate with each other. For example, sensors placed in a bridge could monitor the health of the concrete and steel, then send an alert if one of the sensors picks up a hairline crack. The technology can also be used for communication – text messages and emails, for example – in wearable devices, without requiring battery consumption.
  • 16. Advantages No Additional Battery or Power outlet required  function anywhere and with no maintenance No pollutions Compact in size Can be used for Home monitering : The tech could also be used to allow smartphones to send text messages even if their battery is dead, or to tag various items such as keys, wallet or phone to transmit their location if they are lost  design avoids the expensive process of generating radio waves  devices communicate by backscattering ambient RF signals
  • 17. Designing is challenging for three reasons. Firstly the ambient signals are random and uncontrollable. Thus, we need a mechanism to extract the backscattered information from these random ambient signals.  Second, the receiver has to decode these signals on a battery-free device which significantly limits the design space by placing a severe constraint on the power requirements of the device. Third, since there is no centralized controller to coordinate communications, these devices need to operate a distributed multiple access protocol and develop functionalities like carrier sense.
  • 18. Refrences Researchers involved are David Wetherall, a UW professor of computer science and engineering, Vincent Liu, a doctoral student in computer science and engineering, and Aaron Parks and Vamsi Talla, both doctoral students in electrical engineering. The research was funded by the University of Washington through a Google Faculty Research Award and by the National Science Foundation’s Research Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering at the UW.
  • 19. Conclusion Ambient backscatter, a new form of communication that provides connectivity between computers out of what is essentially thin air. In this technique, TV signals and other source of RF signals serve as both the source of power and the means of communication. Because ambient backscatter avoids the maintenance-heavy batteries and dedicated power infrastructure of other forms of low-power communication (e.g., RFID), it enables a bevy of new applications that were previously impossible or at least impractical. Ambient backscatter provides a key building block that enables communication (with no restrictions except the existence of ambient RF signals) among pervasive devices which are cheap and have near-zero maintenance