Ambient backscatter

Ambient backscatter uses existing radio frequency signals, such as radio, television and mobile telephony, to transmit data without a battery or power grid connection. Each such device uses an antenna to pick up an existing signal and convert it into tens to hundreds of microwatts of electricity.[1] It uses that power to modify and reflect the signal with encoded data. Antennas on other devices, in turn, detect that signal and can respond accordingly.

Initial implementations can communicate over several feet of distance, even with transmission towers up to 10.5 kilometres (6.5 mi) away. Transmission rates were 1k bits per second between devices situated 0.45 metres (1 ft 6 in) apart inside and 0.75 metres (2 ft 6 in) apart outside, sufficient to handle text messages or other small data sets. Circuit sizes can be as small as 1 sq. mm.[1] Later implementation uses Wi-Fi,[2] FM radio[3] and LoRa transmissions.[4][5]

This approach would let mobile and other devices communicate without being turned on. It would also allow unpowered sensors to communicate, allowing them to function in places where external power cannot be conveniently supplied.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Battery-free short-range wireless communication between devices". KurzweilAI. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
  2. "WiFi Backscatter". iotwifi.cs.washington.edu. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  3. "FM Backscatter". smartcities.cs.washington.edu. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  4. "Long-Range Backscatter". longrange.cs.washington.edu. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  5. Peng, Yao; Shangguan, Longfei; Hu, Yue; Qian, Yujie; Lin, Xianshang; Chen, Xiaojiang; Fang, Dingyi; Jamieson, Kyle (2018-08-07). "PLoRa: a passive long-range data network from ambient LoRa transmissions". Proceedings of the 2018 Conference of the ACM Special Interest Group on Data Communication. SIGCOMM '18. Budapest, Hungary: Association for Computing Machinery: 147–160. doi:10.1145/3230543.3230567. ISBN 978-1-4503-5567-4.
  6. "Ambient backscatter tech allows devices to communicate, sans batteries". Gizmag.com. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
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