Energy-Efficient UAV Backscatter Communication With Joint Trajectory Design and Resource Optimization

• Published in: IEEE transactions on wireless communications Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 926 - 941
• Main Authors: Yang, Gang, Dai, Rao, Liang, Ying-Chang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.02.2021; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Backscatter; Backscatter communication; Backscattering; Communication; Design optimization; Emitters; Energy conversion efficiency; Energy efficiency; Internet of Things; iterative algorithm; Iterative algorithms; Iterative methods; Mixed integer; Optimization; Radio frequency; Resource allocation; resource optimization; Time Division Multiple Access; Trajectory; trajectory design; Trajectory optimization; UAV communication; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Wireless communication; Wireless communications

Backscatter communication which enables wireless-powered backscatter devices (BDs) to transmit information by reflecting incident signals, is an energy- and cost-efficient communication technology for Internet-of-Things. This paper considers an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted backscatter comm...