Recent Advances of Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer in Cellular Networks

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1673-5188.2018.01.005

Abstract

Abstract:

As a promising solution to alleviating the energy bottleneck in wireless devices with limited battery capacity, simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) techniques have been widely researched in cellular networks. To further improve the spectral and energy efficiency of wireless information and power transfer, the combination of SWIPT and new techniques in cellular networks has drawn much attention recently. In this paper, we comprehensively survey the key techniques for SWIPT, the combination of SWIPT and new techniques in cellular networks, challenges and open issues. The key techniques for SWIPT including traditional power splitting, time switching, etc., and joint receiving and transmitting techniques such as eigenchannels and mixed signals are provided in detail. Furthermore, the applications of SWIPT to recent techniques such as SWIPT-assisted non-orthogonal multiple access, SWIPT-assisted device-to-device communication, and SWIPT-assisted full-duplex communication, are comprehensively summarized in this paper. The potential open issues including the management of dynamic harvested energy, trading between wireless power transfer and traffic offloading, and effects of the mode switching at energy harvesting devices, are outlined as well.

Key words: SWIPT, non-orthogonal multiple access, device-to-device communication, full-duplex communication

LIU Binghong, PENG Mugen, ZHOU Zheng. Recent Advances of Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer in Cellular Networks[J]. ZTE Communications, 2018, 16(1): 26-37.

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Aspects	Survey papers	Contributions
Realizing techniques for SWIPT	[7], [8]	Surveys about wireless energy transfer technology, its applications, and three types of practical SWIPT receivers.
	[9]	A survey about receiving and transmitting techniques, and resource allocation for SWIPT.
	[10]	A hybrid receiver design to maximize the achievable rate in relay channels.
	This Article	A comprehensive survey on techniques for SWIPT, including receiving techniques and joint transmitting and receiving techniques.
SWIPT with NOMA	[12], [13]	Performance analysis on SWIPT with NOMA for single user pair.
	[14], [15]	Performance analysis on SWIPT with NOMA for multiple user pairs.
	[16], [17]	Performance analysis on NOMA with wireless powered relay.
	This Article	A comprehensive survey of NOMA with SWIPT, including pairing schemes, with/without relay, relaying protocols, the node and receiving techniques for SWIPT.
SWIPT with D2D	[18], [19]	Techniques for wireless powered D2D communication.
	[20]-[22]	Techniques for wireless powered D2D relay.
	This Article	A comprehensive survey of D2D with SWIPT, including with/without relay, receiving techniques for SWIPT and relaying protocols.
SWIPT with FD	[24]-[28]	Transmission schemes for two-phase FD relaying systems with SWIPT.
	[29], [30]	Transmission schemes for one-phase FD uplink and downlink communications with SWIPT.
	This Article	A comprehensive survey of two types of FD, including with/without relay, relaying protocols, the node and receiving techniques for SWIPT.

Aspects	Survey papers	Contributions
Realizing techniques for SWIPT	[7], [8]	Surveys about wireless energy transfer technology, its applications, and three types of practical SWIPT receivers.
	[9]	A survey about receiving and transmitting techniques, and resource allocation for SWIPT.
	[10]	A hybrid receiver design to maximize the achievable rate in relay channels.
	This Article	A comprehensive survey on techniques for SWIPT, including receiving techniques and joint transmitting and receiving techniques.
SWIPT with NOMA	[12], [13]	Performance analysis on SWIPT with NOMA for single user pair.
	[14], [15]	Performance analysis on SWIPT with NOMA for multiple user pairs.
	[16], [17]	Performance analysis on NOMA with wireless powered relay.
	This Article	A comprehensive survey of NOMA with SWIPT, including pairing schemes, with/without relay, relaying protocols, the node and receiving techniques for SWIPT.
SWIPT with D2D	[18], [19]	Techniques for wireless powered D2D communication.
	[20]-[22]	Techniques for wireless powered D2D relay.
	This Article	A comprehensive survey of D2D with SWIPT, including with/without relay, receiving techniques for SWIPT and relaying protocols.
SWIPT with FD	[24]-[28]	Transmission schemes for two-phase FD relaying systems with SWIPT.
	[29], [30]	Transmission schemes for one-phase FD uplink and downlink communications with SWIPT.
	This Article	A comprehensive survey of two types of FD, including with/without relay, relaying protocols, the node and receiving techniques for SWIPT.

Literature	System model	Transmission protocol	SWIPT technique	Design objective (far/near)
Y. Xu et al. [12]	One BS with single user pair	NOMA with wireless powered DF relaying at the near user	PS at the near user	Maximization of the data rate
N. T. Do et al. [13]	One BS with single user pair	NOMA with wireless powered DF relaying at the near user	Hybrid TS/PS at the near user	Closed-form approximate expressions for the outage probability
Y. Liu et al. [14]	One source with multiple user-pairs	NOMA with wireless powered DF relaying at the near user	PS at the near user	Outage probability and system throughput
Y. Ye et al. [15]	One BS with multiple user-pairs	NOMA with wireless powered DF relaying at the near user	PS at the near user	Ensure target data rates of the relay and the far user are realized prior to harvesting energy
Z. Zhang et al. [16]	One source, an energy-harvesting relay and a user group (2 users)	NOMA with wireless powered DF relaying at the energy-harvesting relay	PS at the energy-harvesting relay	Performance analysis of the outage probability and SNR
W. Han et al. [17]	One BS, an energy-harvesting relay and a user group (multiple users)	NOMA with wireless powered DF relaying at the energy-harvesting relay	PS at the energy-harvesting relay	Performance of the outage probability

Literature	System model	Transmission protocol	SWIPT technique	Design objective (far/near)
Y. Xu et al. [12]	One BS with single user pair	NOMA with wireless powered DF relaying at the near user	PS at the near user	Maximization of the data rate
N. T. Do et al. [13]	One BS with single user pair	NOMA with wireless powered DF relaying at the near user	Hybrid TS/PS at the near user	Closed-form approximate expressions for the outage probability
Y. Liu et al. [14]	One source with multiple user-pairs	NOMA with wireless powered DF relaying at the near user	PS at the near user	Outage probability and system throughput
Y. Ye et al. [15]	One BS with multiple user-pairs	NOMA with wireless powered DF relaying at the near user	PS at the near user	Ensure target data rates of the relay and the far user are realized prior to harvesting energy
Z. Zhang et al. [16]	One source, an energy-harvesting relay and a user group (2 users)	NOMA with wireless powered DF relaying at the energy-harvesting relay	PS at the energy-harvesting relay	Performance analysis of the outage probability and SNR
W. Han et al. [17]	One BS, an energy-harvesting relay and a user group (multiple users)	NOMA with wireless powered DF relaying at the energy-harvesting relay	PS at the energy-harvesting relay	Performance of the outage probability

Literature	Mode	Scenario	SWIPT technique	Design objective
A. H. Sakr et al. [18]	Wireless powered user equipment communication	Multiple macro BSs, multiple users and multiple D2D users	TS at the D2D transmitter	Performance evaluation of the outage efficiency
Z. Zhou et al. [19]	Wireless powered user equipment communication	One BS, multiple cellular users and multiple D2D users	PS at the D2D transmitter	Performance analysis of the energy efficiency
H. H. Yang et al. [20]	Wireless powered DF relaying at the D2D transmitter	Multiple APs, cellular users, D2D users, where the idle D2D transmitter acts as the relay	TS at the D2D transmitter	Performance analysis of the outage probability
R. Atat et al. [21]	Wireless powered DF relaying at the D2D transmitter	One BS, cellular users, D2D users, where the idle D2D transmitter acts as the relay, along with MTC devices	TS at the D2D transmitter	Performance analysis of the spectral efficiency
R. I. Ansari et al. [22]	Wireless powered DF relaying at the D2D transmitter	One BS, cellular users, D2D users, where the idle D2D transmitter acts as the relay	TS at the D2D transmitter	Performance evaluation of the outage probability