RF Energy Harvesting in Cognitive Radio: Towards Green Communication

Abstract

There has been a continuous emphasis on an energy efficient communication system design. With the advent of 5G communication technologies, along with a faster and reliable data transfer mechanisms, energy management and conservation is gaining more attention and is becoming a major and indispensable part of communication research. This papers highlights the contemporary technological developments in the field of RF energy harvesting in a cognitive and high data rate network. It has been observed that an efficient RF energy harvesting technology in a cognitive platform definitely leads towards a greener communication paradigm.

Keywords

• Cognitive Radio
• Energy Harvesting
• simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT)