Achievable Throughput of WPC with Off‑the‑Shelf Hardware in Practical Environments

Ascertain the achievable throughput performance of wireless powered communication systems implemented with off-the-shelf RF energy harvesting and communication modules operating under practical wireless environmental conditions.

Background

The article emphasizes that most current work on wireless powered communication (WPC) is theoretical, highlighting the need for hardware prototypes and testbeds to evaluate real-world performance. Practical deployments must account for actual RF energy harvesting circuit behavior, implementation constraints, and environmental factors that can substantially affect throughput.

Within this context, the authors explicitly state that the achievable throughput performance using off-the-shelf modules in practical environments is unknown, underscoring an experimental research gap crucial for validating the feasibility and effectiveness of WPC technologies.