Energy Harvesting Modulation for Integrated Control State and Energy Transfer in Industrial IoT

Abstract

With the development of wireless communications, the technology of industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has been considered as a candidate for the next generation of mobile communications, which could provide automatic services for the smart factory. Massive low-power devices are swarming into the scenario for providing network intelligence. These energy-thirsty devices all require efficient control state delivery. In this letter, an energy harvesting modulation (EHM) scheme is proposed for integrated control state and energy transfer (ICSET) towards these low-power devices. The performance of wireless energy transfer (WET) and wireless control state transfer (WCST) are also analysed theoretically. The ICSET performance is optimized by ensuring the control reliability. Simulation results validate the theoretical analysis. They also demonstrate that an appropriate time slot number within a period should be selected to increase the effective control rate, while ensuring the energy harvesting performance and the control reliability of IIoT.