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US 12,538,345 · App. 17/529,784 · Granted Jan 27, 2026

Gateway for allocating uplink frequency bands and backscattering IoT device and method

Inventors: Dong In Kim (Seongnam-si, KR); Hyun Suk Choi (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
H04W72/542G16Y20/30H04L47/629
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Patent No.
US 12,538,345
App. No.
17/529,784
Granted
Jan 27, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A backscattering method for an Internet-of-things (IoT) device includes a frequency-splitting (FS)-simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) wireless communication system. The backscattering method includes collecting energy by simultaneously receiving power having a first frequency, receiving data having a first frequency band, and decoding the data; determining a second frequency band to uplink; and transmitting tag information in the second frequency band using the power having the first frequency in a backscattering manner.

Claims (20)

1 . A backscattering method for an Internet-of-things (IoT) device comprising a frequency-splitting (FS)-simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) wireless communication system, the backscattering method comprising:

collecting energy by receiving a power signal having a first frequency;

receiving and decoding a data signal transmitted in a first frequency band different from the first frequency;

generating tag information comprising uplink data of the IoT device;

determining a second frequency band for uplink transmission; and

transmitting the tag information in the second frequency band by modulating the impedence of the IoT device to reflect the power signal having the first frequency in a backscattering manner.

2 . The backscattering method of claim 1 , wherein

the second frequency band is allocated based on any one or any combination of any two or more of amounts of the collected energy, a channel environment, fairness, and traffic.

3 . The backscattering method of claim 2 , wherein

the fairness is determined based on a ratio of a current maximum transfer rate to a previous average transfer rate in each time slot.

4 . The backscattering method of claim 2 , wherein

the traffic is in proportion to the number of time slots not transmitted to the uplink but accumulated in a queue.

5 . The backscattering method of claim 1 , wherein

the second frequency band is closer to the first frequency than the first frequency band.

6 . An Internet-of-things (IoT) device comprising a frequency-splitting (FS)-simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) wireless communication system, the IoT device comprising:

a communicator configured to receive a power signal having a first frequency and a data signal transmitted in a first frequency band different from the first frequency;

a charger configured to collect energy from the power having the first frequency; and

a controller configured to decode the data signal, generate tag information comprising uplink data of the IoT device, determine a second frequency band for uplink transmission, and control the communicator to transmit tag information in the second frequency band by modulating the impedence of the IoT device to reflect the power signal in a backscattering manner.

7 . The IoT device of claim 6 , wherein the controller is further configured to allocate

the second frequency band to the IoT device based on any one or any combination of any two or more of amounts of the collected energy, a channel environment, fairness, and traffic.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 18, 2021
From: KIM, DONG IN; CHOI, HYUN SUK
To: RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 058152/0857 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0154996 · Nov 18, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220159671A1 · May 19, 2022
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