Receiver control apparatus and method for simultaneous wireless information and power transmission operating in dual mode

1. A method of performing adaptive mode switching in a transmitter of a dual mode SWIPT system, the method comprising:

receiving received power P r,v of a receiver in a v-th channel from the receiver;

comparing the received power P r,v with a predetermined threshold value P th ;

selecting one of a single tone mode or a multi-tone mode as a single/multi-tone mode i based on the comparison result;

selecting a modulation index L based on the selected single/multi-tone mode i and the received power P r,v ; and

transmitting the selected single/multi-tone mode i, the selected modulation index L, and a duty cycle D v to the receiver,

wherein the duty cycle D v is determined based on at least one of power consumed for decoding a single tone signal, power consumed for decoding a multi-tone signal, and power harvested during the v-th channel by the receiver, and

wherein the predetermined threshold value P th is determined after performing machine learning by using at least one of a plurality of single/multi-tone modes selected during a predetermined time, the modulation index, and the duty cycle, and the power received by the receiver during the predetermined time.

2. A receiver control method performed in a transmitter of a dual mode SWIPT system, the receiver control method comprising:

transmitting one or more synchronization frames to a first receiver;

receiving an ACK frame for the synchronization frame from the first receiver in a control frame;

performing adaptive mode switching based on information regarding received power of the first receiver included in the ACK frame for the synchronization frame;

generating information regarding the adaptive mode switching and an adaptive mode switching frame including address information of the first receiver and transmitting the generated information and adaptive mode switching frame to the first receiver; and

transmitting a SWIPT frame to the first receiver when an ACK frame for the adaptive mode switching frame is received from the first receiver,

wherein the ACK frame for the synchronization frame and the ACK frame for the adaptive mode switching frame include the information regarding the received power of the first receiver.

3. The receiver control method performed in a transmitter of a dual mode SWIPT system according to claim 2 , wherein the SWIPT frame includes an energy harvesting frame (EH frame) that is not modulated and an information transmission frame (ID frame) that is modulated, and

the receiver control method further comprising:

receiving only the energy harvesting frame by a receiver other than the first receiver while the transmitter transmits the control frame and the SWIPT frame to the first receiver.

4. The receiver control method performed in a transmitter of a dual mode SWIPT system according to claim 2 , wherein the transmitting of one or more synchronization frames to the first receiver is transmitting of the one or more synchronization frames to the first receiver in a multi-tone mode.

5. The receiver control method performed in a transmitter of a dual mode SWIPT system according to claim 2 , wherein when the ACK frame for the synchronization frame is not received from the first receiver in the control frame, the receiver control method further comprising:

transmitting a frame for wireless energy transmission instead of the SWIPT frame.

6. The receiver control method performed in a transmitter of a dual mode SWIPT system according to claim 2 , wherein the transmitter controls a plurality of receivers including the first receiver by using a multiple division method of at least one of a time division multiplexing (TDM) method and a dynamic-TDM (D-TDM) method.

7. The receiver control method performed in a transmitter of a dual mode SWIPT system according to claim 2 , wherein when each of the transmitter and the first receiver includes a multi-antenna, the transmitting of the SWIPT frame to the first receiver is receiving of the information regarding the received power of the first receiver from a first antenna of the transmitter and transmitting of the SWIPT frame to the first receiver by using a second antenna of the transmitter.

8. A transmitter of a dual mode SWIPT system performing adaptive mode switching, the transmitter comprising:

a single/multi-tone generating unit that generates at least one of a single tone and a multi-tone to transmit at least one of the single tone and the multi-tone to a receiver; and

an adaptive mode switching unit that extracts information regarding received power of the receiver based on a backscatter signal received from the receiver, determines at least one of a single/multi-tone mode, a modulation index, and a duty cycle based on the extracted information regarding the received power, and outputs the determination result to the receiver for transmission.

9. The transmitter of a dual mode SWIPT system performing adaptive mode switching according to claim 8 , further comprising:

a machine learning unit that performs machine learning by using at least one of a plurality of single/multi-tone modes selected during a predetermined time, the modulation index, and the duty cycle, and the power received by the receiver during the predetermined time, and generates a predetermined threshold value which is the basis of determination on the single/multi-tone mode.

10. A method of performing adaptive mode switching in a receiver of a dual mode SWIPT system, the method comprising:

performing synchronization based on a synchronization frame received from a transmitter and harvesting power;

determining whether or not the harvested power is equal to or greater than a threshold value;

transmitting an ACK frame from the synchronization frame based on the determination result;

setting a reception mode according to a received adaptive mode switching information when adaptive mode switching information is received from the transmitter; and

receiving a SWIPT frame from the transmitter during a duty cycle and transmitting an ACK frame for the SWIPT frame.

11. A receiver of a dual mode SWIPT system performing adaptive mode switching, the receiver comprising:

an energy harvester harvesting energy from a reception signal;

a single tone information receiving unit extracting and decoding a predetermined modulation signal from the reception signal;

a multi-tone peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) information receiving unit extracting and decoding a predetermined PAPR signal from the reception signal;

a power management unit monitoring information regarding received power of the receiver and performing adaptive mode switching based on at least one of a single/multi-tone mode received from a transmitter, a modulation index, and a duty cycle; and

a backscatter signal transmitter outputting monitoring information to the transmitter for transmission.

12. The receiver of a dual mode SWIPT system performing adaptive mode switching according to claim 11 , wherein the monitoring information is used for machine learning in the transmitter, and the backscatter signal transmitter transmits information by reflecting at least one of a carrier emitter or an ambient signal.