EnHANTs Project Publications and Demonstrations

Publications

• T. Chen, J. Ghaderi, D. Rubenstein, and G. Zussman, "Maximizing broadcast throughput under ultra-low-power constraints," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 779–792, Apr. 2018.
  

• J. Chen, Y. Gu, and G. Zussman, “Guest editorial - Special issue on autonomous battery-free sensing and communication,” ACM Trans. on Embedded Computing Systems, vol. 17, no. 1, Sep. 2017.

• T. Chen, J. Ghaderi, D. Rubenstein, and G. Zussman, "Performance evaluation of Energy-Constrained Broadcast (EconCast) in wireless networks," in Proc. IEEE WCNC’17 Workshop on Energy Harvesting and Remotely Powered Wireless Communications for the IoT (invited paper), Mar. 2017.

• J. Marasevic, C. Stein, and G. Zussman, "Max-min fair rate allocation and routing in energy harvesting networks: Algorithmic analysis," Algorithmica, vol. 78, no. 2, pp. 521-557, Jun. 2017.

• T. Chen, J. Ghaderi, D. Rubenstein, and G. Zussman, "Maximizing broadcast throughput under ultra-low-power constraints," in Proc. ACM CoNEXT'16, 2016. Best Paper Award
  

• R. Margolies, G. Grebla, T. Chen, D. Rubenstein, and G. Zussman, "Panda: Neighbor discovery on a power harvesting budget," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Series on Green Communications and Networking, vol. 34, no. 12, pp. 3606-3619, Dec. 2016.

• R. Margolies, G. Grebla, T. Chen, D. Rubenstein, and G. Zussman, "Panda: Neighbor discovery on a power harvesting budget," in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM'16, Apr. 2016.

• M. Ashraphijuo, V. Aggarwal, X. Wang, “On the capacity of energy harvesting communication link,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 33, no. 12, pp. 2671-2686, Dec. 2015.

• R. Margolies, M. Gorlatova, J. Sarik, G. Stanje, J. Zhu, P. Miller, M. Szczodrak, B. Vigraham, L. Carloni, P. Kinget, I. Kymissis, G. Zussman, "Energy Harvesting Active Networked Tags (EnHANTs): Prototyping and experimentation," ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 62:1-62.27, Nov. 2015.

• M. Gorlatova, J. Sarik, G. Grebla, M. Cong, I. Kymissis, and G. Zussman, “Movers and shakers: Kinetic energy harvesting for the Internet of things,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Special Issue on Wireless Communications Powered by Energy Harvesting and Wireless Energy Transfer, Vol. 33, No. 8, pp. 1624-1639, Sept. 2015.

• Z. Wang, V. Aggarwal, X. Wang, "Energy-Bandwidth Allocation in Multiple Orthogonal Broadcast Channels with Energy Harvesting," in Proc. IEEE ISIT, June 2015.

• Z. Wang, V. Aggarwal, X. Wang, "Energy-Subchannel Allocation for Energy Harvesting Nodes in Frequency-Selective Channels," in Proc. IEEE ISIT, June 2015.

• S. Zhou, T. Chen, W. Chen, and Z. Niu, "Outage minimization for a fading wireless link with energy harvesting transmitter and receiver", IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Special Issue on Wireless Communications Powered by Energy Harvesting and Wireless Energy Transfer, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 496 - 511, Mar. 2015.

• Z. Wang, V. Aggarwal, and X. Wang, "Iterative dynamic water-filling for fading multiple-access channels with energy harvesting", IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Special Issue on Wireless Communications Powered by Energy Harvesting and Wireless Energy Transfer, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 382-395, Mar. 2015.

• Z. Wang, V. Aggarwal, and X. Wang, "Power allocation for energy harvesting transmitter with causal information," IEEE Trans. Communications, Vol. 62, No. 11, pp. 4080-4093, Nov. 2014.

• J. Marasevic, C. Stein, and G. Zussman, “Max-min fair rate allocation and routing in energy harvesting networks: Algorithmic analysis,” in Proc. ACM MOBIHOC’14, August 2014.

• M. Gorlatova, J. Sarik, G. Grebla, M. Cong, I. Kymissis, and G. Zussman, “Movers and Shakers: Kinetic energy harvesting for the Internet of Things,” in Proc. ACM SIGMETRICS’14, June 2014. [presentation]

• R. Margolies, “The Internet of Tags: Energy-harvesting adaptive algorithms,” in Proc. ACM MobiSys’14 Ph.D. Forum, June 2014.

• Z. Wang, V. Aggarwal, and X. Wang, "Optimal energy-bandwidth allocation for energy harvesting interference networks," in Proc. IEEE ISIT, June 2014.

• B. Vigraham and P. R. Kinget, "A self-duty-cycled and synchronized UWB pulse-radio receiver SoC with automatic threshold-recovery based demodulation," IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 581-594, March 2014.

• J. Sarik, K. Kim, M. Gorlatova, I. Kymissis, G. Zussman, "More than meets the eye - A portable measurement unit for characterizing light energy availability," in Proc. IEEE GlobalSIP Symposium on Energy Harvesting and Green Wireless Communications, Austin, TX, Dec. 2013 (invited paper).

• Z. Wang, V. Aggarwal, X. Wang, "Renewable energy scheduling for fading channels with maximum power constraint," in Proc. Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Chicago, IL, Oct. 2013.

• M. Gorlatova, A. Wallwater, and G. Zussman,"Networking low-power energy harvesting devices: Measurements and algorithms", IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol. 13, No. 9, pp. 1853-1865, Sept. 2013. 2016 IEEE Communications Society Young Author Best Paper Award.

• M. Gorlatova, J. Sarik, P. Kinget, I. Kymissis, G. Zussman, "Project-based learning within a large-scale interdisciplinary research effort," Proc. ACM ITiCSE'13, Canterbury, UK, July 2013. [ bib entry ]

• M. Gorlatova, R. Margolies, J. Sarik, G. Stanje, J. Zhu, B. Vigraham, M. Szczodrak, L. Carloni, P. Kinget, I. Kymissis, G. Zussman, "Prototyping Energy Harvesting Active Networked Tags (EnHANTs)," in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM'13 mini-conference, Turin, Italy, Apr. 2013. [ bib entry ]

• B. Vigraham and P. Kinget, "A self-duty-cycled and synchronized UWB receiver SoC consuming 375pJ/bit for -76.5dBm sensitivity at 2Mbps," IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, Feb. 2013.

• B. Vigraham and P. Kinget, "An ultra-low-power, compact UWB receiver with automatic threshold recovery in 65 nm CMOS," in Proc. IEEE Conference on RF Integrated Circuits (RFIC'12), June 2012.

• Y. Afsar, J. Sarik, M. Gorlatova, G. Zussman, and I. Kymissis, "Evaluating photovoltaic performance indoors," in Proc. IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference 2012, Austin, TX, June 2012.

• Z. Wang, A. Tajer, and X. Wang, "Communication of energy harvesting tags," IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 60, No. 4, pp. 1159-1166, Apr. 2012.

• M. Crepaldi, C. Li, J. Fernandes and P. Kinget, "An ultra-wideband impulse-radio transceiver chipset using synchronized-OOK modulation," IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol. 46, no. 10, pp. 2284-2299, Oct. 2011.

• M. Gorlatova, A. Bernstein, and G. Zussman, "Performance evaluation of resource allocation policies for energy harvesting devices," in Proc.  IEEE Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOpt'11), May 2011. [ bib entry ]

• M. Gorlatova, A. Wallwater, and G. Zussman, "Networking low power energy harvesting devices: Measurements and algorithms," in Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM'11) Apr. 2011. [ bib entry ]

• M. Gorlatova, P. Kinget, I. Kymissis, D. Rubenstein, X. Wang, and G. Zussman, "Energy-Harvesting Active Networked Tags (EnHANTs) for ubiquitous object networking," IEEE Wireless Communications, Vol. 17, No. 6, pp. 18-25, Dec. 2010. Winner: 2011 IEEE Communications Society Award for Outstanding Paper on New Communication Topics. [ bib entry ]

• N. Tremblay, A. Gorodetsky, M. Cox, T. Schiros, B. Kim, R. Steiner, Z. Bullard, A. Sattler, W.-Y. So, Y. Itoh, M. Toney, H. Ogasawara, A. Ramirez, I. Kymissis, M. Steigerwald, C. Nuckolls, "Inside cover: Photovoltaic universal joints: Ball-and-socket interfaces in molecular photovoltaic cells," ChemPhysChem, Vol. 11, No. 4, P. 742, 2010.

• M. Crepaldi, C. Li, K. Dronson, J. Fernandes and P. Kinget, "An ultra-low-power interference-robust IR-UWB transceiver chipset using self-synchronizing OOK modulation," in Proc. IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, Feb. 2010.

• M. Bhalke, S. Subbarao, and I. Kymissis, "Laboratory encapsulation of air-sensitive thin-film semiconductor devices," IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 153-156, Jan. 2010.

• M. Gorlatova, P. Kinget, I. Kymissis, D. Rubenstein, X. Wang, and G. Zussman, "Challenge: Ultra-low-power Energy-Harvesting Active Networked Tags (EnHANTs)," in Proc. ACM MOBICOM'09, Bejing, China, Sept. 2009. [ bib entry ]

• A. Gorodetsky, M. Cox, N. Tremblay, I. Kymissis, and C. Nuckolls, "Solar cells from a solution processable pentacene with improved air stability," Chemistry of Materials, 21 (18), pp 4090-4092, 2009.

Datasets

• M. Cong,  K. Kim, M. Gorlatova, J. Sarik, I. Kymissis, G. Zussman, "Kinetic energy measurements CRAWDAD dataset," May 2014. [bib entry]

• M. Gorlatova, M. Zapas, E. Xu, M. Bahlke, I. Kymissis, G. Zussman, "Light energy measurements CRAWDAD dataset," Apr. 2011. [bib entry]

Conference Demonstrations

• T. Chen, G. Chen, S. Jain, R. Margolies, G. Grebla, D. Rubenstein, and G. Zussman, "Demo abstract: Power-aware neighbor discovery for energy harvesting things," in Proc. ACM SenSys'16, Stanford, CA, Nov. 2016.

• R. Margolies, L. Pena, K. Kim, Y. Kim, M. Wang, M. Gorlatova, J. Sarik, J. Zhu, P. Kinget, I. Kymissis, and G. Zussman, "An adaptive testbed of Energy Harvesting Active Networked Tags (EnHANTs) prototypes," in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM'13, Turin, Italy, Apr. 2013.[ bib entry ]

• J. Sarik, L. Pena, M. Wang, K. Kim, H. Wang, F. Duque, G. Burrow, R. Margolies, M. Gorlatova, B. Vigraham, P. Kinget, I. Kymissis, and G. Zussman, "Demo: Energy Harvesting Active Network Tag (EnHANT) prototypes and prototype testbed," IDTechEx Energy Harvesting and Storage USA'12, Washington, DC, November 2012 (invited demonstration).  [ News item ]

• G. Stanje, P. Miller, J. Zhu, A. Smith, O. Winn, R. Margolies, M. Gorlatova, J. Sarik, M. Szczodrak, B. Vigraham, L. Carloni, P. Kinget, I. Kymissis, and G. Zussman, "Demo: Organic solar cell-equipped Energy Harvesting Active Networked Tag (EnHANT) prototype," in Proc. ACM SenSys'11, Seattle, WA, November 2011. Best Student Demo Award. [ News item ]

• J. Zhu, G. Stanje, R. Margolies, M. Gorlatova, J. Sarik, Z. Noorbhaiwala, P. Miller, M. Szczodrak, B. Vigraham, L. Carloni, P. Kinget, I. Kymissis, and G. Zussman, "Demo: Prototyping UWB-enabled EnHANTs," in Proc. ACM MobiSys'11, Washington, DC, June 2011. More details.

• M. Gorlatova, Z. Noorbhaiwala, A. Skolnik, J. Sarik, M. Szczodrak, J. Chen, M. Zapas, L. Carloni, P. Kinget, I. Kymissis, D. Rubenstein, G. Zussman, "Prototyping Energy Harvesting Active Networked Tags: Phase II MICA mote-based devices," in Proc. ACM MobiCom’10, Chicago, IL, September 2010. More details.

• M. Gorlatova, T. Sharma, D. Shrestha, E. Xu, J. Chen, A. Skolnik, D. Piao, P. Kinget, I. Kymissis, D. Rubenstein, G. Zussman, "Prototyping energy harvesting active networked tags with MICA2 motes," in Proc. IEEE SECON '10, Boston, MA, June 2010. More details. 

Technical Reports

• T. Chen, J. Ghaderi, D. Rubenstein, and G. Zussman, “Maximizing broadcast throughput under ultra-low-power constraints,” arXiv:1610.04203v2 [cs.NI], Apr. 2017. [download]

• R. Margolies, M. Gorlatova, J. Sarik, P. Kinget, I. Kymissis, and G. Zussman, “Project-based learning within a large-scale interdisciplinary research effort,” arXiv:1410.6935 [cs.CY], Oct. 2014. [download]

• Z. Wang, V. Aggarwal, and X. Wang, "Multiuser joint energy-bandwidth allocation with energy harvesting - Part I: Optimum algorithm & multiple point-to-point channels," arXiv:1410.2861 [cs.IT], Oct. 2014. [download]

• Z. Wang, V. Aggarwal, and X. Wang, "Multiuser joint energy-bandwidth allocation with energy harvesting - Part II: Multiple broadcast channels & proportional fairness," arXiv:1410.2867 [cs.IT], Oct. 2014. [download]
  

• J. Marasevic, C. Stein, and G. Zussman. “Max-min fair rate allocation and routing in energy harvesting networks: Algorithmic analysis”, CoRR, abs/1406.3671, June 2014.

• M. Gorlatova, J. Sarik, G. Grebla, M. Cong, I. Kymissis, and G. Zussman, “Movers and Shakers: Kinetic energy harvesting for the Internet of Things,” Columbia University Electrical Engineering Technical Report #2014-03-27, Mar. 2014.

• M.Gorlatova, J. Sarik, M. Cong, I. Kymissis, G. Zussman, "Movers and Shakers: Kinetic energy harvesting for the Internet of Things", arXiv:1307.0044, July 2013. [Report PDF ] [News item]

• M. Gorlatova, R. Margolies, J. Sarik, G. Stanje, J. Zhu, B. Vigraham, M. Szczodrak, L. Carloni, P. Kinget, I. Kymissis, G. Zussman, Energy Harvesting Active Networked Tags (EnHANTs): Prototyping and experimentation, Columbia University Electrical Engineering Technical Report #2012-07-27, July 2012.

• M. Gorlatova, A. Bernstein, G. Zussman, Performance evaluation of resource allocation policies for energy harvesting devices, Columbia University Electrical Engineering Technical Report #2011-01-05, Jan. 2011.

• M. Gorlatova, A. Wallwater, G. Zussman, Networking low-power energy harvesting devices: Measurements and algorithms, Columbia University Electrical Engineering Technical Report #2010-12-15, Dec. 2010.

Theses 

• R. Margolies, Columbia University Electrical Engineering Department Ph.D. Thesis, "Resource allocation for the Internet of Everything: From energy harvesting tags to cellular networks," Aug. 2015.

• Z. Wang, Columbia University Electrical Engineering Department Ph.D. Thesis, "Resource allocation for energy harvesting communications," Dec. 2014. 

• B. Vigraham, Columbia University Electrical Engineering Department Ph.D. Thesis, "Power-efficient circuit architectures for receivers leveraging nanoscale CMOS", Apr. 2014.

• M. Gorlatova, Columbia University Electrical Engineering Department Ph.D. Thesis, "Energy harvesting networked nodes: Measurements, algorithms, and prototyping", May 2013.

• J. Sarik, Columbia University Electrical Engineering Department Ph.D. Thesis, "Systems for pervasive electronics and interfaces", May 2013.

Patents

• D. Rubenstein, G. Zussman, J. Ghaderi, R. Margolies, T. Chen, and G. Grebla, “Systems and methods for throughput enhancement among ultra-low power wireless network devices," U.S. Patent US 10,200,956 B2. Feb-2019.

• D. Rubenstein, G. Zussman, J. Ghaderi, and T. Chen, "Systems and methods for asynchronous discovery and throughput maximization among ultra-low power wireless networked devices," U.S. Provisional Patent No.62/288,330, Jan. 2016.

• D. Rubenstein, G. Zussman, R. Margolies, T. Chen, and G. Grebla, "Systems and methods for asynchronous discovery among ultra-low power wireless devices," U.S. Provisional Patent No.62/217,624, Sept. 2015.

• D. Rubenstein, G. Zussman, R. Margolies, T. Chen, and G. Grebla, "Systems and methods for asynchronous discovery among ultra-low power wireless devices," U.S. Provisional Patent No.62/193,501, July 2015.