Peter Kinget, Columbia University

Location :

Thomson
Paris Research Lab
46 Quai A. Le Gallo
92648 Boulogne Cedex
http://www.thlab.net

Abstract :

We will present our cross-layer technology research platform for 
EnHANTs. The proposed tags will harvest energy from the environment to 
communicate with each other and form short range ad-hoc networks. They 
are small, thin and flexible and can be attached to everyday objects 
like clothing, furniture, toys, doors, windows, etc. They will support 
advanced object tracking and locationing applications beyond what 
current RFID technologies can offer and with a power requirement well 
below sensor network solutions.

Our research activities cover from light and piezoelectric energy 
harvesters using flexible polymer electronics, to ultra-low power 
radio transceivers and electronics, to impulse radio communications, 
to low overhead synchronization and networking and novel energy 
management approaches.  Energy efficiency, cross layer optimization 
and interdisciplinary solutions are common threads in this work.

Host :

Thomson