Due to the evolution of the health pandemic, WPSN 2021 will be held virtually. This will not impact the publication of the WPSN 2021 proceedings and accepted papers will be included in the IEEE Xplore Proceedings.

Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) is the driving technology that will enable the next generation of the distributed sensor systems, including battery-less sensors, passive RFID, as well as IoT, 5G and M2M solutions. Distributed WPT-enabled devices can be powered by harvesting energy from the surroundings (for example electromagnetic energy), leading to a novel communication systems networks paradigm, the Wirelessly Powered Systems and Networks. The WPSN workshop aims at providing an interdisciplinary reference forum focusing on the use of WPT as an enabler for improving the efficiency of current distributed communication systems and networks. Therefore, both tools and techniques to design (or improve) relevant distributed operations using WPT, as well as results from the analysis of data obtained through this enabler, are welcome in the workshop. WPSN aims at engaging researchers working on WPT-enabled networking protocols, algorithms and optimization; WPT-enabled communication methods, tools and techniques; Far-/near-field WPT technologies for networks and communications.

Important Note: An extended version of the best WPSN 2021 paper will be invited to appear in a Special Issue of the MDPI Sensors journal (JCR/SJR Q1), without publication fees. 

Accepted and presented papers will appear in IEEE Xplore and all major publication indexes (WoS, Scopus, etc).

Submission Guidelines

Prospective authors are invited to submit high-quality original technical papers reporting original research of theoretical or applied nature for presentation at the workshop and publication in the WPSN 2021 Proceedings. All papers will be reviewed and evaluated by independent experts and selected based on their originality, merit, and relevance to the workshop. Accepted and presented papers will be published as part of the DCOSS 2021 conference proceedings. Note that the workshop follows single-blind review policy. The names and affiliations of all the authors must be presented in the submitted manuscript. No-show papers submitted by authors who did not present the paper in-person will not be included in the workshop proceedings. No refund of the paid fees can be claimed by the no-show author. Presentations by proxies are not allowed, unless explicitly approved by the organizers. The manuscripts must be prepared in English, following the IEEE two-column Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings (available here) with a maximum length of eight (8) printed pages including text, figures, and references. Authors can add at most two (2) pages, but only for an appendix, i.e. these two pages contain supplementary material only. The additional two pages will incur overlength charges at $100/page.

List of Topics

The focus areas of the contributions can vary according to the entire spectrum of distributed WPT applications. Potential authors are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts that demonstrate recent advances in both theoretical and experimental research. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Scheduling algorithms in wirelessly rechargeable sensor networks
• Integration of WPT in Aerial (UAV) Networks
• Optimization and approximation algorithms (mobility/energy/data management)
• Joint operation scheduling (routing, data gathering, ambient harvesting)
• Precise algorithmic models and efficient distributed protocols
• Algorithms for WPT devices deployment
• Energy trading and economy models among peers
• Transiently-powered networking protocols for the Internet of batteryless and energy harvesting things
• Intermittent computing support for wirelessly powered systems
• Safety provisioning through EM radiation control algorithms
• Peer-to-peer and crowd charging algorithms (e.g., mobile social networks, sensor networks)
• Far-field WPT for the Internet-of-Things (IoT) Networks and 5G
• Algorithms for simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT)
• WPT for medical implants and wearable devices
• WPT for automotive technology and electric vehicles (Dynamic wireless charging, Vehicle-2-Grid (V2G) or Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V))
• WPT for mobile communications, wireless sensor networks and UAVs
• WPT for home/Industrial appliances
• Solutions for SWIPT
• Software/Hardware solutions for energy sharing among peers
• RF energy harvesting, rectennas and rectenna arrays
• High-frequency rectifying circuits, power transmitters and devices
• Near-field (inductive, resonant) energy transfer
• Microwave transmission and beaming
• Novel materials, fabrication techniques
• Energy storage elements, RFID-related electronics and self-powered sensors
• Measurement and characterization approaches for WPT components
• Standardization, regulations and biological effects
• Privacy and security in WPT based energy sharing networks

Committees

• General Chairs:
  • Tamoghna Ojha, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
  • Ioannis Krikidis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• Steering Committee Chair:
  • Theofanis Raptis, National Research Council, Italy
• Technical Program Committee (tentative):
  • Eyuphan Bulut, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
  • Andrea Passarella, National Research Council, Italy
  • Marios Angelopoulos, Bournemouth University, UK
  • Kasim Sinan Yildirim, University of Trento, Italy
  • Barun Saha, Hitachi ABB Power Grids, Bangalore, India
  • Lina Mohjazi, University of Glasgow, UK
  • Samir M Perlaza, INRIA, France
  • Bruno Clerkx, Imperial College London, UK
  • Himal A Suraweera, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
  • Constantinos Psomas, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
  • Gan Zheng, Loughborough University, UK
  • Konstantinos Ntougias, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
  • Koji Ishibashi, University of Electro-Communications, Japan
  • Haipeng Dai, Nanjing University, China
  • Giuseppina Monti, University of Salento, Italy
  • Vijay K Shah, Virginia Tech, USA
  • Weifa Liang, Australian National University, Australia
  • Deepak Mishra, UNSW Sydney, Australia
  • Lei Shu, Nanjing Agricultural University & University of Lincoln, China/UK
  • Sami Muhaidat, Khalifa University & Carleton University, UAE/Canada
  • Angelo Trotta, University of Bologna, Italy
  • Pedro Pinho, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
• Publicity Chairs:
  • Samaresh Bera, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
  • Pradyumna Kumar Bishoyi, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

Publication

Accepted and presented papers will be published as part of the DCOSS 2021 conference proceedings and will appear in IEEE Xplore and all major publication indexes (WoS, Scopus, etc).

Venue

The conference will be held VIRTUALLY.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to tamoghna.ojha@iit.cnr.it.