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ENERGY HARVESTING FROM NEIGHBORING NODES BY ROAMING DEVICES WITHIN A NETWORK

In a wireless communications network, a mobile node harvests energy from another node of the wireless communications network and stores energy, e.g., to re-charge a battery, thereby extending the amou…

DRIVE·Apr 2·1 min read

H04L5/0055 Silicon Laboratories Inc.

CHANNEL RECOVERY USING GROUP DELAY INFORMATION

In one embodiment, a method includes: determining, for each of a plurality of first channels of a wireless link between an initiator device and a reflector device, a channel response metric; providing…

DRIVE·Nov 13·1 min read

G01S13/08 Silicon Laboratories Inc.

METHOD TO HARVEST ENERGY FROM NEIGHBORING NODES WITHIN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

A technique for incorporating energy harvesting into a wireless network (e.g., an IoT network) of communications devices (e.g., IoT nodes) enables the nodes to harvest energy from neighboring nodes wi…

DRIVE·Apr 3·1 min read

H02J50/001 Silicon Laboratories Inc.

Apparatus for Improving the Effective Performance of a Power Source and Associated Methods

An apparatus includes a power management circuit to receive an input voltage and to generate and provide a first output voltage to an energy storage device. The power management circuit further genera…

DRIVE·Oct 21·1 min read

H04B1/04 Silicon Laboratories Inc.