On the Feasibility of GPON Fiber Light Energy Harvesting for the Internet of Things

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Autor(a) principal: Casaleiro, João Carlos
Data de Publicação: 2018
Outros Autores: Carvalho, Carlos Ferreira, Fazenda, Pedro Viçoso, Duarte, Rui Policarpo
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.34629/ipl.isel.i-ETC.56
Resumo: The emerging concept of smart cities demands for a large number of electronic devices, like sensors and actuators, distributed over several public spaces and buildings. The Internet of Things (IoT) has a key role in connecting devices to the Internet. However, the significant number of devices makes the maintenance task of the entire network difficult and expensive. To mitigate this problem, considerable research efforts have been made to develop energy-aware devices capable of self-sustainable operation, by harvesting their energy from various sources. In this paper, we study the possibility of harvesting energy from the light flowing in the Gigabit Passive Optics Network (GPON) to supply low-power devices. Since most cities already have a working GPON installation, using this installation to interconnect and power IoT devices can be a viable and less expensive solution, instead of installing new dedicated networks. This is also an interesting solution to convey communications and energy to low-power applications where access to the power grid is unfeasible. This study is focused in the 1550 nm wavelength, whose available optical power, in residential premises, is between -7 dBm and +2 dBm. With this range of optical power, and with a 30% efficiency photodiode, we show, for the worst-case scenario of the GPON, how it is possible to harvest 62 µW of energy at the Maximum Power Point (MPP).
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spelling On the Feasibility of GPON Fiber Light Energy Harvesting for the Internet of ThingsElectronics; Optoelectronics; TelecommunicationsEnergy harvesting; photodiode, optical fiber; GPON; IoT, wireless sensor networks; smart cities.The emerging concept of smart cities demands for a large number of electronic devices, like sensors and actuators, distributed over several public spaces and buildings. The Internet of Things (IoT) has a key role in connecting devices to the Internet. However, the significant number of devices makes the maintenance task of the entire network difficult and expensive. To mitigate this problem, considerable research efforts have been made to develop energy-aware devices capable of self-sustainable operation, by harvesting their energy from various sources. In this paper, we study the possibility of harvesting energy from the light flowing in the Gigabit Passive Optics Network (GPON) to supply low-power devices. Since most cities already have a working GPON installation, using this installation to interconnect and power IoT devices can be a viable and less expensive solution, instead of installing new dedicated networks. This is also an interesting solution to convey communications and energy to low-power applications where access to the power grid is unfeasible. This study is focused in the 1550 nm wavelength, whose available optical power, in residential premises, is between -7 dBm and +2 dBm. With this range of optical power, and with a 30% efficiency photodiode, we show, for the worst-case scenario of the GPON, how it is possible to harvest 62 µW of energy at the Maximum Power Point (MPP).ISEL - High Institute of Engineering of Lisbon2018-12-21T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.34629/ipl.isel.i-ETC.56oai:i-ETC.journals.isel.pt:article/56i-ETC : ISEL Academic Journal of Electronics Telecommunications and Computers; Vol 4, No 1 (2018): IoT: Internet of Things as field revolution; ID-9i-ETC : ISEL Academic Journal of Electronics Telecommunications and Computers; Vol 4, No 1 (2018): IoT: Internet of Things as field revolution; ID-92182-4010reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttp://journals.isel.pt/index.php/i-ETC/article/view/56https://doi.org/10.34629/ipl.isel.i-ETC.56http://journals.isel.pt/index.php/i-ETC/article/view/56/58Copyright (c) 2018 João Carlos Casaleiro, Carlos Carvalho, Pedro Fazenda, Rui Policarpo Duartehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCasaleiro, João CarlosCarvalho, Carlos FerreiraFazenda, Pedro ViçosoDuarte, Rui Policarpo2022-09-20T15:26:06Zoai:i-ETC.journals.isel.pt:article/56Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T15:51:12.201456Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title On the Feasibility of GPON Fiber Light Energy Harvesting for the Internet of Things
spellingShingle On the Feasibility of GPON Fiber Light Energy Harvesting for the Internet of Things
Casaleiro, João Carlos
Electronics; Optoelectronics; Telecommunications
Energy harvesting; photodiode, optical fiber; GPON; IoT, wireless sensor networks; smart cities.
title_short On the Feasibility of GPON Fiber Light Energy Harvesting for the Internet of Things
title_full On the Feasibility of GPON Fiber Light Energy Harvesting for the Internet of Things
title_fullStr On the Feasibility of GPON Fiber Light Energy Harvesting for the Internet of Things
title_full_unstemmed On the Feasibility of GPON Fiber Light Energy Harvesting for the Internet of Things
title_sort On the Feasibility of GPON Fiber Light Energy Harvesting for the Internet of Things
author Casaleiro, João Carlos
author_facet Casaleiro, João Carlos
Carvalho, Carlos Ferreira
Fazenda, Pedro Viçoso
Duarte, Rui Policarpo
author_role author
author2 Carvalho, Carlos Ferreira
Fazenda, Pedro Viçoso
Duarte, Rui Policarpo
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Casaleiro, João Carlos
Carvalho, Carlos Ferreira
Fazenda, Pedro Viçoso
Duarte, Rui Policarpo
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Electronics; Optoelectronics; Telecommunications
Energy harvesting; photodiode, optical fiber; GPON; IoT, wireless sensor networks; smart cities.
topic Electronics; Optoelectronics; Telecommunications
Energy harvesting; photodiode, optical fiber; GPON; IoT, wireless sensor networks; smart cities.
description The emerging concept of smart cities demands for a large number of electronic devices, like sensors and actuators, distributed over several public spaces and buildings. The Internet of Things (IoT) has a key role in connecting devices to the Internet. However, the significant number of devices makes the maintenance task of the entire network difficult and expensive. To mitigate this problem, considerable research efforts have been made to develop energy-aware devices capable of self-sustainable operation, by harvesting their energy from various sources. In this paper, we study the possibility of harvesting energy from the light flowing in the Gigabit Passive Optics Network (GPON) to supply low-power devices. Since most cities already have a working GPON installation, using this installation to interconnect and power IoT devices can be a viable and less expensive solution, instead of installing new dedicated networks. This is also an interesting solution to convey communications and energy to low-power applications where access to the power grid is unfeasible. This study is focused in the 1550 nm wavelength, whose available optical power, in residential premises, is between -7 dBm and +2 dBm. With this range of optical power, and with a 30% efficiency photodiode, we show, for the worst-case scenario of the GPON, how it is possible to harvest 62 µW of energy at the Maximum Power Point (MPP).
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