On the feasibility of GPON fiber light energy harvesting for the internet of things

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Autor(a) principal: Casaleiro, João
Data de Publicação: 2018
Outros Autores: Carvalho, Carlos, Fazenda, Pedro, Duarte, R. P.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/9242
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 thingsEnergy harvestingPhotodiodeOptical fiberRedes de sensores sem fioCidades inteligentesThe 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).ISELRCIPLCasaleiro, JoãoCarvalho, CarlosFazenda, PedroDuarte, R. P.2019-01-02T10:40:01Z20182018-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/9242engCASALEIRO, João; [et al] – On the feasibility of GPON fiber light energy harvesting for the internet of things. i-ETC: ISEL Academic Journal of Electronics, Telecommunications and Computers. ISSN 2182-4010. Vol. 4, N.º 1 (2018), pp. 1-112182-4010info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-08-03T09:57:42Zoai:repositorio.ipl.pt:10400.21/9242Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T20:17:51.360316Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv On the feasibility of GPON fiber light energy harvesting for the internet of things
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
Energy harvesting
Photodiode
Optical fiber
Redes de sensores sem fio
Cidades inteligentes
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
author_facet Casaleiro, João
Carvalho, Carlos
Fazenda, Pedro
Duarte, R. P.
author_role author
author2 Carvalho, Carlos
Fazenda, Pedro
Duarte, R. P.
author2_role author
author
author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Casaleiro, João
Carvalho, Carlos
Fazenda, Pedro
Duarte, R. P.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Energy harvesting
Photodiode
Optical fiber
Redes de sensores sem fio
Cidades inteligentes
topic Energy harvesting
Photodiode
Optical fiber
Redes de sensores sem fio
Cidades inteligentes
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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