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Rate Maximization and Outage Analysis for BackCom-Assisted Uplink Pinching-Antenna Systems in IoT

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Zheng Yang
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Jingjing Cui
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Gaojie Chen
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Zhicheng Dong
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Zhiguo Ding
DOI:10.1109/twc.2026.3717275delete
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In this paper, we consider a backscatter communication (BackCom)-assisted uplink pinching-antenna system in Internet of Things (IoT), where a non-energy-constrained IoT device provides radio frequency signals to support multiple energy-constrained IoT devices, with multiple pinching antennas deployed on a waveguide. We formulate a joint optimization problem to select a energy-constrained device and simultaneously design its power reflection coefficient and pinching antenna locations. The objective is to maximize the achievable rate of the selected device, subject to the quality of service requirements of the non-energy-constrained device, minimum energy harvesting at energy-constrained devices, and collision-free constraints imposed on the pinching antennas. The problem is non-convex and analytically intricate, due to the strong interdependence among device selection, power reflection coefficients, and antenna positions. To overcome these challenges, we propose a block coordinate descent-based successive convex approximation algorithm that iteratively transforms the original non-convex problem into a series of convex subproblems that can be solved efficiently. Additionally, we analyze a special case with a single pinching antenna, deriving the optimal antenna location along with an approximate outage probability expression and the corresponding diversity order. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed system achieves higher achievable rates, lower outage probability, and improved diversity gain compared to conventional uplink fixed-antenna systems.
Keywords:
Pinching antennas
backscatter communication
rate optimization
outage probability

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IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications cover
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
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