I. INTRODUCTION  
II. A GENERAL UTILIZATION-DEPENDENT COMPONENT (UDC) MODEL  
III. COMMONLY USED POCMC MODELS  
IV. COMMUNICATION CHANNELS  
V. REMOTE ESTIMATION ACROSS A PACKET-DROP LINK POWERED BY ENERGY HARVESTING  
VI. SCHEDULING: QUEUEING SYSTEMS WITH TIME-VARYING PARAMETERS, AND WIRELESS ENERGY TRANSFER  
VII. MOTIVATING EXAMPLE: A SINGLE SERVER WITH UTILIZATION-DEPENDENT SERVICE RATE  
VIII. CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS  