Enhancing Urban Wireless Networks with Modular Reflecting EM Skins

ROCCA, Paolo and DA Rù, Pietro and ANSELMI, Nicola and SALUCCI, Marco and OLIVERI, Giacomo and MASSA, Andrea (2024) Enhancing Urban Wireless Networks with Modular Reflecting EM Skins. Technical Report. ELEDIA Research Center - University of Trento.

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Abstract

This paper focuses on designing modular, passive, and static artificial metasurfaces to serve as electromagnetic skins (EMSs) on buildings, aimed at enhancing coverage in urban millimeter-wave communication scenarios. A specialized design strategy is introduced to find optimal trade-off solutions that ensure sufficient coverage in areas with weak base station signals. The optimal EMS layout is achieved through a binary multi-objective optimization method. Representative numerical results are provided and discussed to showcase the features and potential of the EMS solution in a smart electromagnetic environment (SEME) and to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed design approach.

Item Type: Monograph (Technical Report)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Artificial materials, millimeter wave, mobile communications, multiobjective optimization, smart electromagnetic (EM) environment.
Subjects: A Areas > A WC Next Generation Wireless Communications
URI: http://www.eledia.org/students-reports/id/eprint/891

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