@techreport{elediasc12890,
            year = {2024},
           title = {Designing Modular Reflective EM Skins to Improve Wireless Coverage in Urban Areas},
          author = {Paolo ROCCA and Pietro DA R{\`u} and Nicola ANSELMI and Marco SALUCCI and Giacomo OLIVERI and Andrea MASSA},
            type = {Technical Report},
       publisher = {ELEDIA Research Center - University of Trento},
             url = {http://www.eledia.org/students-reports/890/},
        abstract = {This paper addresses the design of modular, passive, and static artificial meta-surfaces to be used as electromagnetic skins (EMSs) on buildings to enhance coverage in urban millimeter-wave communication scenarios. To achieve this, a specialized design strategy is proposed to find optimal trade-off solutions that ensure adequate coverage in areas where the base station signal is weak. The optimal EMS layout is obtained using a binary multi-objective optimization method. Representative numerical results are presented and discussed to highlight the features and potential of the EMS solution in a smart electromagnetic environment (SEME) and to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed design method.},
        keywords = {Artificial materials, millimeter wave, mobile communications, multiobjective optimization, smart electromagnetic (EM) environment.}
}