@techreport{elediasc12891,
            year = {2024},
       publisher = {ELEDIA Research Center - University of Trento},
            type = {Technical Report},
           title = {Enhancing Urban Wireless Networks with Modular Reflecting EM Skins},
          author = {Paolo ROCCA and Pietro DA R{\`u} and Nicola ANSELMI and Marco SALUCCI and Giacomo OLIVERI and Andrea MASSA},
        keywords = {Artificial materials, millimeter wave, mobile communications, multiobjective optimization, smart electromagnetic (EM) environment.},
             url = {http://www.eledia.org/students-reports/891/},
        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.}
}