%0 Report
%9 Technical Report
%A ROCCA, Paolo
%A DA Rù, Pietro
%A ANSELMI, Nicola
%A SALUCCI, Marco
%A OLIVERI, Giacomo
%A MASSA, Andrea
%D 2024
%F elediasc12:891
%K Artificial materials, millimeter wave, mobile communications, multiobjective optimization, smart electromagnetic (EM) environment.
%T Enhancing Urban Wireless Networks with Modular Reflecting EM Skins
%U http://www.eledia.org/students-reports/891/
%X 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.