%K Artificial materials, millimeter wave, mobile communications, multiobjective optimization, smart electromagnetic (EM) environment.
%A Paolo ROCCA
%A Pietro DA Rù
%A Nicola ANSELMI
%A Marco SALUCCI
%A Giacomo OLIVERI
%A Andrea MASSA
%T Enhancing Urban Wireless Networks with Modular Reflecting EM Skins
%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.
%D 2024
%L elediasc12891
%I ELEDIA Research Center - University of Trento