Intercell Wireless Communication in Software-defined Metasurfaces

Anna C. Tasolamprou; Mohammad Sajjad Mirmoosa; Odysseas Tsilipakos; Alexandros Pitilakis; Fu Liu; Sergi Abadal; Albert Cabellos-Aparicio; Eduard Alarcon; Christos Liaskos; Nikolaos V. Kantartzis; Sergei Tretyakov; Maria Kafesaki; Eleftherios N. Economou; Costas M. Soukoulis

doi:10.1109/ISCAS.2018.8351865

Intercell Wireless Communication in Software-defined Metasurfaces

Anna C. Tasolamprou, Mohammad Sajjad Mirmoosa, Odysseas Tsilipakos, Alexandros Pitilakis, Fu Liu, Sergi Abadal, Albert Cabellos-Aparicio, Eduard Alarcon, Christos Liaskos, Nikolaos V. Kantartzis, Sergei Tretyakov, Maria Kafesaki, Eleftherios N. Economou, Costas M. Soukoulis

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Tunable metasurfaces are ultra-thin, artificial electromagnetic components that provide engineered and externally adjustable functionalities. The programmable metasurface, the HyperSurFace, concept consists in integrating controllers within the metasurface that interact locally and communicate globally to obtain a given electromagnetic behaviour. Here, we address the design constraints introduced by both functions accommodated by the programmable metasurface, i.e., the desired metasurface operation and the unit cells wireless communication enabling such programmable functionality. The design process for meeting both sets of specifications is thoroughly discussed. Two scenarios for wireless intercell communication are proposed. The first exploits the metasurface layer itself, while the second employs a dedicated communication layer beneath the metasurface backplane. Complexity and performance trade-offs are highlighted.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2018 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2018 - Proceedings
Publisher	IEEE
Volume	2018-May
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538648810
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCAS.2018.8351865
Publication status	Published - 26 Apr 2018
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems - Florence, Italy Duration: 27 May 2018 → 30 May 2018 http://www.iscas2018.org/

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Name	IEEE International symposium on circuits and systems
ISSN (Electronic)	2379-447X

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Conference	IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
Abbreviated title	ISCAS
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Florence
Period	27/05/2018 → 30/05/2018
Internet address	http://www.iscas2018.org/

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Tasolamprou, A. C., Mirmoosa, M. S., Tsilipakos, O., Pitilakis, A., Liu, F., Abadal, S., Cabellos-Aparicio, A., Alarcon, E., Liaskos, C., Kantartzis, N. V., Tretyakov, S., Kafesaki, M., Economou, E. N., & Soukoulis, C. M. (2018). Intercell Wireless Communication in Software-defined Metasurfaces. In 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2018 - Proceedings (Vol. 2018-May). [8351865] (IEEE International symposium on circuits and systems). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCAS.2018.8351865

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