A reconfigurable intelligent surface with integrated sensing capability

被引:98
作者
Alamzadeh, Idban [1 ]
Alexandropoulos, George C. [2 ]
Shlezinger, Nir [3 ]
Imani, Mohammadreza F. [1 ]
机构
[1] Arizona State Univ, Dept Elect Comp & Energy Engn, Tempe, AZ 85281 USA
[2] Natl & Kapodistrian Univ Athens, Dept Informat & Telecommun, Athens 15784, Greece
[3] Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Sch Elect & Comp Engn, Beer Sheva, Israel
关键词
CHANNEL ESTIMATION; METASURFACE ANTENNAS; CHALLENGES; DESIGN;
D O I
10.1038/s41598-021-99722-x
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Reconfigurable reflective surfaces can alter the propagation environment to improve wireless communication and power transfer. Paramount to this operation-which has attracted much attention recently-is the assumption that the reflective surface has prior knowledge of the propagation environment, for example, the direction/location of the transmitter and the intended receiver(s). To address this need, we propose a reconfigurable reflective metasurface with integrated sensing capabilities. By modifying the tunable meta-atoms constituting the metasurface, we couple small portions of the incident wave to an array of sensing waveguides. As an illustrative example, we demonstrate the ability to use the sampled incident wave to detect its angle of arrival. In addition, we propose and numerically demonstrate the possibility to reduce the required sensors, i.e., the number of radio frequency (RF) chains needed to acquire the sensed signals, by leveraging the inherent metasurface's tunable multiplexing capability. A reconfigurable reflective metasurface with integrated sensing capabilities can benefit wireless communications, wireless power transfer, RF sensing, and smart sensors.
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