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Wireless communication environments comprise passive objects that cause performance degradation and eavesdropping concerns due to anomalous scattering. This paper proposes a new paradigm, where scattering becomes software-defined and,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-12-19 Christos Liaskos , Shuai Nie , Ageliki Tsioliaridou , Andreas Pitsillides , Sotiris Ioannidis , Ian Akyildiz

The next generations of wireless networks are envisioned to integrate communications, sensing, and computing into a unified platform, demanding ultra-high data rates, submillisecond latency, and unprecedented energy efficiency. However,…

Metasurfaces are ultrathin structures which are constituted by an array of subwavelength scatterers with designable scattering responses. They have opened up unprecedented exciting opportunities for extraordinary wave engineering processes.…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-06-09 Sajjad Taravati , George V. Eleftheriades

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) enable programmable control of wireless propagation. Beyond environmental deployments, integrating metasurfaces at the antenna front end allows direct manipulation of the radiated electromagnetic…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-09 Chandan Kumar Sheemar , Wali Ullah Khan , Sourabh Solanki , George C. Alexandropoulos , Symeon Chatzinotas

Metamaterials are composed of periodic subwavelength metal/dielectric structures that resonantly couple to the electric and/or magnetic components of the incident electromagnetic fields, exhibiting properties that are not found in nature.…

Optics · Physics 2016-11-29 Hou-Tong Chen , Antoinette J Taylor , Nanfang Yu

What is a reconfigurable intelligent surface? What is a smart radio environment? What is a metasurface? How do metasurfaces work and how to model them? How to reconcile the mathematical theories of communication and electromagnetism? What…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-04-22 Marco Di Renzo , Alessio Zappone , Merouane Debbah , Mohamed-Slim Alouini , Chau Yuen , Julien de Rosny , Sergei Tretyakov

As two-dimensional metamaterials, metasurfaces open up new avenues for designing static planar optics. However, the dynamic modulation of metasurfaces in the optical band is required for practical applications. The existing dynamic devices…

Metasurfaces composed of planar arrays of sub-wavelength artificial structures show promise for extraordinary light manipulation; they have yielded novel ultrathin optical components such as flat lenses, wave plates, holographic surfaces…

Metasurfaces have been investigated and its numerous exotic functionalities and the potentials to arbitrarily control of the electromagnetic fields have been extensively explored. However, only limited types of metasurface have finally…

Next generation wireless base stations and access points will transmit and receive using extremely massive numbers of antennas. A promising technology for realizing such massive arrays in a dynamically controllable and scalable manner with…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-17 Nir Shlezinger , George C. Alexandropoulos , Mohammadreza F. Imani , Yonina C. Eldar , David R. Smith

Metasurfaces represent a new paradigm in artificial subwavelength structures due to their potential to overcome many challenges typically associated with bulk metamaterials. The ability making very thin structures and change their…

Reconfigurable intelligent metasurfaces have been proposed as an efficient solution for improving wireless telecommunication systems in multiple scattering or reverberating media. Concurrently, topology optimization has been successfully…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-11-07 Theodosios D. Karamanos , Mathias Fink , Fabrice Lemoult

Intelligent metasurfaces have demonstrated great promise in revolutionizing wireless communications. One notable example is the two-dimensional (2D) programmable metasurface, which is also known as reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-05-19 Jiancheng An , Mérouane Debbah , Tie Jun Cui , Zhi Ning Chen , Chau Yuen

Metasurfaces (MSs) have been utilized to manipulate different properties of electromagnetic waves. By combining local control over the wave amplitude, phase, and polarization into a single tunable structure, a multi-functional and…

Metasurfaces, the two-dimensional counterpart of metamaterials, have caught great attention thanks to their powerful capabilities on manipulation of electromagnetic waves. Recent times have seen the emergence of a variety of metasurfaces…

Programmable metasurfaces have garnered significant attention as they confer unprecedented control over the electromagnetic response of any surface. Such feature has given rise to novel design paradigms such as Software-Defined…

A metasurface is a surface that consists of artificial material, called metamaterial, with configurable electromagnetic properties. This paper presents work in progress on the design and formal verification of a programmable metasurface,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-07-26 Panagiotis Kouvaros , Dimitris Kouzapas , Anna Philippou , Julius Georgiou , Loukas Petrou , Andreas Pitsillides

Modern wireless communication is one of the most important information technologies, but its system architecture has been unchanged for many years. Here, we propose a much simpler architecture for wireless communication systems based on…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-06-13 Jie Zhao , Xi Yang , Jun Yan Dai , Qiang Cheng , Xiang Li , Ning Hua Qi , Jun Chen Ke , Guo Dong Bai , Shuo Liu , Shi Jin , Tie Jun Cui

Software-defined metasurfaces (SDMs) comprise a dense topology of basic elements called meta-atoms, exerting the highest degree of control over surface currents among intelligent panel technologies. As such, they can transform impinging…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2019-05-08 Christos Liaskos , Ageliki Tsioliaridou , Shuai Nie , Andreas Pitsillides , Sotiris Ioannidis , Ian Akyildiz

This paper outlines a new approach to designing tunable electromagnetic (EM) graphene-based metasurfaces using convolutional neural networks (CNNs). EM metasurfaces have previously been used to manipulate EM waves by adjusting the local…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-07-21 Mehdi Kiani , Mahsa Zolfaghari , Jalal Kiani