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Metasurfaces have emerged as transformative electromagnetic structures for wireless communications, enabling the real-time control over wave propagation, yielding potential for improved data rates, privacy, energy efficiency and even…
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This article introduces an approach that could tame wireless channels, making their behavior deterministic and software-defined. We investigate the novel idea of HyperSurfaces, which are software-controlled metamaterials embedded in any…
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The future of mobile communications looks exciting with the potential new use cases and challenging requirements of future 6th generation (6G) and beyond wireless networks. Since the beginning of the modern era of wireless communications,…
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