Abstract:Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a type of wireless communication technology that uses a reconfigurable surface, such as a wall or building that is able to adjust its properties by an integrated optimization algorithm in order to optimize the signal propagation for a given communication scenario. As a reconfiguration algorithm the multidimensional optimization of the GNU scientific library was analyzed to evaluate the performance of the smart surface in the quality of signal reception. This analysis took place by means of electrodynamic simulations based on the finite difference time domain method. Through these simulations it was possible to observe the efficiency of the algorithm in the reconfiguration of the RIS, managing to focus the electromagnetic waves in a remarkable way towards the point of interest.
Abstract:The performance of a real fifth generation base station was studied by using a reverberation chamber as a real life propagating environment. Preliminary tests were conducted in order to define 5G base station operation conditions at mm-wave and emulated scenarios where reconfigurable intelligent surface(s) (RISs) will successively be tested. Measurements campaign was carried out under the H2020 European project RISE-6G and a collaboration program between TIM S.p.A., Nokia and Universita` Politecnica delle Marche.