Recent progress in reconfigurable and intelligent metasurfaces: A comprehensive review of tuning mechanisms, hardware designs, and applications

Y Saifullah, Y He, A Boag, GM Yang, F Xu - Advanced Science, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Intelligent metasurfaces have gained significant importance in recent years due to their
ability to dynamically manipulate electromagnetic (EM) waves. Their multifunctional …

Quasi-optical multi-beam antenna technologies for B5G and 6G mmWave and THz networks: A review

YJ Guo, M Ansari, RW Ziolkowski… - IEEE Open Journal of …, 2021‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multi-beam antennas are critical components in future terrestrial and non-terrestrial wireless
communications networks. The multiple beams produced by these antennas will enable …

Reconfigurable bidirectional beam-steering aperture with transmitarray, reflectarray, and transmit-reflect-array modes switching

H Yu, P Li, J Su, Z Li, S Xu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The design and experiment of an electronically reconfigurable bidirectional spatially-fed
array are presented, which combines the functionalities of reconfigurable transmitarray (TA) …

Concept, realization, and applications of coding metasurfaces

GM Yang, X Wang, YQ ** - Waves in Random and Complex …, 2023‏ - Taylor & Francis
Coding metasurfaces, characterized by processing the electromagnetic waves for specified
functions through predesigned coding sequences either in space or time, can manipulate …

Recent developments and challenges on beam steering characteristics of reconfigurable transmitarray antennas

Q Ali, W Shahzad, I Ahmad, S Safiq, X Bin, SM Abbas… - Electronics, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
This paper highlights recent developments and challenges on beam steering characteristics
of reconfigurable transmitarray antennas. It introduces the operating principle of beam …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-functional reconfigurable intelligent surfaces for enhanced sensing and communication

K Singh, M Saikia, K Thiyagarajan, D Thalakotuna… - Sensors, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
In this paper, we propose a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) that can dynamically
switch the transmission and reflection phase of incident electromagnetic waves in real time …

Rotated feed-combined reconfigurable transmit RIS with disparate deployment of 1-bit hybrid units for B5G/6G

J Kim, J Kim, JH Oh, SH Wi, J Oh - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This communication presents an initial disparate deployment of 1-bit hybrid units using pin
diodes in transmit reconfigurable intelligent surface (TRIS) combined with a rotated feed …

A Reconfigurable Metasurface with Precise Phase Distribution for Both Transmission and Reflection Functions

C Zhang, Y Luo, N Yan, X Guo… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An electrically reconfigurable metasurface (RM) element (RME) is proposed, which can
realize both transmission and reflection functions with 360° phase coverage by a single …

Intelligent reflecting surface-aided UAV communications: A survey and research opportunities

A Anas, L **ngwang, A Ramez… - … Networks and Digital …, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The sixth-generation (6G) wireless communication network needs to achieve very high data
rates, extremely low latency, high reliability, fully connected coverage, and energy efficiency …

IRS-Aided UAV for future wireless communications: A survey and research opportunities

A Alkhatieb, K Rabie, X Li, G Nauryzbayev… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2022‏ - arxiv.org
Both unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS) are gaining
traction as transformative technologies for upcoming wireless networks. The IRS-aided UAV …