Smart EM Surfaces for Future Wireless Communication Systems

Smart surfaces represent a promising technology that allow to make the wireless environment a smart reconfigurable space playing an active role in the information transfer process. In this work, a reflectarray-based smart surface is investigated for next-generations communications, Device-to-Device systems and Internet of Things. The preliminary design of a smart surface is presented which is able to focus and redirect the impinging electromagnetic wave along a desired direction. The designed smart surface is extensively analyzed, under different environment conditions.