Self-Sustainable Metasurface-Assisted mmWave Indoor Communication System

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Auteurs principaux: Li, Zhenyu, Topal, Ozan Alp, Demir, Özlem Tuğfe, Björnson, Emil, Cavdar, Cicek
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author Li, Zhenyu
Topal, Ozan Alp
Demir, Özlem Tuğfe
Björnson, Emil
Cavdar, Cicek
author_facet Li, Zhenyu
Topal, Ozan Alp
Demir, Özlem Tuğfe
Björnson, Emil
Cavdar, Cicek
contents In the design of a metasurface-assisted system for indoor environments, it is essential to take into account not only the performance gains and coverage extension provided by the metasurface but also the operating costs brought by its reconfigurability, such as powering and cabling. These costs can present challenges, particularly in indoor dense spaces (IDSs). A self-sustainable metasurface (SSM), which retains reconfigurability unlike a static metasurface (SMS), achieves a lower operating cost than a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) by being self-sustainable through power harvesting. In this paper, in order to find a better trade-off between metasurface gain, coverage, and operating cost, the design and performance of an SSM-assisted indoor mmWave communication system are investigated. We first simplify the design of the SSM-assisted system by considering the use of SSMs in a preset-based manner and the formation of coverage groups by associating SSMs with the closest user equipments (UEs). We propose a two-stage iterative algorithm to maximize the minimum data rate in the system by jointly deciding the association between the UEs and the SSMs, the phase-shifts of the SSMs, and allocating time resources for each UE. The non-convexities that exist in the proposed optimization problem are tackled using the feasible point pursuit successive convex approximation method and the concave-convex procedure. To understand the best scenario for using SSM, the resulting performance is compared with that achieved with RIS and SMS. Our numerical results indicate that SSMs are best utilized in a small environment where self-sustainability is easier to achieve when the budget for operating costs is tight.
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spellingShingle Self-Sustainable Metasurface-Assisted mmWave Indoor Communication System
Li, Zhenyu
Topal, Ozan Alp
Demir, Özlem Tuğfe
Björnson, Emil
Cavdar, Cicek
Information Theory
Signal Processing
In the design of a metasurface-assisted system for indoor environments, it is essential to take into account not only the performance gains and coverage extension provided by the metasurface but also the operating costs brought by its reconfigurability, such as powering and cabling. These costs can present challenges, particularly in indoor dense spaces (IDSs). A self-sustainable metasurface (SSM), which retains reconfigurability unlike a static metasurface (SMS), achieves a lower operating cost than a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) by being self-sustainable through power harvesting. In this paper, in order to find a better trade-off between metasurface gain, coverage, and operating cost, the design and performance of an SSM-assisted indoor mmWave communication system are investigated. We first simplify the design of the SSM-assisted system by considering the use of SSMs in a preset-based manner and the formation of coverage groups by associating SSMs with the closest user equipments (UEs). We propose a two-stage iterative algorithm to maximize the minimum data rate in the system by jointly deciding the association between the UEs and the SSMs, the phase-shifts of the SSMs, and allocating time resources for each UE. The non-convexities that exist in the proposed optimization problem are tackled using the feasible point pursuit successive convex approximation method and the concave-convex procedure. To understand the best scenario for using SSM, the resulting performance is compared with that achieved with RIS and SMS. Our numerical results indicate that SSMs are best utilized in a small environment where self-sustainability is easier to achieve when the budget for operating costs is tight.
title Self-Sustainable Metasurface-Assisted mmWave Indoor Communication System
topic Information Theory
Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.15729