Holistic enlightening of blackspots with passive tailorable reflecting surfaces for efficient urban mmwave networks

S Häger, K Heimann, S Böcker, C Wietfeld - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mitigating outage regions is of particular interest for emerging millimeter-wave (mmWave)
and future sub-terahertz frequency cellular networks. Whereas smart radio environments …

Deployable multi-faceted reflectarray antenna in offset configuration with band enhancement

B Imaz-Lueje, MR Pino… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A multifaceted reflectarray that follows a parabolic cylinder structure is presented to improve
the antenna bandwidth compared to a conventional reflectarray. The antenna is suitable to …

Enhancement of 5G millimeter-wave coverage in indoor scenarios by passive shaped-beam reflectarray panels

E Martinez-de-Rioja, ÁF Vaquero… - 2022 16th European …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This contribution proposes the use of passive reflectarray panels as an efficient and low-cost
technology to enhance millimeter-wave coverage in 5G indoor scenarios. A dual-polarized …

A simple beamforming technique for intelligent reflecting surfaces in 5G scenarios

D Martinez-De-Rioja, JA Encinar… - 2022 International …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This contribution proposes a simple closed-form formula to compute the phase-shift
distribution on Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces (IRS), which can be implemented using …

Passive intelligent reflecting surfaces based on reflectarray panels to enhance 5G millimeter-wave coverage

E Martinez-de-Rioja, ÁF Vaquero… - International Journal of …, 2023 - cambridge.org
This paper presents the design of two passive shaped-beam reflectarrays acting as passive
intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) to enhance 5G millimeter-wave coverage in the 27.2 …

Smart Electromagnetic Skin to Enhance Near Field Coverage in mm-Wave 5G Indoor Scenarios

ÁF Vaquero, E Martinez-de-Rioja… - … on Antennas and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work proposes a smart electromagnetic skin (SES) to enhance mm-wave fifth
generation (5G) communications in indoor scenarios. The SES is based on a passive panel …

Dual-Coverage Electromagnetic Skin with Independent Shaped Beams for Sub-THz 6G Communications

E Martinez-de-Rioja, A Feito, J Palací, A Arboleya… - IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a dual-coverage Electromagnetic Skin (EM skin) based on a single-
layer reflecting panel to provide coverage of blind zones and enhance 6G communications …

Dual-Band Shared-Aperture Reflective Surface featuring Wide Band-Ratio across Sub-6 GHz and Millimeter-Wave on a Single-Layer

M Chang, D Kim, D An, J Lee, M Kim… - … on Antennas and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This communication demonstrates a passive reflective surface (RS) capable of
independently generating beams at both sub-6 GHz and millimeter-wave (mmWave) bands …

Study on the Effect of the Wall in the Performance of an Intelligent Reflective Surface for Providing Coverage in mm-Wave Frequencies

ÁF Vaquero, E Martinez-De-Rioja… - 2023 17th European …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work presents the design of a passive reflectarray-based Intelligent Reflective Surface
(IRS) to improve the coverage in a 5G scenario at 28 GHz. The IRS generates a wide beam …

Reflectarray Antenna for Simultaneous Near-Field Fronthaul and Far-Field Backhaul Links in Next 5G FR2 Femtocells

ÁF Vaquero, B Imaz-Lueje, MR Pino… - IEEE Open Journal of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work presents a reflectarray-based base station antenna to integrate both backhaul
(BH) and fronthaul (FH). The reflectarray operates at 28 GHz in dual linear polarization …