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Abstract

This work, for the first time to our knowledge, describes in detail the incorporation of the numerical and semi-analytical intelligent reflector scattering models into the modelling framework of the state-of-art dual-polarization three-dimensional geometrical channel models, where propagation channel impact and antennas impact are separated. The proposed formalism allows indoor coverage impact studies of the meta reflectors in mmWave and THz radio communication systems. The model considers reflector phase-design, near-field effects, polarization transformations, incident beam patterns, multipath and diffraction effects, and is confirmed by full-wave simulations and measurements.

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Mr. Viacheslav Ivanov

Dr. Alexander Volkov

Dr. David R. Peters