TY - GEN
T1 - Integrating Software-Defined Metasurfaces into Wireless Communication Systems
T2 - 27th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, ISCC 2022
AU - Liaskos, Christos
AU - Pyrialakos, Georgios G.
AU - Pitilakis, Alexandros
AU - Tsioliaridou, Ageliki
AU - Christodoulou, Michail
AU - Kantartzis, Nikolaos
AU - Ioannidis, Sotiris
AU - Pitsillides, Andreas
AU - Akyildiz, Ian F.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 IEEE.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Software-Defined Metasurfaces (SDMs) have ad-vanced from basic theoretical ideas to a key enabler for next generation wireless systems. When massively deployed in a wireless environment, they can realize precise, software-defined propagation of signals and wireless channel customizations. A plethora of studies have thoroughly investigated the physical design of the SDMs and their wireless channel engineering capa-bilities. This work introduces a novel architecture and associated processes for integrating SDMs into existing networked wireless systems. First, the integration architecture and the according complex underlying physics of the SDMs are presented. Then the software abstractions are proposed that enable the interaction of the surfaces in a physics-agnostic manner. These software abstractions require an SDM profile to operate in real-time, i.e., a database that accurately describes the capabilities of a given metasurface. Thus, the manufacturing time workflows are suggested to produce such a profile. The proposed solutions are evaluated in an actual physical setup/testbed.
AB - Software-Defined Metasurfaces (SDMs) have ad-vanced from basic theoretical ideas to a key enabler for next generation wireless systems. When massively deployed in a wireless environment, they can realize precise, software-defined propagation of signals and wireless channel customizations. A plethora of studies have thoroughly investigated the physical design of the SDMs and their wireless channel engineering capa-bilities. This work introduces a novel architecture and associated processes for integrating SDMs into existing networked wireless systems. First, the integration architecture and the according complex underlying physics of the SDMs are presented. Then the software abstractions are proposed that enable the interaction of the surfaces in a physics-agnostic manner. These software abstractions require an SDM profile to operate in real-time, i.e., a database that accurately describes the capabilities of a given metasurface. Thus, the manufacturing time workflows are suggested to produce such a profile. The proposed solutions are evaluated in an actual physical setup/testbed.
KW - NFV
KW - SDN
KW - Wireless
KW - hypervisor
KW - integration
KW - loT
KW - metasurfaces
KW - networking
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85141218802&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ISCC55528.2022.9912805
DO - 10.1109/ISCC55528.2022.9912805
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85141218802
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications
BT - 2022 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, ISCC 2022
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 30 June 2022 through 3 July 2022
ER -