Integrating Software-Defined Metasurfaces into Wireless Communication Systems: Design and Prototype Evaluation

Christos Liaskos; Georgios G. Pyrialakos; Alexandros Pitilakis; Ageliki Tsioliaridou; Michail Christodoulou; Nikolaos Kantartzis; Sotiris Ioannidis; Andreas Pitsillides; Ian F. Akyildiz

doi:10.1109/ISCC55528.2022.9912805

Integrating Software-Defined Metasurfaces into Wireless Communication Systems: Design and Prototype Evaluation

Christos Liaskos
, Georgios G. Pyrialakos
, Alexandros Pitilakis
, Ageliki Tsioliaridou
, Michail Christodoulou
, Nikolaos Kantartzis
, Sotiris Ioannidis
, Andreas Pitsillides
, Ian F. Akyildiz

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

3 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2022 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, ISCC 2022
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665497923
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCC55528.2022.9912805
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	27th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, ISCC 2022 - Rhodes, Greece Duration: 30 Jun 2022 → 3 Jul 2022

Publication series

Name	Proceedings - IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications
Volume	2022-June
ISSN (Print)	1530-1346

Conference

Conference	27th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, ISCC 2022
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Rhodes
Period	30/06/22 → 3/07/22

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Keywords

NFV
SDN
Wireless
hypervisor
integration
loT
metasurfaces
networking

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Signal Processing
General Mathematics
Computer Science Applications
Computer Networks and Communications

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Liaskos, C., Pyrialakos, G. G., Pitilakis, A., Tsioliaridou, A., Christodoulou, M., Kantartzis, N., Ioannidis, S., Pitsillides, A., & Akyildiz, I. F. (2022). Integrating Software-Defined Metasurfaces into Wireless Communication Systems: Design and Prototype Evaluation. In 2022 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, ISCC 2022 (Proceedings - IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications; Vol. 2022-June). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCC55528.2022.9912805

Liaskos, Christos ; Pyrialakos, Georgios G. ; Pitilakis, Alexandros et al. / Integrating Software-Defined Metasurfaces into Wireless Communication Systems : Design and Prototype Evaluation. 2022 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, ISCC 2022. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022. (Proceedings - IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications).

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Integrating Software-Defined Metasurfaces into Wireless Communication Systems: Design and Prototype Evaluation. / Liaskos, Christos; Pyrialakos, Georgios G.; Pitilakis, Alexandros et al.
2022 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, ISCC 2022. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022. (Proceedings - IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications; Vol. 2022-June).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Integrating Software-Defined Metasurfaces into Wireless Communication Systems: Design and Prototype Evaluation

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