Joint Compressed Sensing and Manipulation of Wireless Emissions with Intelligent Surfaces
Date
2019Author
Liaskos, Christos K.Tsioliaridou, Ageliki
Pitilakis, Alexandros
Pirialakos, George
Tsilipakos, Odysseas
Tasolamprou, Anna
Kantartzis, Nikolaos
Ioannidis, Sotiris
Kafesaki, Maria
Pitsillides, Andreas
Akyildiz, Ian
Place of publication
Santorini Island, GreeceSource
International Workshop on IoT Applications and Industry 4.0, (IoTI4 2019), as part of 15th International Conferene on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS 2019),Google Scholar check
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Programmable, intelligent surfaces can manipulate electromagnetic waves impinging upon them, producing arbitrarily shaped reflection, refraction and diffraction, to the benefit of wireless users. Moreover, in their recent form of HyperSurfaces, they have acquired inter-networking capabilities, enabling the Internet of Material Properties with immense potential in wireless communications. However, as with any system with inputs and outputs, accurate sensing of the impinging wave attributes is imperative for programming HyperSurfaces to obtain a required response. Related solutions include field nano-sensors embedded within HyperSurfaces to perform minute measurements over the area of the HyperSurface, as well as external sensing systems. The present work proposes a sensing system that can operate without such additional hardware. The novel scheme programs the HyperSurface to perform compressed sensing of the impinging wave via simple one-antenna power measurements. The HyperSurface can jointly be programmed for both wave sensing and wave manipulation duties at the same time. Evaluation via simulations validates the concept and highlight its promising potential.