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This study introduces a novel Soft Actor-Critic (SAC) driven metasurface architecture for focusing electromagnetic waves around obstacles. This AI-powered system enhances communication and radar by enabling signal focus in challenging, occluded environments.

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deep reinforcement learning focusing reconfigurable metasurface soft actor–critic

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Background:

Electromagnetic (EM) wave focusing is crucial for communication and radar.
Metasurfaces offer a compact solution for EM wave manipulation.
Challenges exist in analyzing EM wave behavior with obstacles.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop an intelligent metasurface architecture for arbitrary EM wave focusing under obstacles.
To leverage deep reinforcement learning for real-time EM wave control.
To address signal penetration challenges in occluded environments.

Main Methods:

Integration of the Soft Actor-Critic (SAC) deep reinforcement learning algorithm with a reconfigurable metasurface.
Real-time simulation data to train the agent for optimal policy learning.
Testing the framework in complex environments with multiple objects.

Main Results:

Demonstrated effective EM wave focusing at arbitrary positions despite obstacles.
Framework proved robust in complex scenes with multiple occluding objects.
Knowledge transferability between environments was shown, reducing iteration time.

Conclusions:

The SAC-driven metasurface architecture successfully achieves arbitrary EM wave focusing under obstacles.
The approach offers significant potential for improving 6G communications by reducing path loss in occluded states.
This intelligent system inspires future developments in reconfigurable intelligent surfaces and devices.