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This study introduces a novel metasurface for enhanced indoor wireless communication. It achieves wide-angle beam deflection and high gain using a thin, cost-effective design, improving signal redirection.

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  • Electromagnetics and Metamaterials
  • Wireless Communication Technologies
  • Applied Physics

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  • Current high-frequency communication faces challenges with low transmission power and high signal attenuation.
  • Metasurfaces offer a promising solution for low-cost, low-complexity signal enhancement and redirection.
  • There is a need for advanced signal redirection technologies to overcome indoor communication limitations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose and validate an innovative metasurface for indoor signal enhancement and redirection.
  • To achieve thin thickness, high gain, and wide-angle beam deflection.
  • To provide a cost-effective solution for improving indoor wireless communication.

Main Methods:

  • Integration of Fabry-Perot cavity (FPC) theory with a Phase Gradient Partially Reflective Metasurface (PGPRM).
  • Design of a unit cell featuring a fishnet structure on a substrate of 1/33 λ thickness.
  • Precise phase control using a dual-layer PGPRM with an 8 mm inter-layer distance.

Main Results:

  • A single-layer metasurface achieved a 29° beam deflection with 16.9 dBi gain within the 8.6-9.2 GHz band.
  • The metasurface demonstrated 360° polarization-insensitivity at 9 GHz, retaining large-angle deflection.
  • A double-layer metasurface (8 mm spacing) achieved a 47° beam deflection with 16.4 dBi gain.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed metasurface design offers efficient and cost-effective large-angle beam deflection with gain enhancement.
  • This technology is suitable for improving indoor wireless communication signal quality.
  • The integration of FPC and PGPRM principles enables advanced metasurface functionalities.