Field trial measurement and channel modeling for reconfigurable intelligent surface
Peng Zheng, Jianwen Ding, Dan Fei, Jiayi Zhang, Bo Ai, Xiao Li, Shi Jin, Tie Jun Cui
Abstract
With the advantage of programmable electromagnetic properties, Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) have drawn wide attention from both industry and academia. RIS-assisted communication systems can promote huge wireless channel quality improvement and remarkable coverage enhancement. This paper proposes general pathloss model, radiation pattern and mirror beam effect of 1-bit RIS at sub-6 GHz band. Field trails have been carried out in outdoor and indoor deployment scenarios. The proposed model is validated through extensive simulations and field-trial measurements. In addition, an optimized RIS phase-shit design process for the mirror beam elimination is proposed and validated with simulations. The proposed theoretical model and measurement results can promote future research and application in RIS-assisted communications.