IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/nat/natcom/v15y2024i1d10.1038_s41467-024-47865-6.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

A filtering reconfigurable intelligent surface for interference-free wireless communications

Author

Listed:
  • Jing Cheng Liang

    (Southeast University
    Southeast University)

  • Lei Zhang

    (Southeast University
    Southeast University)

  • Zhangjie Luo

    (Southeast University
    Southeast University)

  • Rui Zhe Jiang

    (Southeast University
    Southeast University)

  • Zhang Wen Cheng

    (Southeast University)

  • Si Ran Wang

    (Southeast University
    Southeast University)

  • Meng Ke Sun

    (Southeast University
    Southeast University)

  • Shi Jin

    (Southeast University)

  • Qiang Cheng

    (Southeast University
    Southeast University
    Southeast University)

  • Tie Jun Cui

    (Southeast University
    Southeast University
    Southeast University)

Abstract

The powerful capability of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) in tailoring electromagnetic waves and fields has put them under the spotlight in wireless communications. However, the current designs are criticized due to their poor frequency selectivity, which hinders their applications in real-world scenarios where the spectrum is becoming increasingly congested. Here we propose a filtering RIS to feature sharp frequency-selecting and 2-bit phase-shifting properties. It permits the signals in a narrow bandwidth to transmit but rejects the out-of-band ones; meanwhile, the phase of the transmitted signals can be digitally controlled, enabling flexible manipulations of signal propagations. A prototype is designed, fabricated, and measured, and its high quality factor and phase-shifting characteristics are validated by scattering parameters and beam-steering phenomena. Further, we conduct a wireless communication experiment to illustrate the intriguing functions of the RIS. The filtering behavior enables the RIS to perform wireless signal manipulations with anti-interference ability, thus showing big potential to advance the development of next-generation wireless communications.

Suggested Citation

  • Jing Cheng Liang & Lei Zhang & Zhangjie Luo & Rui Zhe Jiang & Zhang Wen Cheng & Si Ran Wang & Meng Ke Sun & Shi Jin & Qiang Cheng & Tie Jun Cui, 2024. "A filtering reconfigurable intelligent surface for interference-free wireless communications," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-12, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-47865-6
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47865-6
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-47865-6
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: no

    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1038/s41467-024-47865-6?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Si Ran Wang & Jun Yan Dai & Qun Yan Zhou & Jun Chen Ke & Qiang Cheng & Tie Jun Cui, 2023. "Manipulations of multi-frequency waves and signals via multi-partition asynchronous space-time-coding digital metasurface," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-12, December.
    2. Hanting Zhao & Ya Shuang & Menglin Wei & Tie Jun Cui & Philipp del Hougne & Lianlin Li, 2020. "Metasurface-assisted massive backscatter wireless communication with commodity Wi-Fi signals," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 11(1), pages 1-10, December.
    3. Lei Zhang & Xiao Qing Chen & Shuo Liu & Qian Zhang & Jie Zhao & Jun Yan Dai & Guo Dong Bai & Xiang Wan & Qiang Cheng & Giuseppe Castaldi & Vincenzo Galdi & Tie Jun Cui, 2018. "Space-time-coding digital metasurfaces," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 9(1), pages 1-11, December.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Geng-Bo Wu & Jun Yan Dai & Kam Man Shum & Ka Fai Chan & Qiang Cheng & Tie Jun Cui & Chi Hou Chan, 2024. "A synthetic moving-envelope metasurface antenna for independent control of arbitrary harmonic orders," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-13, December.
    2. Xin Wang & Jia Qi Han & Guan Xuan Li & De Xiao Xia & Ming Yang Chang & Xiang Jin Ma & Hao Xue & Peng Xu & Rui Jie Li & Kun Yi Zhang & Hai Xia Liu & Long Li & Tie Jun Cui, 2023. "High-performance cost efficient simultaneous wireless information and power transfers deploying jointly modulated amplifying programmable metasurface," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.
    3. Hiroki Takeshita & Ashif Aminulloh Fathnan & Daisuke Nita & Atsuko Nagata & Shinya Sugiura & Hiroki Wakatsuchi, 2024. "Frequency-hopping wave engineering with metasurfaces," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-11, December.
    4. Wenzhi Li & Qiyue Yu & Jing Hui Qiu & Jiaran Qi, 2024. "Intelligent wireless power transfer via a 2-bit compact reconfigurable transmissive-metasurface-based router," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-10, December.
    5. Jérôme Sol & David R. Smith & Philipp Hougne, 2022. "Meta-programmable analog differentiator," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, December.
    6. Geng-Bo Wu & Jun Yan Dai & Kam Man Shum & Ka Fai Chan & Qiang Cheng & Tie Jun Cui & Chi Hou Chan, 2023. "A universal metasurface antenna to manipulate all fundamental characteristics of electromagnetic waves," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-14, December.
    7. Tianshuo Qiu & Qiang An & Jianqi Wang & Jiafu Wang & Cheng-Wei Qiu & Shiyong Li & Hao Lv & Ming Cai & Jianyi Wang & Lin Cong & Shaobo Qu, 2024. "Vision-driven metasurfaces for perception enhancement," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-12, December.
    8. Emanuele Galiffi & Paloma A. Huidobro & J. B. Pendry, 2022. "An Archimedes' screw for light," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-9, December.
    9. Siyu Duan & Xin Su & Hongsong Qiu & Yushun Jiang & Jingbo Wu & Kebin Fan & Caihong Zhang & Xiaoqing Jia & Guanghao Zhu & Lin Kang & Xinglong Wu & Huabing Wang & Keyu Xia & Biaobing Jin & Jian Chen & P, 2024. "Linear and phase controllable terahertz frequency conversion via ultrafast breaking the bond of a meta-molecule," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-9, December.
    10. Jérôme Sol & Hugo Prod’homme & Luc Le Magoarou & Philipp del Hougne, 2024. "Experimentally realized physical-model-based frugal wave control in metasurface-programmable complex media," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-11, December.
    11. Si Ran Wang & Jun Yan Dai & Qun Yan Zhou & Jun Chen Ke & Qiang Cheng & Tie Jun Cui, 2023. "Manipulations of multi-frequency waves and signals via multi-partition asynchronous space-time-coding digital metasurface," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-12, December.
    12. Teena Sharma & Abdellah Chehri & Paul Fortier, 2021. "Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for 5G and beyond Wireless Communications: A Comprehensive Survey," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(24), pages 1-28, December.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-47865-6. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.nature.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.