Design and Channel Modeling of Electromagnetically Reconfigurable Antennas

Abstract: In this work, a novel design of electromagnetically reconfigurable antennas (ERAs) based on a fluid antenna system (FAS) is proposed, and the corresponding wireless channel model is established. Different from conventional antenna arrays with static elements, the electromagnetic characteristics of each array element in the proposed ERA can be flexibly reconfigured into various states, introducing electromagnetic degrees of freedom to enhance wireless system performance. Based on the proposed ERA design, the corresponding channel model is developed. Finally, full-wave simulations are conducted to validate the overall design concept. The results reveal that a gain enhancement of 2.5 dB is achieved at a beamforming direction.