Terahertz beam deflector for 6g based on liquid crystal metasurface
AssigneeLenovo (Beijing) Limited
InventorsDaquan Yang, Erpeng Lv, Yanzhao Hou, Bingchao Liu
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for terahertz beam deflector are disclosed. In one embodiment, a reconfigurable intelligent surface device includes a metasurface that reflects terahertz transmission with a reflection angle, wherein the reconfigurable intelligent surface device comprises a transceiver; and a processor coupled to the transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to transmit, via the transceiver, parameter for controlling the reflection angle of the metasurface; and receive, via the transceiver, an indication of a coding sequence to control the reflection angle.
Claims20
A reconfigurable intelligent surface device comprising:
- a transceiver;
- and
- a processor coupled to the transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to cause the reconfigurable intelligent surface device to:
- transmit a parameter for controlling a reflection angle of a metasurface that reflects terahertz transmissions with the reflection angle;
- and
- receive an indication of a coding sequence to control the reflection angle.
A base unit, comprising:
- a transceiver;
- and
- a processor coupled to the transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to cause the base unit to:
- receive a parameter for controlling a reflection angle of a metasurface of a reconfigurable intelligent surface device, wherein, the metasurface reflects terahertz transmissions with the reflection angle;
- and
- transmit an indication of a coding sequence to control the reflection angle.
A method comprising:
- transmitting a parameter for controlling a reflection angle of a metasurface that reflects terahertz transmissions with the reflection angle;
- and
- receiving an indication of a coding sequence to control the reflection angle.
A user equipment (UE) comprising:
- at least one memory;
- and
- at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the UE to:
- receive a parameter for controlling a reflection angle of a metasurface that reflects terahertz transmissions with the reflection angle;
- and
- transmit an indication of a coding sequence to control the reflection angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.