Performance Evaluation of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Assisted D-band Wireless Communication

In the recent years, the proliferation of wireless data traffic has led the scientific community to explore the use of higher unallocated frequency bands, such as the millimeter-wave (mmWave) and terahertz (0.1 10 THz) bands. However, they are prone to blockages from obstacles laid in the transceiver path. To address this, in this work the use of a reconfigurable-intelligent-surface (RIS) to restore the link between a transmitter (TX) and a receiver (RX), operating in the D-band (110 -170 GHz) is investigated. The system performance is evaluated in terms of pathgain and capacity considering the RIS design parameters, the TX/RX-RIS distance and the elevation angles from the center of the RIS to the transceivers.