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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2023
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, KR;
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed is a communication method using a meta-surface, the communication method including providing, by a base station, a control signal to a beam steering apparatus including a reconfigurable meta-surface; performing, by the beam steering apparatus, time synchronization with the base station by using the control signal; performing, by the beam steering apparatus, beam sweeping with a plurality of different beams formed by reconfiguring the meta-surface; and performing communication, by a user terminal, with the base station by using one of the plurality of beams swept by the beam steering apparatus, wherein the time synchronization, the beam sweeping, and the communication may be performed periodically.