New Trends for Smart EM Environments

New trends for smart electromagnetic (EM) environments are discussed in this work. More in detail, an innovative design methodology is presented to enhance the radiation features of a phased antenna array thanks to an opportunistic exploitation of the surrounding complex scattering scenario in which it operates. An illustrative numerical example is provided as a preliminary proof-of-concept to assess the effectiveness as well as the potentialities of the proposed innovative synthesis technique.