README.md

metadata

language: en
license: cc-by-4.0
size_categories: 100K-1M
task_categories:
  - feature-extraction
tags:
  - rf-engineering
  - antenna-arrays
  - electromagnetic-simulation
  - mobisys-2026
pretty_name: DeformRF Antenna EM Dataset

Citation

If you use this dataset in your research, please cite our MobiSys 2026 paper:

Standard Format: Xingda Chen, Mohammad Rastikerdar, Ankur Aditya, and Deepak Ganesan. 2026. DeformRF: Data-driven Beamforming and Direction Finding with Deformable Antenna Arrays. In Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys '26).

BibTeX:

@inproceedings{chen2026deformrf,
  author = {Chen, Xingda and Rastikerdar, Mohammad and Aditya, Ankur and Ganesan, Deepak},
  title = {DeformRF: Data-driven Beamforming and Direction Finding with Deformable Antenna Arrays},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services},
  series = {MobiSys '26},
  year = {2026},
  publisher = {ACM},
  address = {Cambridge, UK},
  doi = {}
}


# DeformRF Antenna EM Dataset

This artifact contains the comprehensive synthetic electromagnetic (EM) dataset used to train the **DeformRF** physics-inspired ML models. It provides a large-scale mapping of antenna geometries to their EM characteristics, specifically focusing on flexible substrates deformed via Bezier curves.

## Dataset Overview
The **DeformRF-Yagi** dataset provides a mapping of 6-element Yagi antenna geometries, deformed via Bezier curves, to their electromagnetic characteristics across multiple frequency bands.

* **Antenna Type:** 6-Element Yagi Antenna
* **Frequency Coverage:** 150 MHz – 850 MHz (100 MHz intervals)
* **Frequencies:** 150, 250, 350, 450, 550, 650, 750, 850 MHz

## Technical Details
* **Configuration:** 6-element Yagi using Bezier curves; 2.004mm dipole width (18 gauge copper); element spacing of 0.15 $\lambda$.
* **Data per Entry:** 3D radiation patterns (realized gain), S-parameters (200 frequency points), E-field components (vertical/horizontal polarization), H-field data, and polarization data.
* **Geometry:** Multiple Bezier curves representing complex structural deformations with corresponding element translation vectors.
* **File Formats:** Metadata in `.txt`; all EM and geometry data in MATLAB `.mat` format.

## Folder Structure
To use the dataset, download and extract the repository files. The structure is organized by frequency and dipole width:

```text
DeformRF-yagi/
├── DATASET_SUMMARY.txt
├── STRUCTURE.txt
└── {frequency_Hz}/                (e.g., 150000000 to 850000000)
    └── 0_002004/                  (Dipole width: 2.004mm)
        ├── ant_pattern/           (PAT.mat)
        ├── ant_vis/               (Visualization files)
        ├── ant_sparam/            (sparamparams.mat)
        ├── e_v_fields/            (ev.mat)
        ├── e_h_fields/            (eh.mat)
        ├── e_pol_fields/          (polarization.mat)
        ├── data_curves/           (generated_curves_yagi_*.mat)
        ├── metadata.txt           (Curve metadata)
        └── translation_data.mat   (Element positioning vectors)