  We consider a next generation wireless network incorporating a base station a
set of typically low-cost and faulty Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces
(RISs). The base station needs to select the path including the RIS to provide
the maximum signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) to the user. We study the effect of the
number of elements, distance and RIS hardware failure on the path outage
probability, and based on the known signal propagation model at high
frequencies, derive the closed-form expression for the said probability of
outage. Numerical results show the path outage likelihood as function of the
probability of hardware failure of RIS elements, the number of elements, and
the distance between mobile users and the RIS.
