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In this paper, we investigate the use of intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) to relax the line-of-sight requirement of free space optical (FSO) systems. Considering a Gaussian laser beam, we first design a phase-shift distribution across…
Free-space optical (FSO) systems are able to offer the high data-rate, secure, and cost-efficient communication links required for applications such as wireless front- and backhauling for 5G and 6G communication networks. Despite the…
Interest in free-space optics (FSO) is rapidly growing as a potential solution for the backhaul of next-generation mobile or low-orbit satellite communications. Various techniques have been suggested for employing an intelligent reflecting…
In this paper, we develop an analytical channel model for intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-assisted free space optical (FSO) systems. Unlike IRS-assisted radio frequency systems, where it is typically assumed that a plane wave is…
Intelligent reflecting/refracting surface (IRS) is envisioned as a promising technology to reconfigure wireless propagation environment for enhancing the communication performance, by smartly controlling the signal reflection/refraction…
In this paper, we investigate the modeling and design of intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-assisted optical communication systems which are deployed to relax the line-of-sight (LOS) requirement in multi-link free space optical (FSO)…
Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a potential candidate for massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) 2.0 technology due to its low cost, ease of deployment, energy efficiency and extended coverage. This chapter investigates the…
In a practical massive MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) system, the number of antennas at a base station (BS) is constrained by the space and cost factors, which limits the throughput gain promised by theoretical analysis. This paper…
The intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) alters the behavior of wireless media and, consequently, has potential to improve the performance and reliability of wireless systems such as communications and radar remote sensing. Recently,…
Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is an enabling technology to engineer the radio signal prorogation in wireless networks. By smartly tuning the signal reflection via a large number of low-cost passive reflecting elements, IRS is capable…
In this paper, we introduce an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) to provide a programmable wireless environment for physical layer security. By adjusting the reflecting coefficients, the IRS can change the attenuation and scattering of…
Despite the promising gains, free-space optical (FSO) communication is severely influenced by atmospheric turbulence and pointing error issues, which make its practical design a bit challenging. In this paper, with the aim to increase the…
The concept of reconfiguring wireless propagation environments using intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS)s has recently emerged, where an IRS comprises of a large number of passive reflecting elements that can smartly reflect the impinging…
We investigate the use of an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) in a millimeter-wave (mmWave) vehicular communication network. An intelligent reflecting surface consists of passive elements, which can reflect the incoming signals with…
An intelligent reflecting surface (IRS), consisting of reconfigurable metamaterials, can be used to partially control the radio environment and thereby bring new features to wireless communications. Previous works on IRS have particularly…
Intelligent reflecting/refracting surface (IRS) has recently emerged as a promising solution to reconfigure wireless propagation environment for enhancing the communication performance. In this paper, we study a new IRS-aided high-mobility…
Oriented to the point-to-multipoint free space optical communication (FSO) scenarios, this paper analyzes the micro-mirror array and phased array-type optical intelligent reflecting surface (OIRS) in terms of control mode, power efficiency,…
Intelligent reflective surfaces (IRSs) are invoked for improving both spectral efficiency (SE) and energy efficiency (EE). Specifically, an IRS-aided multiple-input multiple-output network is considered, where the performance of randomly…
Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS) has been recently proposed as a promising solution to enhance the spectral and energy efficiency of future wireless networks by tuning a massive number of low-cost passive reflecting elements and thereby…
Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) tune wireless environments to increase spectrum and energy efficiencies. In view of much recent attention to the IRS concept as a promising technology for 6G wireless communications, we present a…