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Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces enhance wireless systems by reshaping propagation environments. However, dynamic metasurfaces (MSs) with numerous phase-shift elements incur undesired control and hardware costs. In contrast, static MSs…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-30 Ziyuan Zheng , Qingqing Wu , Wen Chen , Xiangming Wu , Weiren Zhu

Intelligent surfaces that reshape electromagnetic waves are regarded as disruptive technologies for wireless networks. However, existing designs sit at two costly extremes: dynamic reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) offer fine beam…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-24 Ziyuan Zheng , Qingqing Wu , Wen Chen , Weiren Zhu , Ying Gao

We propose a low-power mobile low earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication architecture, employing double reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) to enhance energy efficiency and signal performance. With a distance between RISs that…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-03 Kunnathully Sadanandan Sanila , Rickard Nilsson , Emad Ibrahim , Neelakandan Rajamohan

Signal processing and communication communities have witnessed the rise of many exciting communication technologies in recent years. Notable examples include alternative waveforms, massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) signaling,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-10 Ertugrul Basar , H. Vincent Poor

In this paper, we propose to utilize intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) for enhancing the physical layer security of wireless communications systems. In particular, an IRS-assisted secure wireless system is considered, where a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-02-26 Xianghao Yu , Dongfang Xu , Robert Schober

A reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a metamaterial that can be integrated into walls and influence the propagation of electromagnetic waves. This, typically passive radio frequency (RF) technology is emerging for indoor and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-10 Aly Sabri Abdalla , Talha Faizur Rahman , Vuk Marojevic

Recent advances in programmable metasurfaces, also dubbed as reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs), are envisioned to offer a paradigm shift from uncontrollable to fully tunable and customizable wireless propagation environments,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-09-14 Lina Mohjazi , Ahmed Zoha , Lina Bariah , Sami Muhaidat , Paschalis C. Sofotasios , Muhammad Ali Imran , Octavia A. Dobre

Space exploration has witnessed a steady increase since the 1960s, with Mars playing a significant role in our quest for further knowledge. As the ambition to colonize Mars becomes a reality through the collaboration of private companies…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-04 Enes Koktas , Recep A. Tasci , Ibrahim Yildirim , Ertugrul Basar

The future of mobile communications looks exciting with the potential new use cases and challenging requirements of future 6th generation (6G) and beyond wireless networks. Since the beginning of the modern era of wireless communications,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-07-23 Ertugrul Basar , Marco Di Renzo , Julien de Rosny , Merouane Debbah , Mohamed-Slim Alouini , Rui Zhang

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) can improve the communications between a source and a destination. Recently, continuous aperture RIS is proved to have better communication performance than discrete aperture RIS and has received…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-04 Yuhua Jiang , Feifei Gao , Mengnan Jian , Shun Zhang , Wei Zhang

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have attracted great attention as a potential beyond 5G technology. These surfaces consist of many passive elements of metamaterials whose impedance can be controllable to change the phase,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-09-09 Özlem Tuğfe Demir , Emil Björnson

The \emph{degrees of freedom} (DoF) of the 3-user multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) interference channel (IC) with full channel state information (CSI) and constant channel coefficients are characterized when linear filters are employed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-08-01 Marc Torrellas , Adrian Agustin , Josep Vidal , Olga Muñoz

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) have emerged as a promising technology for enhancing wireless communication by dynamically controlling signal propagation in the environment. However, their efficient deployment relies on accurate…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-12 Mohammad Ghassemi , Sara Farrag Mobarak , Han Zhang , Ali Afana , Akram Bin Sediq , Melike Erol-Kantarci

The reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is an emerging technology that changes how wireless networks are perceived, therefore its potential benefits and applications are currently under intense research and investigation. In this…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-18 Placido Mursia , Sendy Phang , Vincenzo Sciancalepore , Gabriele Gradoni , Marco Di Renzo

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…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-07 Özgecan Özdogan , Emil Björnson , Erik G. Larsson

An alternative derivation is provided for the degrees of freedom (DOF) formula on line-of-sight (LOS) channels via Landau's eigenvalue theorem for bandlimited signals. Compared to other approaches, Landau's theorem provides a general…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-10-12 Andrea Pizzo , Angel Lozano

Coordinated Multi-Point (CoMP) transmission is an infrastructural enhancement under consideration for next generation wireless networks. In this work, the capacity gain achieved through CoMP transmission is studied in various models of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-10-10 Aly El Gamal , V. Sreekanth Annapureddy , Venugopal V. Veeravalli

Recently, there has been a flurry of research on the use of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) in wireless networks to create dynamic radio environments. In this paper, we investigate the use of an RIS panel to improve bi-directional…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-30 Abdullah Almasoud , Mohamed Y. Selim , Ahamd Alsharoa , Ahmed E. Kamal

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…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-05-06 Zhaorui Wang , Liang Liu , Shuguang Cui

Underwater acoustic (UWA) communications are essential for high-speed marine data transmission but remain severely constrained by limited bandwidth, significant propagation loss, and sparse multipath structures. Conventional underwater…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-12-19 Longfei Zhao , Jingbo Tan , Jintao Wang , Ian F Akyildiz , Zhi Sun