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Massive multiple-input multiple-output (M-MIMO) is an enabling technology of 5G wireless communication. The performance of an M-MIMO system is highly dependent on the speed and accuracy of obtaining the channel state information (CSI). The…

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Compared to traditional intelligent reflecting surfaces(IRS), aerial IRS (AIRS) has unique advantages, such as more flexible deployment and wider service coverage. However, modeling AIRS in the channel presents new challenges due to their…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-09-06 Shaoyi Liu , Nan Ma , Yaning Chen , Ke Peng , Dongsheng Xue

Flexible intelligent metasurface (FIM) has recently received considerable interest due to its advantage in realizing a better channel condition by dynamically morphing its surface shape. An FIM consists of multiple elements deposited on a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-01 Jinyue Jiang , Jiancheng An , Lu Gan , Naofal Al-Dhahir , Arumugam Nallanathan , Zhu Han

In this letter, we study efficient channel estimation and passive beamforming designs for a double-intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) aided single-user communication system, where a user communicates with an access point (AP) via the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-08-27 Changsheng You , Beixiong Zheng , Rui Zhang

In this paper, we consider an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-aided single-user system where an IRS with discrete phase shifts is deployed to assist the uplink communication. A practical transmission protocol is proposed to execute…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-12-24 Changsheng You , Beixiong Zheng , Rui Zhang

In this paper, we adopt a three-stage based uplink channel estimation protocol with reduced pilot overhead for an reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided multi-user (MU) millimeter wave (mmWave) communication system, in which both…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-18 Zhendong Peng , Gui Zhou , Cunhua Pan , Hong Ren , A. Lee Swindlehurst , Petar Popovski , Gang Wu

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted terahertz (THz) communication is emerging as a key technology to support ultra-high data rates in future sixth-generation networks. However, the acquisition of accurate channel state…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-17 Xin Su , Ruisi He , Peng Zhang , Bo Ai , Yong Niu , Gongpu Wang

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a promising technology to enhance the spectral and energy efficiency in a wireless communication system. The design of the phase shifts of an RIS in every channel coherence interval demands a huge…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-15 Sadaf Syed , Dominik Semmler , Donia Ben Amor , Michael Joham , Wolfgang Utschick

In this letter, we study the beamforming design for channel estimation of multi-functional reconfigurable intelligent surface (MF-RIS)-aided multi-user communications that supports simultaneous signal reflection, refraction, and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-22 Zaihao Pan , Wen Wang , Gaofeng Nie , Ailing Zheng , Wanli Ni

A reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) alters the reflection of incoming signals based on the phase-shift configuration assigned to its elements. This feature can be used to improve the signal strength for user equipments (UEs), expand…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-19 Alva Kosasih , Ozlem Tugfe Demir , Emil Bjornson

The concept of a large intelligent surface (LIS) has recently emerged as a promising wireless communication paradigm that can exploit the entire surface of man-made structures for transmitting and receiving information. An LIS is expected…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-12-30 Minchae Jung , Walid Saad , Youngrok Jang , Gyuyeol Kong , Sooyong Choi

In this paper, we investigate a large intelligent surface-enhanced (LIS-enhanced) system, where a LIS is deployed to assist secure transmission. Our design aims to maximize the achievable secrecy rates in different channel models, i.e.,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-10-28 Biqian Feng , Yongpeng Wu , Mengfan Zheng , Xiang-Gen Xia , Yongjian Wang , Chengshan Xiao

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a candidate technology for future wireless networks. It enables to shape the wireless environment to reach massive connectivity and enhanced data rate. The promising gains of RIS-assisted networks…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-09 Paulo R. B. Gomes , Gilderlan T. de Araújo , Bruno Sokal , André L. F. de Almeida , Behrooz Makki , Gábor Fodor

Channel estimation is challenging for the reconfigurable intelligence surface (RIS) assisted millimeter wave (mmWave) communications. Since the number of coefficients of the cascaded channels in such systems is closely dependent on the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-22 Yushan Liu , Shun Zhang , Feifei Gao , Jie Tang , Octavia A. Dobre

Holographic massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), in which a spatially continuous surface is being used for signal transmission and reception, have emerged as a promising solution for improving the coverage and data rate of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-06-15 Mojtaba Ghermezcheshmeh , Vahid Jamali , Haris Gacanin , Nikola Zlatanov

Doubly selective (DS) channel estimation in largescale multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems is a challenging problem due to the requirement of unaffordable pilot overheads and prohibitive complexity. In this paper, we propose a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-11-10 Bo Gong , Qibo Qin , Xiang Ren , Lin Gui , Hanwen Luo , Wen Chen

Extremely large-scale reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (XL-RISs) have emerged as a promising technology for millimeter-wave (mmWave) communications. However, the exceedingly large aperture of XL-RISs renders the RIS-user links likely to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Erkang Dong , Taihao Zhang , Cunhua Pan , Hong Ren , Jiangzhou Wang

In this paper, transmission through large intelligent surfaces (LIS) that intentionally modify the phases of incident waves to improve the signal quality at the receiver, is put forward as a promising candidate for future wireless…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-04-17 Ertugrul Basar

Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems require efficient and accurate channel estimation with low pilot overhead to unlock their full potential for high spectral and energy efficiency. While deep generative models have emerged as a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-21 Yongqiang Zhang , Qurrat-Ul-Ain Nadeem

This paper addresses the intricate task of hybrid-field channel estimation in extremely large-scale MIMO (XL-MIMO) systems, critical for the progression of 6G communications. Within these systems, comprising a line-of-sight (LoS) channel…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-29 Yoonseong Kang , Hyowoon Seo , Wan Choi