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This paper investigates the resource allocation algorithm design for intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) aided multiple-input single-output (MISO) orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) multicell networks, where a set of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-10-16 Walid R. Ghanem , Vahid Jamali , Robert Schober

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) have been proposed as a revolutionary technology with the potential to address several critical requirements of 6G communication systems. Despite its powerful ability for radio environment…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-09 Yun Yang , Zhiping Lu , Ming Li , Rang Liu , Qian Liu

Cognitive radio (CR) is an effective solution to improve the spectral efficiency (SE) of wireless communications by allowing the secondary users (SUs) to share spectrum with primary users. Meanwhile, intelligent reflecting surface (IRS),…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-12-24 Jie Yuan , Ying-Chang Liang , Jingon Joung , Gang Feng , Erik G. Larsson

In this study, we investigate the use of intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) in multi-operator communication systems for 6G networks, focusing on sustainable and efficient resource management. This research is motivated by two critical…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-10 Hiroaki Hashida , Yuichi Kawamoto , Nei Kato

This paper investigates robust and secure multiuser multiple-input single-output (MISO) downlink communications assisted by a self-sustainable intelligent reflection surface (IRS), which can simultaneously reflect and harvest energy from…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-08-05 Shaokang Hu , Zhiqiang Wei , Yuanxin Cai , Chang Liu , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Jinhong Yuan

An intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) can adaptively adjust the phase shifts of its reflecting units to strengthen the desired signal and/or suppress the undesired signal. In this letter, we investigate an IRS-aided secure wireless…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-05-28 Miao Cui , Guangchi Zhang , Rui Zhang

As a recently proposed idea for future wireless systems, intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) can assist communications between entities which do not have high-quality direct channels in between. Specifically, an IRS comprises many low-cost…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-29 Huimei Han , Jun Zhao , Dusit Niyato , Marco Di Renzo , Quoc-Viet Pham

This paper proposes an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) assisted integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system operating at the millimeter-wave (mmWave) band. Specifically, the ISAC system combines communication and radar…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-10 Zhengyu Zhu , Zheng Li , Zheng Chu , Gangcan Sun , Wanming Hao , Pei Xiao , Inkyu Lee

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a promising new paradigm to achieve high spectral and energy efficiency for future wireless networks by reconfiguring the wireless signal propagation via passive reflection. To reap the potential…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-10-26 Ming-Min Zhao , Qingqing Wu , Min-Jian Zhao , Rui Zhang

Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS) has been a promising solution to enhance wireless networks both spectral-efficiently and energy-efficiently. This paper considers an IRS-assisted the Internet of Things network for massive connectivity.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-11-28 Shuhao Xia , Yuanming Shi

The ever-increasing reliance on wireless communication and sensing has led to growing concerns over the vulnerability of sensitive information to unauthorized detection and interception. Traditional anti-detection methods are often…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-23 Beixiong Zheng , Xue Xiong , Tiantian Ma , Jie Tang , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , A. Lee Swindlehurst , Rui Zhang

Besides improving communication performance, intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) are also promising enablers for achieving larger sensing coverage and enhanced sensing quality. Nevertheless, in the absence of a direct path between the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-11-08 Kaitao Meng , Qingqing Wu , Robert Schober , Wen Chen

This paper studies a broadband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system aided by a beyond diagonal intelligent reflecting surface (BD-IRS), where inter-connections exist among different elements such that the reflection…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Ye Yuan , Shuowen Zhang

The idea of Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) offers a promising solution to the problem of spectrum congestion in future wireless networks. This paper studies the integration of intelligent reflective surfaces (IRS) with ISAC…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-06 Mahmoud AlaaEldin , Emad Alsusa , Karim G. Seddik , Christos Masouros , Iman Valiulahi

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) are promising enablers for next-generation wireless communications due to their reconfigurability and high energy efficiency in improving poor propagation condition of channels, e.g., limited…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-01-03 Xin Zhang , Xianghao Yu , S. H. Song , Khaled B. Letaief

This paper unveils the importance of intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) in a wireless powered sensor network (WPSN). Specifically, a multi-antenna power station (PS) employs energy beamforming to provide wireless charging for multiple…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-22 Zheng Chu , Zhengyu Zhu , Miao Zhang , Fuhui Zhou , Li Zhen , Xueqian Fu , and Naofal Al-Dhahir

This paper considers an angle-domain intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) system. We derive maximum likelihood (ML) estimators for the effective angles from the base station (BS) to the user and the effective angles of propagation from the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-02 Xiaoling Hu , Caijun Zhong , Zhaoyang Zhang

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) are revolutionary enablers for next-generation wireless communication networks, with the ability to customize the radio propagation environment. To fully exploit the potential of IRS-assisted wireless…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-10-12 Yifan Ma , Yifei Shen , Xianghao Yu , Jun Zhang , S. H. Song , Khaled B. Letaief

A statistical characterization of the fundamental performance bounds of an intelligent reflective surface (IRS) intended for aiding wireless communications is presented. To this end, the outage probability, average symbol error probability,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-14 Dhanushka Kudathanthirige , Dulaj Gunasinghe , Gayan Amarasuriya

The employment of intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) is a potential and promising solution to increase the spectral and energy efficiency of wireless communication networks. Despite their many advantages, IRS-aided communications have…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-26 Constantinos Psomas , Ioannis Krikidis