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This paper introduces a novel approach of utilizing the reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) for joint data modulation and signal beamforming in a multi-user downlink cellular network by leveraging the idea of backscatter communication.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-08-25 Haseeb Ur Rehman , Faouzi Bellili , Amine Mezghani , Ekram Hossain

This paper aims to enhance the physical layer security against potential internal eavesdroppings by exploiting the maneuverability of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). We consider a scenario where two receivers with different security…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-03-19 Xiaofang Sun , Chao Shen , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Zhangdui Zhong

This paper investigates an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-aided multi-cell multiple-input single-output (MISO) system consisting of several multi-antenna base stations (BSs) each communicating with a single-antenna user, in which an…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-10 Hailiang Xie , Jie Xu , Ya-Feng Liu

We propose a robust transceiver design for a covert integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) system with imperfect channel state information (CSI). Considering both bounded and probabilistic CSI error models, we formulate worst-case and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-23 Yuchen Zhang , Wanli Ni , Jianquan Wang , Wanbin Tang , Min Jia , Yonina C. Eldar , Dusit Niyato

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) that enables the control of wireless propagation environment has recently emerged as a promising cost-effective technology for boosting the spectrum and energy efficiency in future wireless communication…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-02-25 Samith Abeywickrama , Rui Zhang , Qingqing Wu , Chau Yuen

We investigate transmission optimization for intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) assisted multi-antenna systems from the physical-layer security perspective. The design goal is to maximize the system secrecy rate subject to the source…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-05-12 Hong Shen , Wei Xu , Shulei Gong , Zhenyao He , Chunming Zhao

This work studies a beamforming design for downlink transmission of a multi-user multiple-input single-output (MISO) system where each legitimate user employs a power splitting (PS) based simultaneous wireless information and power transfer…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-09-13 Miao Zhang , Kanapathippillai Cumanan , Lei Ni , Hang Hu Alister G. Burr , Zhiguo Ding

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS) have become the subject of many current research efforts, as the ongoing wireless spectrum crunch has made the need to open higher frequency bands a priority. IRS are one of the alternatives proposed to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Alessandro Nordio , Alberto Tarable , Francisco J. Escribano

The performance of Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer (SWIPT) is mainly constrained by the received Radio-Frequency (RF) signal strength. To tackle this problem, we introduce an Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS) to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-12-06 Yang Zhao , Bruno Clerckx , Zhenyuan Feng

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) has been considered as a revolutionary technology to enhance the wireless communication performance. To cater for multiple mobile users, adjusting IRS beamforming patterns over time, i.e., dynamic IRS…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-01-14 Guangji Chen , Qingqing Wu , Celimuge Wu , Mengnan Jian , Yijian Chen , Wen Chen

Wireless communications via intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) has received considerable attention from both academia and industry. In particular, IRSs are able to create favorable wireless propagation environments with typically…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-31 Xianghao Yu , Dongfang Xu , Robert Schober

In this paper, we study the waveform and passive beamforming design for intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-aided wireless power transfer (WPT). Generalized multi-user and low complexity single-user algorithms are derived based on…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-07-12 Zhenyuan Feng , Bruno Clerckx , Yang Zhao

The rapid growth of Internet of Things (IoT) applications necessitates robust resource allocation in future sixth-generation (6G) networks, particularly at the upper mid-band (7-15 GHz, FR3). This paper presents a novel intelligent…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-03 Muddasir Rahim , Soumaya Cherkaoui

This short tutorial presents several ideas for designing dual function radar communication (DFRC) systems aided by intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS). These problems are highly nonlinear in the IRS parameter matrix, and further, the IRS…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-12 Yi-Kai Li , Athina Petropulu

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) achieve high passive beamforming gains for signal enhancement or interference nulling by dynamically adjusting their reflection coefficients. Their employment is particularly appealing for…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-12-01 Ming-Min Zhao , Kaidi Xu , Yunlong Cai , Yong Niu , Lajos Hanzo

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) has emerged as an enabling technology to achieve smart and reconfigurable wireless communication environment cost-effectively. Prior works on IRS mainly consider its passive beamforming design and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-12 Beixiong Zheng , Changsheng You , Rui Zhang

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) technology offers more feasible propagation paths for millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication systems to overcome blockage than existing technologies. In this paper, we consider a downlink wireless system…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-22 Yue Xiu , Yang Zhao , Yang Liu , Jun Zhao , Osman Yagan , Ning Wei

In dual-function radar-communication (DFRC) systems the probing signal contains information intended for the communication users, which makes that information vulnerable to eavesdropping by the targets. We study the security of a DFRC…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-25 Yi-Kai Li , Athina Petropulu

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a promising solution to build a programmable wireless environment for future communication systems, in which the reflector elements steer the incident signal in fully customizable ways by passive…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-14 Feng Shu , Xinyi Jiang , Wenlong Cai , Weiping Shi , Mengxing Huang , Jiangzhou Wang , Xiaohu You

Provisioning secrecy for all users, given the heterogeneity and uncertainty of their channel conditions, locations, and the unknown location of the attacker/eavesdropper, is challenging and not always feasible. This work takes the first…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-22 Monir Abughalwa , Diep N. Nguyen , Dinh Thai Hoang , Thang X. Vu , Eryk Dutkiewicz , Symeon Chatzinotas