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Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a recent low-cost and energy-efficient technology with potential applicability for future wireless communications. Performance gains achieved by employing RIS directly depend on accurate channel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-24 Paulo R. B. Gomes , Amarilton L. Magalhães , André L. F. de Almeida

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) represent a transformative technology for sixth-generation (6G) wireless communications, but it suffers from a significant limitation, namely the double-fading attenuation. Active RIS has emerged as…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-04-23 Yang Cao , Wenchi Cheng , Jingqing Wang , Wei Zhang

This paper proposes a joint active and passive beamforming design for reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided wireless communication systems, adopting a piece-wise near-field channel model. While a traditional near-field channel…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-06-24 Weijian Chen , Zai Yang , Zhiqiang Wei , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Michail Matthaiou

Sensing-assisted communication schemes have recently garnered significant research attention. In this work, we design a dual-function reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), integrating both active and passive elements, referred to as the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-14 Cheng Luo , Luping Xiang , Jie Hu , Kun Yang

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) enable reliable low-latency millimeter wave (mmWave) communication links in cases of a blocked line-of-sight (LoS) between the base station (BS) and the user equipment (UE), i.e. a RIS mounted on a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-13 Hamed Radpour , Markus Hofer , David Loschenbrand , Lukas Walter Mayer , Andreas Hofmann , Martin Schiefer , Thomas Zemen

Different from conventional passive reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs), incident signals and thermal noise can be amplified at active RISs. By exploiting the amplifying capability of active RISs, noticeable performance improvement…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-04-02 Jinho Yang , Hyeongtaek Lee , Junil Choi

This paper introduces a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) to support parameter estimation in machine-type communications (MTC). We focus on a network where single-antenna sensors transmit spatially correlated measurements to a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-28 Sergi Liesegang , Antonio Pascual-Iserte , Olga Muñoz

Active reconfigurable intelligent surface (ARIS) is a newly emerging RIS technique that leverages radio frequency (RF) reflection amplifiers to empower phase-configurable reflection elements (REs) in amplifying the incident signal. Thereby,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-07 Hao Chen , Nanxi Li , Ruizhe Long , Ying-Chang Liang

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

Antenna selection is capable of reducing the hardware complexity of massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) networks at the cost of certain performance degradation. Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has emerged as a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-09-17 Jinglian He , Kaiqiang Yu , Yuanming Shi , Yong Zhou , Wei Chen , Khaled B. Letaief

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is envisioned to be an essential component of the paradigm for beyond 5G networks as it can potentially provide similar or higher array gains with much lower hardware cost and energy consumption…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-07-09 Hang Liu , Xiaojun Yuan , Ying-Jun Angela Zhang

A potential candidate technology for the development of future 6G networks has been recognized as Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS). However, due to the variation in radio link quality, traditional passive RISs only accomplish a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-26 Rashed Hasan Ratul , Muhammad Iqbal , Tabinda Ashraf , Jen-Yi Pan , Yi-Han Wang , Shao-Yu Lien

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has emerged as a promising technology for improving capacity and extending coverage of wireless networks. In this work, we consider RIS-aided millimeter wave (mmWave) multiple-input and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-17 Yabo Guo , Peng Sun , Zhengdao Yuan , Qinghua Guo , Zhongyong Wang

The emerging reflecting intelligent surface (RIS) technology promises to enhance the capacity of wireless communication systems via passive reflect beamforming. However, the product path loss limits its performance gains. Fully-connected…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-26 Konstantinos Ntougias , Symeon Chatzinotas , Ioannis Krikidis

We consider a multi-user multiple-input single-output (MISO) communications system which is assisted by a hybrid active-passive reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS). Unlike conventional passive RISs, hybrid RIS is equipped with a few…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-03-22 Nhan Thanh Nguyen , Van-Dinh Nguyen , Qingqing Wu , Antti Tolli , Symeon Chatzinotas , Markku Juntti

The number of train passengers and the demand for high data rates to handle new technologies such as video streaming and IoT technologies are continuously increasing. Therefore the exploration of millimeter waves (mmWave) band is a key…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-11 Aline Habib , Ammar El Falou , Charlotte Langlais , Marion Berbineau

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

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a promising solution to deal with the blockage-sensitivity of millimeter wave band and reduce the high energy consumption caused by network densification. However, deploying large scale RISs may…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-02-12 Yining Xu , Sheng Zhou

In traditional Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) systems, the RIS is mounted on stationary structures like buildings, walls, or posts. They have shown promising results in enhancing the performance of wireless systems like capacity…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-24 I. Zakir Ahmed , Hamid Sadjadpour

To mitigate the effects of shadow fading and obstacle blocking, reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has become a promising technology to improve the signal transmission quality of wireless communications by controlling the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-10 Wangyang Xu , Jiancheng An , Yongjun Xu , Chongwen Huang , Lu Gan , Chau Yuen