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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

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a new and revolutionary technology capable of reconfiguring the wireless propagation environment by controlling its massive low-cost passive reflecting elements. Different from prior works that focus…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-05 Bifeng Ling , Jiangbin Lyu , Liqun Fu

This paper investigates intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-aided multicell wireless networks, where an IRS is deployed to assist the joint processing coordinated multipoint (JP-CoMP) transmission from multiple base stations (BSs) to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-12-01 Meng Hua , Qingqing Wu , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Jun Zhao , Luxi Yang

Recently, terahertz (THz) communication has drawn considerable attention as one of the promising technologies for the future wireless communications owning to its ultra-wide bandwidth. Nonetheless, one major obstacle that prevents the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-09-15 Wanming Hao , Gangcan Sun , Ming Zeng , Zhengyu Zhu , Zheng Chu , Octavia A. Dobre , Pei Xiao

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) are being widely investigated as a potential low-cost and energy-efficient alternative to active relays for improving coverage in next-generation cellular networks. However, technical constraints in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-13 Alberto Rech , Matteo Pagin , Leonardo Badia , Stefano Tomasin , Marco Giordani , Jonathan Gambini , Michele Zorzi

We present distributed methods for jointly optimizing Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS) phase-shifts and beamformers in a cellular network. The proposed schemes require knowledge of only the intra-cell training sequences and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-10-29 Reinhard Wiesmayr , Michael Honig , Michael Joham , Wolfgang Utschick

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) technology has been considered a promising solution in visible light communication (VLC) systems due to its potential to overcome the line-of-sight (LoS) blockage issue and enhance coverage. Moreover,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-29 Ahrar N. Hamad , Ahmad Adnan Qidan , Taisir E. H. El-Gorashi , Jaafar M. H. Elmirghani

Although multi-access edge computing (MEC) has allowed for computation offloading at the network edge, weak wireless signals in the radio access network caused by obstacles and high network load are still preventing efficient edge…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-15 Elie El Haber , Mohamed Elhattab , Chadi Assi , Sanaa Sharafeddine , Kim Khoa Nguyen

In this paper, we consider an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-aided cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output system, where the beamforming at access points and the phase shifts at IRSs are jointly optimized to maximize energy…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-27 Si-Nian Jin , Dian-Wu Yue , Yi-Ling Chen , Qing Hu

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a novel burgeoning concept, which possesses advantages in enhancing wireless communication and user localization, while maintaining low hardware cost and energy consumption. Herein, we establish an…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-02 Rui Wang , Zhe Xing , Erwu Liu

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) technology has become a crucial enabler for creating cost effective, innovative, and adaptable wireless communication environments. This study investigates an IRS-assisted orthogonal time frequency space…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-06 Sushmita Singh , Kuntal Deka , Sanjeev Sharma , Neelakandan Rajamohan

Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS) technology is revolutionizing wireless communications by shifting from channel adaptation to a responsive wireless environment. This paper introduces a multi-IRS assisted millimeter wave (mm-wave)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-04 Alireza Qazavi Khorasgani , Foroogh S. Tabataba , Mehdi Naderi Soorki , Mohammad Sadegh Fazel

Spatial multiplexing plays a significant role in improving the capacity of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication systems. To improve the spectral efficiency (SE) of a point-to-point MIMO system, we exploit the channel…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Yuxuan Chen , Qingqing Wu , Guangji Chen , Wen Chen

This paper considers the resource allocation algorithm design for downlink multiple-input single-output (MISO) orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC) systems. To meet the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-10-15 Walid R. Ghanem , Vahid Jamali , Yan Sun , Robert Schober

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) are being studied as possible low-cost energy-efficient alternatives to active relays, with the goal of solving the coverage issues of millimeter wave (mmWave) and terahertz (THz) network deployments.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-26 Alberto Rech , Matteo Pagin , Stefano Tomasin , Federico Moretto , Leonardo Badia , Marco Giordani , Jonathan Gambini , Michele Zorzi

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

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-26 Hailiang Xie , Jie Xu , Ya-Feng Liu

This paper investigates a multi-intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) aided integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system, where multiple IRSs are strategically deployed not only to assist the communication from a multi-antenna base…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-30 Guangji Chen , Qingqing Wu , Shihang Lu , Meng Hua , Wen Chen

In this paper, we focus on the sum-rate optimization in a multi-user millimeter-wave (mmWave) system with distributed intelligent reflecting surfaces (D-IRSs), where a base station (BS) communicates with users via multiple IRSs. The BS…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-22 Yue Xiu , Wei Sun , Jiao Wu , Guan Gui , Ning Wei , Zhongpei Zhang

The combination of non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) and intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is an efficient solution to significantly enhance the energy efficiency of the wireless communication system. In this paper, we focus on a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-15 Ximing Xie , Fang Fang , Zhiguo Ding

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a new and disruptive technology to achieve spectrum- and energy-efficient as well as cost-efficient wireless networks. This paper considers an IRS-assisted downlink non-orthogonal-multiple-access…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-01 Gang Yang , Xinyue Xu , Ying-Chang Liang