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Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-enabled backscatter communications can be enabled by an access point (AP) that splits its transmit signal into modulated and unmodulated parts. This letter integrates non-orthogonal multiple access…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-07 Azar Hakimi , Shayan Zargari , Chintha Tellambura , Sanjeewa Herath

In this paper, a downlink intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) enhanced millimeter-wave (mmWave) non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) system is considered. A joint optimization problem over active beamforming, passive beamforming and power…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-05-05 Jiakuo Zuo , Yuanwei Liu , Ertugrul Basar , Octavia A. Dobre

Large intelligent surface (LIS) has recently emerged as a potential enabling technology for 6G networks, offering extended coverage and enhanced energy and spectral efficiency. In this work, motivated by its promising potentials, we…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-21 Lina Bariah , Sami Muhaidat , Paschalis C. Sofotasios , Faissal El Bouanani , Octavia A. Dobre , Walaa Hamouda

Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces (IRS) enhance spectral efficiency by adjusting reflection phase shifts, while Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) increases system capacity. Consequently, IRS-assisted NOMA communications have garnered…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-06-09 Linlin Liang , Zongkai Tian , Haiyan Huang , Xiaoyan Li , Zhisheng Yin , Dehua Zhang , Nina Zhang , Wenchao Zhai

Unlike conventional fixed-antenna architectures, rotatable antenna (RA) has shown great potential in enhancing wireless communication performance by exploiting additional spatial degrees of freedom (DoFs) in a cost-effective manner. In this…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-13 Qi Dai , Beixiong Zheng , Yanhua Tan , Weidong Mei , Shiqi Gong , Jie Tang , Chengwen Xing

Considering intelligent reflecting surface (IRS), we study a multi-cluster multiple-input-single-output (MISO) non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) downlink communication network. In the network, an IRS assists the communication from the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-09-17 Yiqing Li , Miao Jiang , Qi Zhang , Jiayin Qin

In this paper, an active intelligent omni-surface (A-IOS) is deployed to aid uplink transmissions in a non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) system. In order to shelter the covert signal embedded in the superposition transmissions, a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-06 Xueyu Kang , Nan Qi , Lu Lv , Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos , Theodoros A. Tsiftsis , Hongwu Liu

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) has recently been recognized as a promising technology to enhance the energy and spectrum efficiency of wireless networks by controlling the wireless medium with the configurable electromagnetic…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-07-02 Min Fu , Yong Zhou , Yuanming Shi

This work investigates the covertness and security performance of Internet-of-Things (IoTs) networks under Rayleigh fading environments. Specifically, a cellular source transmits covert information to cell-edge users with the assistance of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-03 Thai-Hoc Vu , Anh-Tu Le , Ngo Hoang Tu , Tan N. Nguyen , Miroslav Voznak

In this paper, we propose a downlink multiple-input single-output (MISO) transmission scheme, which is assisted by an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) consisting of a large number of passive reflecting elements. In the literature, it…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-12-30 Jianyue Zhu , Yongming Huang , Jiaheng Wang , Keivan Navaie , Zhiguo Ding

This paper proposes a novel framework of resource allocation in intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) aided multi-cell non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) networks, where a sum-rate maximization problem is formulated. To address this…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-08 Wanli Ni , Xiao Liu , Yuanwei Liu , Hui Tian , Yue Chen

Intelligent reflective surface (IRS) technology is emerging as a promising performance enhancement technique for next-generation wireless networks. Hence, we investigate the physical layer security of the downlink in IRS-aided…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-09 Zhiqing Tang , Tianwei Hou , Yuanwei Liu , Jiankang Zhang , Lajos Hanzo

This letter proposes a simple design of intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) assisted non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) transmission, which can ensure that more users are served on each orthogonal spatial direction than spatial division…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-07-25 Z. Ding , H. V. Poor

In this paper, we develop a hybrid multiple access (MA) protocol for an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) aided uplink transmission network by incorporating the IRS-aided time-division MA (I-TDMA) protocol and the IRS-aided…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-27 Piao Zeng , Guangji Chen , Qingqing Wu , Deli Qiao , Abbas Jamalipour

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) enhanced multi-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) networks are investigated. A new transmission framework is proposed, where multiple UAV-mounted base stations employ…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-10-07 Xidong Mu , Yuanwei Liu , Li Guo , Jiaru Lin , H. Vincent Poor

This paper considers a two-user downlink transmission in intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) aided network over fading channels. Particularly, non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) and two orthogonal multiple access (OMA) schemes, namely,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-09-28 Yiyu Guo , Zhijin Qin , Yuanwei Liu , Naofal Al-Dhahir

In this work, we examine an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) assisted downlink non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) scenario with the aim of maximizing the sum rate of users. The optimization problem at the IRS is quite complicated,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-04-06 Muhammad Shehab , Bekir S. Ciftler , Tamer Khattab , Mohamed Abdallah , Daniele Trinchero

This paper investigates covert communications in an integrated sensing and communications system, where a dual-functional base station (called Alice) covertly transmits signals to a covert user (called Bob) while sensing multiple targets,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-29 Runzhe Tang , Long Yang , Lv Lu , Zheng Zhang , Yuanwei Liu , Jian Chen

Innovative reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) technologies are rising and recognized as promising candidates to enhance 6G and beyond wireless communication systems. RISs acquire the ability to manipulate electromagnetic signals,…

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a promising technology to enhance the coverage and performance of wireless networks. We consider the application of IRS to non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA), where a base station transmits…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-01-29 Xinwei Yue , Yuanwei Liu