English
Related papers

Related papers: Joint Hardware Design and Capacity Analysis for In…

200 papers

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is envisioned as a promising technology to broaden signal coverage and enhance transmission in terahertz (THz) communications. Due to the passivity of IRS, the channel measurement can not be achieved by…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-03-17 Boyu Ning , Zhi Chen , Wenrong Chen , Yiming Du

Terahertz (THz) communications will be pivotal in sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks, offering significantly wider bandwidths and higher data rates. However, the unique propagation characteristics of the THz frequency band, such as…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-09-17 Waqas Khalid , Heejung Yu , Farman Ali , Huiping Huang

Unlocking the potential of terahertz (THz) and millimetre (mm) waves for next generation communications and imaging applications requires reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) with programmable elements that can manipulate the waves in…

An intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is invoked for enhancing the energy harvesting performance of a simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) aided system. Specifically, an IRS-assisted SWIPT system is considered,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-19 Cunhua Pan , Hong Ren , Kezhi Wang , Maged Elkashlan , Arumugam Nallanathan , Jiangzhou Wang , Lajos Hanzo

Terahertz (THz) and intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) have been regarded as two promising technologies to improve the capacity and coverage for future 6G networks. Generally, IRS is usually equipped with large-scale elements when…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-29 Wanming Hao , Xiaobei You , Fuhui Zhou , Zheng Chu , Gangcan Sun , Pei Xiao

In this paper, we study the performance of wideband terahertz (THz) communications assisted by an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS). Specifically, we first introduce a generalized channel model that is suitable for electrically large THz…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-01 Konstantinos Dovelos , Stylianos D. Assimonis , Hien Quoc Ngo , Boris Bellalta , Michail Matthaiou

Terahertz (THz) communication is a promising technology for future wireless networks due to its ultra-wide bandwidth. However, THz signals suffer from severe attenuation and poor diffraction capability, making it vulnerable to blocking…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-16 Wanming Hao , Fuhui Zhou , Ming Zeng , Octavia A. Dobre , Naofal Al-Dhahir

In this paper, we propose intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS) assisted secure wireless communications with multi-input and multi-output antennas (IRS-MIMOME). The considered scenario is an access point (AP) equipped with multiple antennas…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-27 Weiheng Jiang , Yu Zhang , Jinsong Wu , Wenjiang Feng , Yi Jin

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) constitute a disruptive wireless communication technique capable of creating a controllable propagation environment. In this paper, we propose to invoke an IRS at the cell boundary of multiple cells to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-27 Cunhua Pan , Hong Ren , Kezhi Wang , Wei Xu , Maged Elkashlan , Arumugam Nallanathan , Lajos Hanzo

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is envisioned as a promising hardware solution to hardware cost and energy consumption in the fifth-generation (5G) mobile communication network. It exhibits great advantages in enhancing data…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-30 Zhe Xing , Rui Wang , Jun Wu , Erwu Liu

Terahertz (THz) communication technology is regarded as a promising enabler for achieving ultra-high data rate transmission in next-generation communication systems. To mitigate the high path loss in THz systems, the transmitting beams are…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-25 Yanzhao Hou , Guoning Wang , Chen Chen , Gaoze Mu , Qimei Cui , Xiaofeng Tao , Yuanmu Yang

The next generation of wireless networks is expected to tap into the terahertz (0.1--10 THz) band to satisfy the extreme latency and bandwidth density requirements of future applications. However, the development of systems in this band is…

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is envisioned to have abundant applications in future wireless networks by smartly reconfiguring the signal propagation for performance enhancement. Specifically, an IRS consists of a large number of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-09-13 Qingqing Wu , Rui Zhang

With the fifth-generation (5G) networks widely commercialized and fast deployed, the sixth-generation (6G) wireless communication is envisioned to provide competitive quality of service (QoS) in multiple aspects to global users. The…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-14 Yiming Huo , Xiaodai Dong , Nuwan Ferdinand

Terahertz (THz) communication offers ultra-high data rates and has emerged as a promising technology for future wireless networks. However, the inherently high free-space path loss of THz waves significantly limits the coverage range of THz…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-17 Ben Chen , Zhangdui Zhong , Ke Guan , Danping He , Yiran Wang , Jianwen Ding , Qi Luo

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) has become a popular technology to improve the capability of a THz multiuser Multi-input multi-output (MIMO) communication system. THz wave characteristics, on the other hand, restrict THz beam…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-01 Yicong Liu , Weijie Li , Zihuai Lin

The operation of Terahertz (THz) communication can be significantly impacted by the interaction between the transmitted wave and the molecules in the atmosphere. In particular, it has been observed experimentally that the signal undergoes…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-17 Anish Pradhan , J. Kartheek Devineni , Harpreet S. Dhillon , Andreas F. Molisch

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) has recently been envisioned to offer unprecedented massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO)-like gains by deploying large-scale and low-cost passive reflection elements. By adjusting the reflection…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-15 Gui Zhou , Cunhua Pan , Hong Ren , Kezhi Wang , Arumugam Nallanathan

The digital twin edge network (DITEN) aims to integrate mobile edge computing (MEC) and digital twin (DT) to provide real-time system configuration and flexible resource allocation for the sixth-generation network. This paper investigates…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-27 Yapeng Zhao , Qingqing Wu , Guangji Chen , Wen Chen , Ruiqi Liu , Ming-Min Zhao , Yuan Wu , Shaodan Ma

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a promising technology for achieving high spectrum efficiency in future wireless networks by leveraging massive low-cost reflecting elements with each reflecting the incident signal with a proper…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-10-29 Qingqing Wu , Rui Zhang