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Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) have emerged as a promising wireless technology for the dynamic configuration and control of electromagnetic waves, thus creating a smart (programmable) radio environment. In this context, we study a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-02-21 Christos N. Efrem , Ioannis Krikidis

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

This paper presents a theoretical framework to analyze the performance of integrated unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) relaying system in which IRS provides an additional degree of freedom combined with the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-22 Taniya Shafique , Hina Tabassum , Ekram Hossain

In this paper, channel estimation techniques and phase shift design for intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-empowered single-user multiple-input multiple-output (SU-MIMO) systems are proposed. Among four channel estimation techniques…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-17 Sucheol Kim , Hyeongtaek Lee , Jihoon Cha , Sung-Jin Kim , Jaeyong Park , Junil Choi

Combining intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) and non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) is an effective solution to enhance communication coverage and energy efficiency. In this paper, we focus on an IRS-assisted NOMA network and propose…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-14 Fang Fang , Yanqing Xu , Quoc-Viet Pham , Zhiguo Ding

In this study, we investigate the use of intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) in multi-operator communication systems for 6G networks, focusing on sustainable and efficient resource management. This research is motivated by two critical…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-10 Hiroaki Hashida , Yuichi Kawamoto , Nei Kato

In this letter, the use of intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) to enhance the physical layer security of downlink wireless communication is investigated. Assuming a single-antenna legitimate user and a multi-antenna eavesdropper, we…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-07 Keming Feng , Xiao Li , Yu Han , Shi Jin , Yijian Chen

This work investigates the effect of double intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) in improving the spectrum efficient of multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) network operating in the millimeter wave (mmWave) band. Specifically,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-29 Hehao Niu , Zheng Chu , Fuhui Zhou , Cunhua Pan , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Huan X. Nguyen

In this paper, non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) networks assisted by multiple intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) with discrete phase shifts are investigated, in which each user device (UD) is served by an IRS to improve the quality…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-27 Yanyu Cheng , Kwok Hung Li , Yuanwei Liu , Kah Chan Teh , George K. Karagiannidis

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) has recently emerged as a new solution to enhance wireless communication performance via passive signal reflection. In this letter, we unlock the potential of IRS controller in relaying information and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-06-24 Beixiong Zheng , Rui Zhang

Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS) utilizes low-cost, passive reflecting elements to enhance the passive beam gain, improve Wireless Energy Transfer (WET) efficiency, and enable its deployment for numerous Internet of Things (IoT)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-16 Cheng Luo , Jie Hu , Luping Xiang , Kun Yang , Kai-Kit Wong

This paper investigates the downlink communications of intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) assisted non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) systems. To maximize the system throughput, we formulate a joint optimization problem over the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-02-06 Jiakuo Zuo , Yuanwei Liu , Zhijin Qin , Naofal Al-Dhahir

In wideband systems operating at mmWave frequencies, intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) equipped with many passive elements can compensate for channel propagation losses. Then, a phenomenon known as the beam-split (B-SP) occurs in which…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-11 P. Siddhartha , L. Yashvanth , Chandra R. Murthy

In this paper, we introduce an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) to provide a programmable wireless environment for physical layer security. By adjusting the reflecting coefficients, the IRS can change the attenuation and scattering of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-06-21 Jie Chen , Ying-Chang Liang , Yiyang Pei , Huayan Guo

Driven by intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) and movable antenna (MA) technologies, movable IRS (MIRS) has been proposed to improve the adaptability and performance of conventional IRS, enabling flexible adjustment of the IRS reflecting…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-19 Yue Geng , Tee Hiang Cheng , Kai Zhong , Kah Chan Teh , Qingqing Wu

The intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a planar array with massive reconfigurable passive elements, which can align the reflecting signals at the receivers via controlling the phase shifts at each element independently. Since IRS can…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-22 Silei Wang , Qiang Li , Sissi Xiaoxiao Wu , Jingran Lin

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) has the potential to significantly enhance the network performance by reconfiguring the wireless propagation environments. It is however difficult to obtain the accurate downlink channel state…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-05-18 Wenzhi Fang , Min Fu , Yuanming Shi , Yong Zhou

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) are envisioned as a low-cost solution to achieve high spectral and energy efficiency in future communication systems due to their ability to customize wireless propagation environments. Although…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-02-27 Yifei Wu , Dongfang Xu , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Robert Schober , Wolfgang Gerstacker

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) improve both the bandwidth and energy efficiency of wideband communication systems by using low-cost passive elements for reflecting the impinging signals with adjustable phase shifts. To realize the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-08 Siqi Ma , Wenqian Shen , Jianping An , Lajos Hanzo

The use of Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces (IRSs) is considered a potential enabling technology for enhancing the spectral and energy efficiency of beyond 5G communication systems. In this paper, a joint relay and intelligent reflecting…

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