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This paper investigates a smart spectrum-sharing framework for reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided local high-quality wireless networks (LHQWNs) within a mobile network operator (MNO) ecosystem. Although RISs are often considered…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-27 Hamid Reza Hashempour , Mina Khadem , Eduard A. Jorswieck

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) constitutes a disruptive technology for enhancing vehicular communication performance through reconfigurable propagation environments. In this paper, we propose an adaptive channel estimation…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-03 Tianyou Li , Haifeng Hu , Dapeng Li

This paper presents a distributed beamforming framework for a constellation of airborne platform stations (APSs) in a massive Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output (MIMO) non-terrestrial network (NTN) that targets the downlink sum-rate…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-01 Hesam Khoshkbari , Georges Kaddoum , Omid Abbasi , Bassant Selim , Halim Yanikomeroglu

This work studies the wideband modeling and beamforming design of beyond diagonal reconfigurable intelligent surface (BD-RIS), which generalizes and goes beyond conventional RIS with diagonal phase shift matrices to achieve enhanced channel…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-20 Hongyu Li , Matteo Nerini , Shanpu Shen , Bruno Clerckx

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) have been proposed as a revolutionary technology with the potential to address several critical requirements of 6G communication systems. Despite its powerful ability for radio environment…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-09 Yun Yang , Zhiping Lu , Ming Li , Rang Liu , Qian Liu

Utilizing terahertz (THz) transmission to enhance coverage has proven various benefits compared to traditional radio frequency (RF) counterparts. This letter proposes a dual-hop decode-and-forward (DF) routing protocol in a hybrid RF and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-03-20 Zhengying Lou , Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) operating in the terahertz (THz) band has recently gained considerable interest due to its high spectrum bandwidth. Due to the exploitation of large scale of IRS, there is a high probability that the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-28 Chi Qiu , Qingqing Wu , Wen Chen , Meng Hua , Wanming Hao , Mengnan Jian , Fen Hou

Hybrid Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (HRISs) constitute a new paradigm of truly smart metasurfaces with the additional features of signal reception and processing, which have been primarily considered for channel estimation and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-15 Ioannis Gavras , George C. Alexandropoulos

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is anticipated to augment the performance of beyond fifth-generation (B5G) and sixth-generation (6G) networks by intelligently manipulating the state of its components. Rather than employing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-27 Zhendong Li , Wen Chen , Qingqing Wu , Ziwei Liu , Chong He , Xudong Bai , Jun Li

Quantum networks (QNs) supported by terahertz (THz) wireless links present a transformative alternative to fiber-based infrastructures, particularly in mobile and infrastructure-scarce environments. However, signal attenuation, molecular…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-29 Shakil Ahmed

In reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted wireless communication systems, the pointing accuracy and intensity of reflections depend crucially on the 'profile,' representing the amplitude/phase state information of all elements in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-12 Wei Wang , Peizheng Li , Angela Doufexi , Mark A Beach

Terahertz (THz) communication will be a key enabler for next-generation wireless systems. While THz frequency bands provide abundant bandwidth and extremely high data rates, their effective operation is inhibited by short communication…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Yasemin Karacora , Christina Chaccour , Aydin Sezgin , Walid Saad

The Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) constitutes one of the prominent technologies for the next 6-th Generation (6G) of wireless communications. It is envisioned to enhance signal coverage in cases where obstacles block the direct…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-10 Kun Chen-Hu , George C. Alexandropoulos , Ana García Armada

Radio frequency (RF) wireless power transfer (WPT) is a promising technology to seamlessly charge low-power devices, but its low end-to-end power transfer efficiency remains a critical challenge. To address the latter, low-cost…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-06 Amirhossein Azarbahram , Onel L. A. Lopez , Bruno Clerckx , Marco Di Renzo , Matti Latva-Aho

Simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) provides a promising way to expand coverage in wireless communications. However, limitation of single STAR-RIS inspire us to integrate the concept of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-29 Pei-Hsiang Liao , Li-Hsiang Shen , Po-Chen Wu , Kai-Ten Feng

The shift toward sixth-generation (6G) wireless communications demands transceiver architectures that simultaneously support high-data-rate communications, pervasive sensing, and sub-meter-level localization. Beyond these performance…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-12 Mahmoud Raeisi , Ayoub Ammar Boudjelal , Henk Wymeersch , Ertugrul Basar , Huseyin Arslan

Reconfigurable surface (RS) has been shown to be an effective solution for improving wireless communication links in general multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) setting. Current research efforts have been largely directed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-10-31 Juan Vidal Alegria , Joao Vieira , Fredrik Rusek

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) technology has emerged as a promising enabler for next-generation wireless networks, offering a paradigm shift from passive environments to programmable radio wave propagation. Despite the potential…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-02-07 Wali Ullah Khan , Chandan Kumar Sheemar , Eva Lagunas , Symeon Chatzinotas

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is envisioned to play a significant role in future wireless communication systems as an effective means of reconfiguring the radio signal propagation environment. In this paper, we study a new multi-IRS…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-08-25 Weidong Mei , Rui Zhang

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have promising coverage and data rate gains for wireless communication systems in 5G and beyond. Prior work has mainly focused on analyzing the performance of these surfaces using computer…