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Simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS), which consists of numerous passive elements, has recently emerged in wireless communication systems as a promising technology providing 360$^\circ$…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-12 Hanxiao Ge , Anastasios Papazafeiropoulos , Tharmalingam Ratnarajah

In the past as well as present wireless communication systems, the wireless propagation environment is regarded as an uncontrollable black box that impairs the received signal quality, and its negative impacts are compensated for by relying…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-14 Cunhua Pan , Gui Zhou , Kangda Zhi , Sheng Hong , Tuo Wu , Yijin Pan , Hong Ren , Marco Di Renzo , A. Lee Swindlehurst , Rui Zhang , Angela Yingjun Zhang

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have been deemed as one of potential components of future wireless communication systems because they can adaptively manipulate the wireless propagation environment with low-cost passive devices.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-23 Yanan Ma , Rang Liu , Yang Liu , Ming Li , Qian Liu

In this work we address the distance dependence of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS). As differentiating factor to other works in the literature, we focus on the array near-field, what allows us to comprehend and expose the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-01-08 J. Bucheli Garcia , A. Sibille , M. Kamoun

This paper investigates the physical layer security of a non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) system assisted by a tertiary-mode simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS), which can perform…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-31 Mansi Nema , Kuntal Deka , Sanjeev Sharma , Tharmalingam Ratnarajah

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS), which is capable to adjust propagation conditions by controlling phase shifts of the reflected waves that impinge on the surface, has been widely analyzed for enhancing the performance of wireless…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-29 Shuhang Zhang , Hongliang Zhang , Boya Di , Yunhua Tan , Marco Di Renzo , Zhu Han , H. Vincent Poor , Lingyang Song

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a two-dimensional periodic structure integrated with a large number of reflective elements, which can manipulate electromagnetic waves in a digital way, offering great potentials for wireless…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-01-22 Zhen Zhang , Jun Hui Qiu , Jun Wei Zhang , Hui Dong Li , Dong Tang , Qiang Cheng , Wei Lin

This study explores the synergy between rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) and simultaneous transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) as a unified framework to enable ubiquitous, intelligent, and resilient…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-21 Muhammad Asif , Asim Ihsan , Zhu Shoujin , Ali Ranjha , Xingwang Li , Khaled M. Rabie , Symeon Chatzinotas

In contrast to conventional reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), simultaneous transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) has been proposed recently to enlarge the serving area from 180o to 360o coverage.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-02 Abdelhamid Salem , Kai-Kit Wong , Chan-Byoung Chae , Yangyang Zhang

Transmission through reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs), which control the reflection/scattering characteristics of incident waves in a deliberate manner to enhance the signal quality at the receiver, appears as a promising…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-30 Ertugrul Basar

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has been recognized as an essential enabling technique for the sixth-generation (6G) mobile communication network. Specifically, an RIS is comprised of a large number of small and low-cost reflecting…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-24 Jindan Xu , Chau Yuen , Chongwen Huang , Naveed Ul Hassan , George C. Alexandropoulos , Marco Di Renzo , Merouane Debbah

The reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), which consists of a large number of passive and low-cost reflecting elements, has been recognized as a revolutionary technology to enhance the performance of future wireless networks. This paper…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-25 Linsong Du , Shihai Shao Gang Yang , Jianhui Ma , Qinpeng Liang , Youxi Tang

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has drawn considerable attention from the research society recently, which creates favorable propagation conditions by controlling the phase shifts of the reflected waves at the surface, thereby…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-11-01 Boya Di , Hongliang Zhang , Lingyang Song , Yonghui Li , Zhu Han , H. Vincent Poor

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided near-field communications is investigated. First, the necessity of investigating RIS-aided near-field communications and the advantages brought about by the unique spherical-wave-based…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-05 Xidong Mu , Jiaqi Xu , Yuanwei Liu , Lajos Hanzo

In this letter, we study efficient uplink channel estimation design for a simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) assisted two-user communication systems. We first consider the time switching…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-12-03 Chenyu Wu , Changsheng You , Yuanwei Liu , Xuemai Gu , Yunlong Cai

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) are widely considered to become an integral part of future wireless communication systems. Various methodologies exist to design such surfaces; however, most consider or require a very large number…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-01 Hans-Dieter Lang , Michel A. Nyffenegger , Heinz Mathis , Xingqi Zhang

In this chapter, we investigate the mathematical foundation of the modeling and design of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) in both the far- and near-field regimes. More specifically, we first present RIS-assisted wireless channel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-16 Mohamadreza Delbari , George C. Alexandropoulos , Robert Schober , Vahid Jamali

Simultaneously transmitting (refracting) and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (STAR-RISs) have been recently identified to improve the spectrum/energy efficiency and extend the communication range. However, their potential for…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-20 Jiguang He , Aymen Fakhreddine , George C. Alexandropoulos

Recently there has been a flurry of research on the use of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) in wireless networks to create smart radio environments. In a smart radio environment, surfaces are capable of manipulating the propagation…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-05 Mohamed A. ElMossallamy , Hongliang Zhang , Lingyang Song , Karim G. Seddik , Zhu Han , Geoffrey Ye Li

In this paper, we investigate the integration of simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (STAR-RIS) with rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) for improving physical layer security (PLS) in integrated…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-04 Thanh Nha To , Hoang Lai Pham , Quynh Nguyen Thi , Tuan Anh Pham , Le Thanh Bang