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In this paper, we propose a network architecture where two types of aerial infrastructures together with a ground station provide connectivity to a remote area. A high altitude platform station (HAPS) is equipped with reconfigurable…

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Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a newly-emerged technology that, with its unique features, is considered to be a game changer for future wireless networks. Channel estimation is one of the most critical challenges for the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-30 Mehdi Haghshenas , Parisa Ramezani , Emil Björnson

The following paper presents a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system model scenario, where a base station communicates with a user, and a bi-static sensing unit, i.e. the passive…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-12 Ahmad Bazzi , Marwa Chafii

Efficient computation offloading in multi-UAV edge networks becomes particularly challenging in dense urban areas, where line-of-sight (LoS) links are frequently blocked and user demand varies rapidly. Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-24 Liangshun Wu , Jianbo Du , Junsuo Qu

In this paper, we consider a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted 3D direction-of-arrival (DoA) estimation system, in which a uniform planar array (UPA) RIS is deployed to provide virtual line-of-sight (LOS) links and reflect…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-04 Zhengyu Wang , Wei Yang , Tiebin Mi , Robert Caiming Qiu

Device-to-device (D2D) communications offers high spectral efficiency, low energy consumption and transmission latency. However, one of the main limitations of D2D communications is co-channel interference from underlaying wireless system.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-02 Wali Ullah Khan , Eva Lagunas , Asad Mahmood , Zain Ali , Symeon Chatzinotas , Björn Ottersten

Retrieving range information in three-dimensional (3D) radio imaging is particularly challenging due to the limited communication bandwidth and pilot resources. To address this issue, we consider a reconfigurable intelligent surface…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-19 Yixuan Huang , Jie Yang , Chao-Kai Wen , Shi Jin

The high configurability and low cost of Reflective Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) made them a promising solution for enhancing the capabilities of Beyond Fifth-Generation (B5G) networks. Recent works proposed to mount RISs on Unmanned Aerial…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-05-06 Alessandro Brighente , Mauro Conti , Hanan Idriss , Stefano Tomasin

In this paper, we consider a UAV-enabled WSN where a flying UAV is employed to collect data from multiple sensor nodes (SNs). Our objective is to maximize the minimum average data collection rate from all SNs subject to a prescribed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-05-09 Changsheng You , Rui Zhang

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have attracted significant interest recently in wireless communication due to their high maneuverability, flexible deployment, and low cost. This paper studies a UAV-enabled wireless network where the UAV is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-04-10 Qingqing Wu , Yong Zeng , Rui Zhang

Integrated terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks (ITNTNs) are regarded as a key architectural paradigm for sixth-generation (6G) wireless systems. This paper investigates a dual-aerial reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-15 Vangara Saiprudhvi , Sandeep Singh , Keshav Singh , Hariharan Subramaniyam , Chih-Peng Li

A reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a metamaterial that can be integrated into walls and influence the propagation of electromagnetic waves. This, typically passive radio frequency (RF) technology is emerging for indoor and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-10 Aly Sabri Abdalla , Talha Faizur Rahman , Vuk Marojevic

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) have been recently applied in the field of mobile edge computing (MEC) to improve the data exchange environment by proactively changing the wireless channels through…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-25 Zhiyuan Zhai , Xinhong Dai , Bin Duo , Xin Wang , Xiaojun Yuan

The reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) technology shows great potential in sixth-generation (6G) terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) since it can effectively change wireless settings to improve connectivity. Extensive…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-25 Wali Ullah Khan , Eva Lagunas , Asad Mahmood , Muhammad Asif , Manzoor Ahmed , Symeon Chatzinotas

As an emerging wireless communication technology, reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has become a basic choice for providing signal coverage services in scenarios with dense obstacles or long tunnels through multi-hop configurations.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-07-16 Rujing Xiong , Jialong Lu , Jianan Zhang , Minggang Liu , Xuehui Dong , Tiebin Mi , Robert Caiming Qiu

We consider unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted wireless communication employing UAVs as relay nodes to increase the throughput between a pair of transmitter and receiver. We focus on developing effective methods to position the UAV(s)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-09-12 Seyyedali Hosseinalipour , Ali Rahmati , Huaiyu Dai

Recently, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have attracted the attention of researchers in academia and industry for providing wireless services to ground users in diverse scenarios like festivals, large sporting events, natural and man-made…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-26 Marwan Dhuheir , Aiman Erbad , Ala Al-Fuqaha , Mohsen Guizani

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have tremendous potential to boost communication performance, especially when the line-of-sight (LOS) path between the user equipment (UE) and base station (BS) is blocked. To control the RIS,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-21 Fan Jiang , Andrea Abrardo , Kamran Keykhoshravi , Henk Wymeersch , Davide Dardari , Marco Di Renzo

This paper proposes a three-dimensional (3D) satellite-terrestrial communication network assisted with reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs). Using stochastic geometry models, we present an original framework to derive tractable yet…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-22 Islam M. Tanash , Risto Wichman

The integration of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) and fluid antenna systems (FAS) has attracted considerable attention due to its tremendous potential in enhancing wireless communication performance. However, under fast-fading…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Kaining Wang , Bo Yang , Yusheng Lei , Zhiwen Yu , Xuelin Cao , Liang Wang , Bin Guo , George C. Alexandropoulos , Mérouane Debbah , Zhu Han