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Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) are considered a promising technology for boosting the coverage and for enhancing the spectral efficiency of wireless systems, as well as for taming the wireless environment. The potential benefits…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-23 Bjorn Sihlbom , Marios I. Poulakis , Marco Di Renzo

Beyond diagonal reconfigurable intelligent surface (BD-RIS) is a new architecture for RIS where elements are interconnected to provide more wave manipulation flexibility than traditional single connected RIS, enhancing data rate and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-10 Bruno Sokal , Fazal-E-Asim , André L. F. de Almeida , Hongyu Li , Bruno Clerckx

This paper proposes to deploy multiple reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) in device-to-device (D2D)-underlaid cellular systems. The uplink sum-rate of the system is maximized by jointly optimizing the transmit powers of the users,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-08-24 Yashuai Cao , Tiejun Lv , Wei Ni , Zhipeng Lin

By moving from massive antennas to antenna surfaces for software-defined wireless systems, the reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) rely on arrays of unit cells to control the scattering and reflection profiles of signals, mitigating…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-22 Brian Kim , Tugba Erpek , Yalin E. Sagduyu , Sennur Ulukus

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) offer a viable way to improve the performance of multi-hop device-to-device (D2D) communication. However, due to the substantial propagation and penetration losses of the millimeter waves…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-08-15 Lakshmikanta Sau , Sasthi C. Ghosh

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) is a breakthrough technology enabling the dynamic control of the propagation environment in wireless communications through programmable surfaces. To improve the flexibility of conventional diagonal…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Matteo Nerini , Hongyu Li , Bruno Clerckx

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

This paper studies the beamforming optimization challenge in reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided multiple-input single-output (MISO) systems, where the RIS phase configuration is discrete. Conventional optimization methods for…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-17 Rujing Xiong , Xuihui Dong , Tiebin Mi , Kai Wan , Robert Caiming Qiu

Sensing-assisted communication schemes have recently garnered significant research attention. In this work, we design a dual-function reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), integrating both active and passive elements, referred to as the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-14 Cheng Luo , Luping Xiang , Jie Hu , Kun Yang

The use of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) can improve wireless communication by modifying the wireless link to create virtual line-of-sight links, bypass blockages, suppress interference, and enhance localization. However,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-08 Anish Pradhan , Harpreet S. Dhillon

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) are envisioned to play a key role in future wireless communications, enabling programmable radio propagation environments. They are usually considered as nearly passive planar structures that…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-14 Haiyang Zhang , Nir Shlezinger , Idban Alamzadeh , George C. Alexandropoulos , Mohammadreza F. Imani , Yonina C. Eldar

This paper investigates the limits to which a passive Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) can reshape a point-to-point Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) channel in terms of singular values and their functions (e.g., achievable rate…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-16 Yang Zhao , Hongyu Li , Bruno Clerckx , Massimo Franceschetti

Beyond diagonal reconfigurable intelligent surface (BD-RIS) is a new advance and generalization of the RIS technique. BD-RIS breaks through the isolation between RIS elements by creatively introducing inter-element connections, thereby…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-11 Hongyu Li , Shanpu Shen , Yumeng Zhang , Bruno Clerckx

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) constitute a promising emerging technology that enables wireless systems to control the propagation environment to enhance diverse communication objectives. To mitigate double-fading attenuation in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-01 Panagiotis Gavriilidis , Deepak Mishra , Besma Smida , Ertugrul Basar , Chau Yuen , George C. Alexandropoulos

Integrating BD-RIS into wireless communications systems has attracted significant interest due to its transformative potential in enhancing system performance. This survey provides a comprehensive analysis of BD-RIS technology, examining…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-13 Omar Maraqa , Majid H. Khoshafa , Olutayo O. Oyerinde , Telex M. N. Ngatched

We investigate the integration of beyond diagonal reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (BDRISs) into cell free massive multiple input multiple output (CFmMIMO) systems to enhance simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT).…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-08-20 Duc Thien Hua , Mohammadali Mohammadi , Hien Quoc Ngo , Michail Matthaiou

Users' desire for enhanced performance drive the inevitable technological progress on vertical applications in wireless communication systems. To meet these demands, researchers vigorously investigate potential 6G and beyond technologies…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-15 Emre Arslan , Ali Tugberk Dogukan , Fatih Kilinc , Ertugrul Basar

The technology of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) has been showing promising potential in a variety of applications relying on Beyond-5G networks. Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) can indeed provide fine channel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-28 Moustafa Rahal , Benoit Denis , Kamran Keykhosravi , Musa Furkan Keskin , Bernard Uguen , George C. Alexandropoulos , Henk Wymeersch

This work initiates the study of a beyond-diagonal reconfigurable intelligent surface (BD-RIS)-aided transmitter architecture for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) in the millimeter-wave (mmWave) frequency band. Deploying BD-RIS…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-29 Kexin Chen , Yijie Mao

The emerging technology of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) is provisioned as an enabler of smart wireless environments, offering a highly scalable, low-cost, hardware-efficient, and almost energy-neutral solution for dynamic…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-11 George C. Alexandropoulos , Kyriakos Stylianopoulos , Chongwen Huang , Chau Yuen , Mehdi Bennis , Mérouane Debbah