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This paper introduces a fluid antenna system (FAS) into reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) assisted non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) communication networks, where the non-orthogonal users are equipped with planar fluid antennas.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Xinwei Yue , He Geng , Jingjing Zhao , Xianli Gong , Aryan Kaushik , Arumugam Nallanathan

This paper proposes a novel hybrid-domain (HD) non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) approach to support a larger number of uplink users than the recently proposed code-domain NOMA approach, i.e., sparse code multiple access (SCMA). HD-NOMA…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-28 Chen Quan , Animesh Yadav , Baocheng Geng , Pramod K. Varshney , H. Vincent Poor

In this paper, we investigate covert communications in a simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS)-aided rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) system. Under the RSMA principles, the messages…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-05 Heng Chang , Hai Yang , Shuobo Xu , Xiyu Pang , Hongwu Liu

Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) and beamforming are well-established techniques for enabling massive connectivity in future wireless networks. However, many optimal beamforming solutions rely on highly complex iterative algorithms and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-24 Chentong Li , Saeed Mohammadzadeh , Kanapathippillai Cumanan , Octavia A. Dobre

This letter proposes a novel six-dimensional movable metasurface (6DMM)-assisted downlink non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) system, in which a conventional base station (BS) equipped with fixed antennas serves multiple users with the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-10 Li-Hsiang Shen

The reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) technology for metasurfaces is ushering in a new paradigm for wireless communication systems. It provides an accessible way for controlling the interaction between electromagnetic waves with the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-21 P. H. C. de Souza , M. Khazaee , L. L. Mendes

Different with conventional reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), simultaneous transmitting and reflecting RIS (STAR-RIS) can reflect and transmit the signals to the receiver. In this paper, to serve more ground users and increase the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-23 Baihua Shi , Yang Wang , Danqi Li , Wenlong Cai , Jinyong Lin , Shuo Zhang , Weiping Shi , Shihao Yan , Feng Shu

In this paper, an active intelligent omni-surface (A-IOS) is deployed to aid uplink transmissions in a non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) system. In order to shelter the covert signal embedded in the superposition transmissions, a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-06 Xueyu Kang , Nan Qi , Lu Lv , Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos , Theodoros A. Tsiftsis , Hongwu Liu

This paper investigates an uplink non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA)-based mobile-edge computing (MEC) network. Our objective is to minimize the total energy consumption of all users including transmission energy and local computation…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-02-18 Zhaohui Yang , Jiancao Hou , Mohammad Shikh-Bahaei

A novel simultaneously transmitting and reflecting (STAR) system design relying on reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) is conceived. First, an existing prototype is reviewed and the potential benefits of STAR-RISs are discussed.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-14 Yuanwei Liu , Xidong Mu , Jiaqi Xu , Robert Schober , Yang Hao , H. Vincent Poor , Lajos Hanzo

This paper presents a joint framework that integrates reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) with Terahertz (THz) communications and non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) to enhance smart industrial communications. The proposed system…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-08-08 Ali Raza , Muhammad Farhan Khan , Zeeshan Alam , Muhammad Saad , Ilyas Saleem , Muhammad Ahmed Mohsin , Muhammad Ali Jamshed

A novel movable-element enabled simultaneously transmitting and reflecting surface (ME-STARS) communication system is proposed, where ME-STARS elements positions can be adjusted to enhance the degress-of-freedom for transmission and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-31 Jingjing Zhao , Quan Zhou , Xidong Mu , Kaiquan Cai , Yanbo Zhu , Yuanwei Liu

In this paper, we investigate an active simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) assisted integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) system, where the dual-function base station (DFBS)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-15 Shuang Zhang , Wanming Hao , Gangcan Sun , Chongwen Huang , Zhengyu Zhu , Xingwang Li , Chau Yuen

This letter investigates a novel uplink (UL) system that integrates power-domain non-orthogonal multiple access (PD-NOMA) with a continuous reconfigurable intelligent surface (CRIS). We analyze the effective CRIS-assisted channels under…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-13 Mahmoud AlaaEldin , Amy S. Inwood , Peter J. Smith , Michail Matthaiou

Well-designed simultaneously transmitting and reflecting RIS (STAR-RIS), which extends the half-space coverage to full-space coverage, incurs wireless communication environments to be smart and reconfigurable. In this paper, we survey how…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-10-18 Mohammad Reza Kavianinia , Mohammad Javad Emadi

Smart radio environments aided by reconfigurable intelligent reflecting surfaces (RIS) have attracted much research attention recently. We propose a joint optimization strategy for beamforming, RIS phases, and power allocation to maximize…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-02 Athira Subhash , Abla Kammoun , Ahmed Elzanaty , Sheetal Kalyani , Yazan H. Al-Badarneh , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

In this paper, we propose a network non-orthogonal multiple access (N-NOMA) technique for the downlink coordinated multipoint (CoMP) communication scenario of a cellular network, with randomly deployed users. In the considered N-NOMA…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-12-14 Yanshi Sun , Zhiguo Ding , Xuchu Dai , George K. Karagiannidis

A simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) assisted simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) system is investigated. Both active and passive STAR-RISs are considered.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-12-24 Guangyu Zhu , Xidong Mu , Li Guo , Ao Huang , Shibiao Xu

Simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) has emerged as a promising technology to realize full-space coverage and boost spectral efficiency in next-generation wireless networks. Yet, the joint…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-23 Dongdong Yang , Bin Li , Jiguang He , Yicheng Yan , Xiaoyu Zhang , Chongwen Huang

The sum-rate performance of simultaneous transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) assisted full-duplex (FD) communication systems is investigated. The reflection and transmission coefficients of STAR-RIS…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-03-10 Pulasthi P. Perera , Vanodhya G. Warnasooriya , Dhanushka Kudathanthirige , Himal A. Suraweera