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Neural networks possess incredible capabilities for extracting abstract features from data. Electromagnetic computing harnesses wave propagation to execute computational operations. Metasurfaces, composed of subwavelength meta-atoms, are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-23 Jiancheng An , Chau Yuen , Marco Di Renzo , Mehdi Bennis , Merouane Debbah , Lajos Hanzo

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

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs), also known as intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs), or large intelligent surfaces (LISs), have received significant attention for their potential to enhance the capacity and coverage of wireless…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-05 Yuanwei Liu , Xiao Liu , Xidong Mu , Tianwei Hou , Jiaqi Xu , Marco Di Renzo , Naofal Al-Dhahir

In modern wireless communication systems, there is a rapidly increasing demand for connectivity to wireless networks. Devices such as internet of things (IoT) devices, connected vehicles, smartphones, surveillance systems, and various other…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-12 Armin Farhadi , Ali Olfat

Forthcoming 6G networks have two predominant features of wide coverage and sufficient computation capability. To support the promising applications, Integrated Sensing, Communication, and Computation (ISCC) has been considered as a vital…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-17 Bin Li , Wancheng Xie , Zesong Fei

This paper presents the analysis of metasurfaces, here called reconfigurable intelligent surface. The analysis is performed by numerical simulations that implement the finite-difference time-domain method. The metasurface has been modeled…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-09-25 Emanuel Colella , Luca Bastianelli , Valter Mariani Primiani , Franco Moglie

This article provides a tutorial on over-the-air electromagnetic signal processing (ESP) for next-generation wireless networks, addressing the limitations of digital processing to enhance the efficiency and sustainability of future 6th…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-10 Davide Dardari , Giulia Torcolacci , Gianni Pasolini , Nicolo Decarli

The reconfigurability of radio environments with programmable metasurfaces is considered a key feature of next-generation wireless networks. Identifying suitable metasurface configurations for desired wireless functionalities requires a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-07 Jérôme Sol , Hugo Prod'homme , Luc Le Magoarou , Philipp del Hougne

Signal processing and communication communities have witnessed the rise of many exciting communication technologies in recent years. Notable examples include alternative waveforms, massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) signaling,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-10 Ertugrul Basar , H. Vincent Poor

Future wireless communications look forward to constructing a ubiquitous intelligent information network with high data rates through cost-efficient devices. Benefiting from the tunability and programmability of metamaterials, the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-14 Ruoqi Deng , Boya Di , Hongliang Zhang , Dusit Niyato , Zhu Han , H. Vincent Poor , Lingyang Song

Indoor localization has drawn much attention owing to its potential for supporting location based services. Among various indoor localization techniques, the received signal strength (RSS) based technique is widely researched. However, in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-27 Haobo Zhang , Jingzhi Hu , Hongliang Zhang , Boya Di , Kaigui Bian , Zhu Han , Lingyang Song

This article reviews some recent promising approaches to make mobile power closer to reality. In contrast with articles commonly published by the microwave community and the communication/signal processing community that separately…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-12-19 Bruno Clerckx , Alessandra Costanzo , Apostolos Georgiadis , Nuno Borges Carvalho

Maritime communication is becoming a vital component of 6G networks, driven by the rapid expansion of the maritime economy. However, existing technologies face critical challenges in signal coverage, availability, and robustness, especially…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Qianqian Zhang , Long Wang , Ben Wu , Jia Mi

Reconfigurable electromagnetic structures (REMSs), such as reconfigurable reflectarrays (RRAs) or reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs), hold significant potential to improve the spectral efficiency of wireless communication systems…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-16 Alexander Stutz-Tirri , Georg Schwan , Christoph Studer

It is difficult for free space optical communication to be applied in mobile communication due to the obstruction of obstacles in the environment, which is expected to be solved by reconfigurable intelligent surface technology. The…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-17 Haibo Wang , Zaichen Zhang , Bingcheng Zhu , Jian Dang , Liang Wu , Lei Wang , Kehan Zhang , Yidi 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

Manipulation of radiation is required for enabling a span of electromagnetic applications. Since properties of antennas and scatterers are very sensitive to a surrounding environment, macroscopic artificially created materials are good…

The recent upsurge of diversified mobile applications, especially those supported by Artificial Intelligence (AI), is spurring heated discussions on the future evolution of wireless communications. While 5G is being deployed around the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-10-30 Khaled B. Letaief , Wei Chen , Yuanming Shi , Jun Zhang , Ying-Jun Angela Zhang

To support faster and more efficient networks, mobile operators and service providers are bringing 5G millimeter wave (mmWave) networks indoors. However, due to their high directionality, mmWave links are extremely vulnerable to blockage by…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-03 Kun Woo Cho , Mohammad Hossein Mazaheri , Jeremy Gummeson , Omid Abari , Kyle Jamieson

With the capability to support gigabit data rates, millimetre-wave (mm-Wave) communication is unanimously considered a key technology of future cellular networks. However, the harsh propagation at such high frequencies makes these networks…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-06-09 Eugenio Moro , Ilario Filippini , Antonio Capone , Danilo De Donno