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The concept of smart wireless environments envisions dynamic programmable propagation of information-bearing signals through the deployment of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs). Typical RIS implementations include metasurfaces with…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-23 George C. Alexandropoulos , Nir Shlezinger , Ioannis Gavras , Haiyang Zhang

In this survey paper, we present an extensive review of the use of RIS in 6G radio localization, highlighting their pivotal role as a low-cost, energy-efficient technology that reshapes wireless communication and localization landscapes.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-05 Anum Umer , Ivo Müürsepp , Muhammad Mahtab Alam , Henk Wymeersch

In this paper, we propose to utilize intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) for enhancing the physical layer security of wireless communications systems. In particular, an IRS-assisted secure wireless system is considered, where a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-02-26 Xianghao Yu , Dongfang Xu , Robert Schober

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) as a smart reflector is revolutionizing research for next-generation wireless communications. Complementing this is a concept of using RIS as an efficient propagation medium for potentially superior…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-04 Z. Chu , K. F. Tong , K. K. Wong , C. B. Chae , C. H. Chan

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) has drawn a lot of attention recently as a promising new solution to achieve high spectral and energy efficiency for future wireless networks. By utilizing massive low-cost passive reflecting elements,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-10-17 Ming-Min Zhao , Qingqing Wu , Min-Jian Zhao , Rui Zhang

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a promising reflective radio technology for improving the coverage and rate of future wireless systems by reconfiguring the wireless propagation environment. The current work mainly focuses on the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-03-24 Xuelin Cao , Bo Yang , Hongliang Zhang , Chongwen Huang , Chau Yuen , Zhu Han

This letter investigates the performance of emerging wireless communication systems assisted by a fluid reconfigurable intelligent surface (FRIS). Unlike conventional reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs), an FRIS consists of…

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted communication have recently attracted the attention of the wireless communication community as a potential candidate for the next $6$-th generation (6G) of wireless networks. Various studies…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-18 Recep A. Tasci , Fatih Kilinc , Ertugrul Basar , George C. Alexandropoulos

The integration of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) holds substantial promise for revolutionizing 6G wireless networks, offering unprecedented capabilities for real-time control over communication environments. However, determining…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-02-02 Kevin Weinberger , Simon Tewes , Aydin Sezgin

Various visions on the forthcoming sixth Generation (6G) networks point towards flexible connect-and-compute technologies to support future innovative services and the corresponding use cases. 6G should be capable to accommodate…

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 reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) with low hardware cost and energy consumption has been recognized as a potential technique for future 6G communications to enhance coverage and capacity. To achieve this goal, accurate channel…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-01-26 Xiuhong Wei , Decai Shen , Linglong Dai

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) has emerged as a promising technology to reconfigure the radio propagation environment by dynamically controlling wireless signal's amplitude and/or phase via a large number of reflecting elements. In…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-26 Xiaodan Shao , Changsheng You , Wenyan Ma , Xiaoming Chen , Rui Zhang

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) are recently attracting a wide interest due to their capability of tuning wireless propagation environments in order to increase the system performance of wireless networks. In this paper, a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-04-21 Stefano Buzzi , Carmen D'Andrea , Alessio Zappone , Maria Fresia , Yong-Ping Zhang , Shulan Feng

The search for physical-layer technologies that can play a key role in beyond-5G systems has started. One option is reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS), which can collect wireless signals from a transmitter and passively beamform them…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-01-05 Emil Björnson , Özgecan Özdogan , Erik G. Larsson

Intelligent surfaces comprising of cost effective, nearly passive, and reconfigurable unit elements are lately gaining increasing interest due to their potential in enabling fully programmable wireless environments. They are envisioned to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-26 George C. Alexandropoulos , Evangelos Vlachos

Cognitive radio (CR) is an effective solution to improve the spectral efficiency (SE) of wireless communications by allowing the secondary users (SUs) to share spectrum with primary users. Meanwhile, intelligent reflecting surface (IRS),…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-12-24 Jie Yuan , Ying-Chang Liang , Jingon Joung , Gang Feng , Erik G. Larsson

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have emerged as a candidate technology for future 6G networks. However, due to the "multiplicative fading" effect, the existing passive RISs only achieve a negligible capacity gain in environments…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-20 Zijian Zhang , Linglong Dai , Xibi Chen , Changhao Liu , Fan Yang , Robert Schober , H. Vincent Poor

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) are passive controllable arrays of small reflectors that direct electromagnetic energy towards or away from the target nodes, thereby allowing better management of signals and interference in a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-13 Bharath Shamasundar , Negar Daryanavardan , Aria Nosratinia

Near-field propagation, particularly that enabled by reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS), has emerged as a promising research topic in recent years. However, a comprehensive literature review on RIS-based near-field technologies is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-25 Yajun Zhao