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Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-11-05 Jun Zhao

This paper investigates the performance of downlink simultaneous transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS)-assisted cell-free (CF) massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) systems, where user equipments…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-01 Anastasios Papazafeiropoulos , Hien Quoc Ngo , Pandelis Kourtessis , Symeon Chatzinotas

A simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS)-aided near-field integrated sensing, communication, and power transfer (ISCPT) framework is proposed. We formulate a robust harvested power…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-18 Zahra Rostamikafaki , Francois Chan , Claude D'Amours

In this paper, we focus on the energy efficiency (EE) optimization and analysis of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted multiuser downlink near-field communications. Specifically, we conduct a comprehensive study on several key…

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In this paper, we investigate real-time interference mitigation in multiuser wireless networks assisted by simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (STAR-RISs). Unlike conventional methods that rely on…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-17 Abuzar B. M. Adam , Mohammed A. M. Elhassan , Elhadj Moustapha Diallo , Mohamed Amine Ouamri

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS)-assisted massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) is a promising technology for applications in next-generation networks. However, reflecting-only RIS provides limited coverage compared to a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-09-18 Anastasios Papazafeiropoulos , Le-Nam Tran , Zaid Abdullah , Pandelis Kourtessis , Symeon Chatzinotas

Different from traditional reflection-only reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs), simultaneously transmitting and reflecting RISs (STAR-RISs) represent a novel technology, which extends the half-space coverage to full-space coverage by…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-20 Jiakuo Zuo , Yuanwei Liu , Zhiguo Ding , Lingyang Song , H. Vincent Poor

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has recently emerged as a promising technology enabling next-generation wireless networks. In this letter, we develop an improved index modulation (IM) scheme by utilizing RIS to convey information.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-02 Hao Liu , Jiancheng An , Wangyang Xu , Xing Jia , Lu Gan , Chau Yuen

This paper examines how to minimize the energy consumption of a user equipment (UE) when transmitting short data payloads. The receiving base station (BS) controls a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), which requires additional pilot…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-10-19 Anders Enqvist , Özlem Tuğfe Demir , Cicek Cavdar , Emil Björnson

The robust beamforming design in multi-functional reconfigurable intelligent surface (MF-RIS) assisted wireless networks is investigated in this work, where the MF-RIS supports signal reflection, refraction, and amplification to address the…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-12-12 Ailing Zheng , Wanli Ni , Wen Wang , Hui Tian , Chau Yuen

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has emerged as a cost-effective and energy-efficient technique for 6G. By adjusting the phase shifts of passive reflecting elements, RIS is capable of suppressing the interference and combining the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-26 Jinglian He , Yijie Mao , Yong Zhou , Ting Wang , Yuanming Shi

Battery-limited devices and time-sensitive applications are considered as key players in the forthcoming wireless sensor network. Therefore, the main goal of the network is two-fold; Charge battery-limited devices, and provide status…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-06 Mohammad Reza Kavianinia , Mohammad Mehdi Setoode , Mohammad Javad Emadi

Vertical federated learning (FL) is a critical enabler for distributed artificial intelligence services in the emerging 6G era, as it allows for secure and efficient collaboration of machine learning among a wide range of Internet of Things…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-16 Xiangyu Zeng , Yijie Mao , Yuanming Shi

In this paper, we investigate an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) assisted cell-free multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communication system, where distributed multiple IRSs are dedicated deployed to assist distributed multiple base…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-08-18 Xie Xie , Chen He , Xiaoya Li , Kun Yang , Z. Jane Wang

Active reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) can improve the performance of integrated sensing and communication (ISAC), and therefore enable simultaneous data transmission and target sensing. However, when the line-of-sight (LoS) link…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-17 Ahmed Magbool , Vaibhav Kumar , Mark F. Flanagan

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) are regarded as a key enabler of green wireless communication, due to their capability of customizing favorable wireless propagation environments. In this paper, we investigate resource allocation for…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-11-13 Xianghao Yu , Dongfang Xu , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Robert Schober

In this paper, the problem of maximizing the sum of data rates of all users in an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-assisted millimeter wave multicast multiple-input multiple-output communication system is studied. In the considered…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-16 Songling Zhang , Zhaohui Yang , Mingzhe Chen , Danpu Liu , Kai-Kit Wong , H. Vincent Poor

This paper introduces a novel approach of utilizing the reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) for joint data modulation and signal beamforming in a multi-user downlink cellular network by leveraging the idea of backscatter communication.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-08-25 Haseeb Ur Rehman , Faouzi Bellili , Amine Mezghani , Ekram Hossain

Aerial simultaneous transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (STAR-RIS) enables full-space coverage in dynamic wireless networks. However, most existing works assume fixed user grouping, overlooking the fact that…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-19 Zhuoyuan Ma , Qi Zhao , Jin Zhang , Bai Yan

This chapter delves into the critical aspects of optimizing energy efficiency (EE) in active reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted massive MIMO (M-MIMO) wireless communication systems. We develop a comprehensive and unified…

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