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We analytically derive from first physical principles the functional dependence of wireless channels on the RIS configuration for generic (i.e., potentially complex-scattering) RIS-parametrized radio environments. The wireless channel is a…

Existing works mainly rely on the far-field planar-wave-based channel model to assess the performance of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-enabled wireless communication systems. However, when the transmitter and receiver are in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-20 Hao Jiang , Wangqi Shi , Zaichen Zhang , Cunhua Pan , Qingqing Wu , Feng Shu , Ruiqi Liu , Jiangzhou Wang

The fluid antenna concept represents shape-flexible and position-flexible antenna technologies designed to enhance wireless communication applications. In this paper, we apply this concept to reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs),…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-25 Abdelhamid Salem , Kai-Kit Wong , George Alexandropoulos , Chan-Byoung Chae , Ross Murch

Future wireless networks require the ability to actively adjust the wireless environment to meet strict performance indicators. Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) technology is gaining attention for its advantages of low power…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-28 De-Ming Chian , Chao-Kai Wen , Chi-Hung Wu , Fu-Kang Wang , Kai-Kit Wong

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs), comprising large numbers of low-cost and almost passive metamaterials with tunable reflection properties, have been recently proposed as an enabling technology for programmable wireless…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-23 Aris L. Moustakas , George C. Alexandropoulos , Mérouane Debbah

The integration of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) and fluid antenna systems (FAS) has attracted considerable attention due to its tremendous potential in enhancing wireless communication performance. However, under fast-fading…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Kaining Wang , Bo Yang , Yusheng Lei , Zhiwen Yu , Xuelin Cao , Liang Wang , Bin Guo , George C. Alexandropoulos , Mérouane Debbah , Zhu Han

Curved reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) represent a promising frontier for next-generation wireless communication, enabling adaptive wavefront control on nonplanar platforms such as unmanned aerial vehicles and urban…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-02 Filippo Pepe , Ivan Iudice , Giuseppe Castaldi , Marco Di Renzo , Vincenzo Galdi

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided terahertz (THz)-band communications are promising enablers for future wireless networks. However, array densification at high frequencies introduces significant challenges in accurate channel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-16 Ahmad Dkhan , Simon Tarboush , Hadi Sarieddeen , Ibrahim Abou-Faycal , Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri

Leveraging on the reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) paradigm for enabling the next Internet of Things (IoT) and 6G era, this paper develops a comprehensive theoretical framework characterizing the performance of RIS-assisted…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-14 Imène Trigui , Wessam Ajib , Wei-Ping Zhu

This paper studies an Internet-of-Things (IoT) network employing a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) over generalized fading channels. Inspired by the promising potential of RIS-based transmission, we investigate a RIS-enabled IoT…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-12-16 Abubakar U. Makarfi , Khaled M. Rabie , Omprakash Kaiwartya , Osamah S. Badarneh , Xingwang Li , Rupak Kharel

The integration of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) into wireless environments endows channels with programmability, and is expected to play a key role in future communication standards. To date, most RIS-related efforts focus on…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-17 Kyriakos Stylianopoulos , Nir Shlezinger , Philipp del Hougne , George C. Alexandropoulos

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…

Communication infrastructure is often severely disrupted in post-disaster areas, which interrupts communications and impedes rescue. Recently, the technology of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-equipped-UAV has been investigated as…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-06-18 Yinong Chen , Wenchi Cheng , Wei Zhang

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a promising technology for future wireless communication systems. Conventional RIS is constrained to a diagonal scattering matrix, which limits its flexibility. Recently, beyond-diagonal RIS…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-17 Zheyu Wu , Matteo Nerini , Bruno Clerckx

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs), which enable tunable anomalous reflection, have appeared as a promising method to enhance wireless systems. In this paper, we propose to use an RIS as a spatial equalizer to address the well-known…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-10 Hongliang Zhang , Lingyang Song , Zhu Han , H. Vincent Poor

We exploit multi-path fading propagation to improve both the signal-to-interference-plus-noise-ratio and the stability of wireless communications within electromagnetic environments that support rich multipath propagation. Quasi-passive…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-17 Jean Baptiste Gros , Geoffroy Lerosey , Fabrice Lemoult , Mir Lodro , Steve Greedy , Gabriele Gradoni

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) represent a pioneering technology to realize smart electromagnetic environments by reshaping the wireless channel. \textcolor[rgb]{0,0,0}{Jointly designing the transceiver and RIS relies on the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-04 Weicong Chen , Chao-Kai Wen , Xiao Li , Michail Matthaiou , Shi Jin

The conventional reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) assisted far-field communication systems can only implement angle beamforming, which actually limits the capability for reconfiguring the wireless propagation environment. To…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-09-16 Han Xiao , Xiaoyan Hu , Wenjie Wang , Kai-Kit Wong , Kun Yang

Emerging technologies such as Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) make it possible to optimize some parameters of wireless channels. Conventional approaches require relating the channel and its programmable parameters via a simple…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-23 Tomer Shaked , Philipp del Hougne , George C. Alexandropoulos , Nir Shlezinger

The integration of tunability mechanisms in the metasurface design has unleashed a tremendous potential for wireless communications. In particular, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) can manipulate the reflections of an incident…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-04-10 Vasileios G. Ataloglou , George V. Eleftheriades