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Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) can be densely deployed in wireless networks to significantly enhance the communication channels. In this letter, we consider the downlink transmission from a multi-antenna base station (BS) to a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-16 Weidong Mei , Rui Zhang

The use of Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces (IRSs) is considered a potential enabling technology for enhancing the spectral and energy efficiency of beyond 5G communication systems. In this paper, a joint relay and intelligent reflecting…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-22 Uyoata E. Uyoata , Mobayode O. Akinsolu , Enoruwa Obayiuwana , Abimbola Sangodoyin , Ramoni Adeogun

Millimeter wave (MmWave) communications is capable of supporting multi-gigabit wireless access thanks to its abundant spectrum resource. However, the severe path loss and high directivity make it vulnerable to blockage events, which can be…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-20 Peilan Wang , Jun Fang , Xiaojun Yuan , Zhi Chen , Huiping Duan , Hongbin Li

This paper considers a secure multigroup multicast multiple-input single-output (MISO) communication system aided by an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS). Specifically, we aim to minimize the transmit power at the Alice via jointly…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-18 Weiping Shi , Jiayu Li , Guiyang Xia , Yuntian Wang , Xiaobo Zhou , Yonghui Zhang , Feng Shu

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS) have emerged as a promising technology for future 6G wireless networks, offering programmable control of the wireless environment by adjusting the phase shifts of reflecting elements. However, IRS…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-08 Xianhua Yu , Dong Li

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is envisioned to play a significant role in future wireless communication systems thanks to its powerful capability of enabling smart and reconfigurable radio environment. In this paper, we study the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-23 Weidong Mei , Rui Zhang

This paper concentrates on the problem of associating an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) to multiple users in a multiple-input single-output (MISO) downlink wireless communication network. The main objective of the paper is to maximize…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-10 Hamid Amiriara , Farid Ashtiani , Mahtab Mirmohseni , Masoumeh Nasiri-Kenari

The concept of intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) is considered as a promising technology for increasing the efficiency of mobile wireless networks. This is achieved by employing a vast amount of low-cost individually adjustable passive…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-12-01 Kevin Weinberger , Alaa Alameer Ahmad , Aydin Sezgin

This paper proposes an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) assisted integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system operating at the millimeter-wave (mmWave) band. Specifically, the ISAC system combines communication and radar…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-10 Zhengyu Zhu , Zheng Li , Zheng Chu , Gangcan Sun , Wanming Hao , Pei Xiao , Inkyu Lee

Over-the-air computation (AirComp) becomes a promising approach for fast wireless data aggregation via exploiting the superposition property in a multiple access channel. To further overcome the unfavorable signal propagation conditions for…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-05-01 Tao Jiang , Yuanming Shi

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a potential candidate for massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) 2.0 technology due to its low cost, ease of deployment, energy efficiency and extended coverage. This chapter investigates the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-24 Yashuai Cao , Hetong Wang , Tiejun Lv , Wei Ni

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) are a promising technology for enhancing coverage and spectral efficiency, both in the sub-6 GHz and the millimeter wave (mmWave) bands. Existing approaches to leverage the benefits of IRS involve the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-03 L. Yashvanth , Chandra R. Murthy

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) has recently emerged as a new solution to enhance wireless communication performance via passive signal reflection. In this letter, we unlock the potential of IRS controller in relaying information and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-06-24 Beixiong Zheng , Rui Zhang

Driven by the growing demand for higher spectral efficiency in wireless communications, intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS) have attracted considerable attention for their ability to dynamically reconfigure the propagation environment.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-31 Fuying Li , Yajun Wang , Zhuxian Lian , Wen Chen

The integration of intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) into over-the-air computation (AirComp) is an effective solution for reducing the computational mean squared error (MSE) via its high passive beamforming gain. Prior works on IRS aided…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-10 Guangji Chen , Jun Li , Qingqing Wu , Meng Hua , Kaitao Meng , Zhonghao Lyu

The adoption of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) in wireless networks can enhance the spectrum- and energy-efficiency by controlling the propagation environment. Although the RIS does not consume any transmit power, the circuit…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-05-05 Siyuan Sun , Min Fu , Yuanming Shi , Yong Zhou

The intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) alters the behavior of wireless media and, consequently, has potential to improve the performance and reliability of wireless systems such as communications and radar remote sensing. Recently,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-13 Ahmet M. Elbir , Kumar Vijay Mishra , M. R. Bhavani Shankar , Symeon Chatzinotas

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is envisioned as a promising hardware solution to hardware cost and energy consumption in the fifth-generation (5G) mobile communication network. It exhibits great advantages in enhancing data…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-30 Zhe Xing , Rui Wang , Jun Wu , Erwu Liu

Intelligent reflective surfaces (IRSs) are invoked for improving both spectral efficiency (SE) and energy efficiency (EE). Specifically, an IRS-aided multiple-input multiple-output network is considered, where the performance of randomly…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-25 Tianwei Hou , Yuanwei Liu , Zhengyu Song , Xin Sun , Yue Chen , Lajos Hanzo

This paper considers an active intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-aided wireless powered communication network (WPCN), where devices first harvest energy and then transmit information to a hybrid access point (HAP). Different from the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-01-12 Piao Zeng , Deli Qiao , Qingqing Wu , Yuan Wu