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In this paper, a single user multiple input single output downlink wireless communication system is investigated, in which multiple reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) are deployed to improve the propagation condition. Our objective…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-12-24 Huayan Guo , Ying-Chang Liang , Sa Xiao

To reap the benefits of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS), channel state information (CSI) is generally required. However, CSI acquisition in RIS systems is challenging and often results in very large pilot overhead, especially in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-21 Ly V. Nguyen , A. Lee Swindlehurst

In this paper, we investigate a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) aided multi-pair communication system, in which multi-pair users exchange information via an RIS. We derive an approximate expression of the achievable rate by…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-09 Zhangjie Peng , Tianshu Li , Cunhua Pan , Hong Ren , Wei Xu , Marco Di Renzo

This paper investigates the reconfigurable reflecting surface (RIS)-aided multiple-input-single-output (MISO) systems with imperfect channel state information (CSI), where RIS-related channels are modeled by Rician fading. Considering the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-07-13 Kangda Zhi , Cunhua Pan , Hong Ren , Kezhi Wang , Maged Elkashlan

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have been introduced as a remedy for mitigating frequent blockages in millimeter wave (mmWave) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication networks. However, perfect or nearly perfect…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-22 Rafaela Schroeder , Jiguang He , Markku Juntti

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted terahertz (THz) communication is emerging as a key technology to support ultra-high data rates in future sixth-generation networks. However, the acquisition of accurate channel state…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-17 Xin Su , Ruisi He , Peng Zhang , Bo Ai , Yong Niu , Gongpu Wang

In this paper, the problem of maximizing the sum-rate is addressed for a multi-user uplink scenario that is assisted by an active reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS). The maximization is achieved by optimizing the beamforming at the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-06 Mohamed Shalma , Engy Maher , Ahmed El-Mahdy

The reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a promising technology that enables wireless communication systems to achieve improved performance by intelligently manipulating wireless channels. In this paper, we consider the sum-rate…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-21 Bile Peng , Karl-Ludwig Besser , Ramprasad Raghunath , Vahid Jamali , Eduard A. Jorswieck

We consider a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided massive multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication system with transceiver hardware impairments (HWIs) and RIS phase noise. Different from the existing…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-10-14 Jianxin Dai , Feng Zhu , Cunhua Pan , Hong Ren , Kezhi Wang

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a recent low-cost and energy-efficient technology with potential applicability for future wireless communications. Performance gains achieved by employing RIS directly depend on accurate channel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-24 Paulo R. B. Gomes , Amarilton L. Magalhães , André L. F. de Almeida

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a promising candidate technology of the upcoming Sixth Generation (6G) communication system for its ability to provide unprecedented spectral and energy efficiency increment through passive…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-09-29 Haochen Li , Zhiwen Pan , Bin Wang , Nan Liu , Xiaohu You

This paper studies the interference broadcast channel comprising multiple multi-antenna Base Stations (BSs), each controlling a beyond diagonal Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) and serving multiple single-antenna users. Wideband…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-09-09 Konstantinos D. Katsanos , Paolo Di Lorenzo , George C. Alexandropoulos

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided networks have been investigated for the purpose of improving the system performance. However, the introduced unit modulus phase shifts and coupling characteristic bring enormous challenges to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-08-19 Biqian Feng , Junyuan Gao , Yongpeng Wu , Wenjun Zhang , Xiang-Gen Xia , Chengshan Xiao

The channel estimation overhead of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) assisted communication systems can be prohibitive. Prior works have demonstrated via simulations that grouping neighbouring RIS elements can help to reduce the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-23 Neel Kanth Kundu , Zan Li , Junhui Rao , Shanpu Shen , Matthew R. McKay , Ross Murch

The incorporation of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) into massive multiple-input-multiple-output (mMIMO) systems can unleash the potential of next-generation networks by improving the performance of user equipments (UEs) in service…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-12 Anastasios Papazafeiropoulos , Ioannis Krikidis , Pandelis Kourtessis

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have emerged as a promising solution that can provide dynamic control over the propagation of electromagnetic waves. The RIS technology is envisioned as a key enabler of sixth-generation networks…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-26 Ishan Koralege , Arthur S. de Sena , Nurul H. Mahmood , Farjam Karim , Dimuthu Lesthuruge , Samitha Gunarathne

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs), which can deliberately adjust the phase of incident waves, have shown enormous potentials to reconfigure the signal propagation for performance enhancement. In this paper, we investigate the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-02 Zhengyi Zhou , Ning Ge , Wendong Liu , Zhaocheng Wang

The adoption of a Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) for downlink multi-user communication from a multi-antenna base station is investigated in this paper. We develop energy-efficient designs for both the transmit power allocation and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-06-23 Chongwen Huang , Alessio Zappone , George C. Alexandropoulos , Mérouane Debbah , Chau Yuen

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has been explored as a supportive technology for wireless communication since around 2019. While the literature highlights the potential of RIS in different modern applications, two key issues have…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-10 Daniel C. Alcantara , Daniel V. C. de Oliveira , Gilderlan T. de Araújo , Paulo R. B. Gomes , André L. F. de Almeida

In this paper, we propose an optimization framework for rate splitting (RS) techniques in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted systems, possibly with I/Q imbalance (IQI). This framework can…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-11-16 Mohammad Soleymani , Ignacio Santamaria , Eduard Jorswieck