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Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) and non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) are two key techniques for enabling massive connectivity in future wireless networks. A massive MIMO-NOMA system can deliver remarkable spectral…

In this paper, we propose an efficient joint precoding design method to maximize the weighted sum-rate in wideband intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-assisted cell-free networks by jointly optimizing the active beamforming of base…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-10 Yajun Wang , Jinghan Jiang , Xin Du , Zhuxian Lian , Qingqing Wu , Wen Chen

This paper considers intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-aided simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) in a multi-user multiple-input single-output (MISO) interference channel (IFC), where multiple transmitters (Txs)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-31 Ying Gao , Qingqing Wu , Wen Chen , Celimuge Wu , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Naofal Al-Dhahir

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) have shown huge advantages in many potential use cases and thus have been considered a promising candidate for next-generation wireless systems. In this paper, we consider an IRS-assisted multigroup…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-16 Muhammad Farooq , Vaibhav Kumar , Markku Juntti , Le-Nam Tran

In this paper, we propose a deep reinforcement learning (DRL) approach for solving the optimisation problem of the network's sum-rate in device-to-device (D2D) communications supported by an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS). The IRS is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-09 Khoi Khac Nguyen , Antonino Masaracchia , Cheng Yin , Long D. Nguyen , Octavia A. Dobre , Trung Q. Duong

In this letter, we study a rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA)-based intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-aided multi-user multiple-input single-output (MISO) secure communication system with a potential eavesdropper (Eve). Aiming to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-11-28 Ying Gao , Qingqing Wu , Wen Chen , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng

The realization of practical intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-assisted multi-user communication (IRS-MUC) systems critically depends on the proper beamforming design exploiting accurate channel state information (CSI). However, channel…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-04-27 Chang Liu , Xuemeng Liu , Zhiqiang Wei , Shaokang Hu , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Jinhong Yuan

Bistatic backscatter communication (BackCom) allows passive tags to transmit over extended ranges, but at the cost of having carrier emitters either transmitting at high powers or being deployed very close to tags. In this paper, we examine…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-09 Xiaolun Jia , Xiangyun Zhou , Dusit Niyato , Jun Zhao

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is an emerging technology for future wireless communications including 5G and especially 6G. It consists of a large 2D array of (semi-)passive scattering elements that control the electromagnetic…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-21 Gilderlan T. de Araújo , André L. F. de Almeida , Rémy Boyer

As an excellent aided communication tool, intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) can make a significant rate enhancement and coverage extension. In this paper, we present an investigation on beamforming in an IRS-aided directional modulation…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-30 Yeqing Lin , Rongen Dong , Peng Zhang , Feng Shu , Jiangzhou Wang

To make a good balance between performance, cost, and power consumption, a hybrid intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-aided directional modulation (DM) network is investigated in this paper, where the hybrid IRS consists of passive and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-02-15 Rongen Dong , Hangjia He , Feng Shu , Riqing Chen , Jiangzhou Wang

Although Intelligent Reflective Surfaces (IRSs) are a cost-effective technology promising high spectral efficiency in future wireless networks, obtaining optimal IRS beamformers is a challenging problem with several practical limitations.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-28 Hassaan Hashmi , Spyridon Pougkakiotis , Dionysios S. Kalogerias

In this paper, an indoor robot navigation system is investigated, where an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is employed to enhance the connectivity between the access point (AP) and robotic users. Both single-user and multiple-user…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-17 Xidong Mu , Yuanwei Liu , Li Guo , Jiaru Lin , Robert Schober

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) are envisioned to provide reconfigurable wireless environments for future communication networks. In this paper, both downlink and uplink IRS-aided non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) and orthogonal…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-05 Yanyu Cheng , Kwok Hung Li , Yuanwei Liu , Kah Chan Teh , H. Vincent Poor

Perfect channel state information (CSI) is challenging to obtain due to the limited signal processing capability at the intelligent reflection surface (IRS). In this paper, we study the worst-case robust beamforming design for an IRS-aided…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-02 Gui Zhou , Cunhua Pan , Hong Ren , Kezhi Wang , Marco Di Renzo , Arumugam Nallanathan

While traditional electromagnetic stealth materials/metasurfaces can render a target virtually invisible to some extent, they lack flexibility and adaptability, and can only operate within a limited frequency and angle/direction range,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-05 Beixiong Zheng , Xue Xiong , Jie Tang , Rui Zhang

Intelligent reflecting/refracting surface (IRS) is envisioned as a promising technology to reconfigure wireless propagation environment for enhancing the communication performance, by smartly controlling the signal reflection/refraction…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-10-18 Zixuan Huang , Lipeng Zhu , Rui Zhang

This work examines the performance gain achieved by deploying an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) in covert communications. To this end, we formulate the joint design of the transmit power and the IRS reflection coefficients by taking…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-01-12 Xiaobo Zhou , Shihao Yan , Qingqing Wu , Feng Shu , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng

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

Electronic countermeasure (ECM) technology plays a critical role in modern electronic warfare, which can interfere with enemy radar detection systems by noise or deceptive signals. However, the conventional active jamming strategy incurs…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-14 Haozhe Wang , Beixiong Zheng , Xiaodan Shao , Rui Zhang