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A novel simultaneously transmitting and reflecting (STAR) system design relying on reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) is conceived. First, an existing prototype is reviewed and the potential benefits of STAR-RISs are discussed.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-14 Yuanwei Liu , Xidong Mu , Jiaqi Xu , Robert Schober , Yang Hao , H. Vincent Poor , Lajos Hanzo

This paper investigates the two-timescale transmission design for reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, where the beamforming at the base station (BS) is adapted to the…

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) become promising for enhancing non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) systems, i.e., enhancing the channel quality and altering the SIC orders. Invoked by stochastic geometry methods, we investigate…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-04 Chao Zhang , Wenqiang Yi , Yuanwei Liu , Qiang Wang

As an emerging technology, the simultaneous transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) can improve the spectrum efficiency (SE) of primary users (PUs) and secondary users (SUs) in cognitive radio (CR) networks…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-16 Ali Nazari , Ali Olfat

In this paper, we consider the simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS)-assisted THz communications with three-side beam split. Except for the beam split at the base station (BS), we analyze…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-10-24 Wencai Yan , Wanming Hao , Gangcan Sun , Chongwen Huang , Qingqing Wu

This study explores the synergy between rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) and simultaneous transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) as a unified framework to enable ubiquitous, intelligent, and resilient…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-21 Muhammad Asif , Asim Ihsan , Zhu Shoujin , Ali Ranjha , Xingwang Li , Khaled M. Rabie , Symeon Chatzinotas

The use of software controlled passive Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) in wireless communications has attracted many researchers in recent years. RIS has a certain degree of control over the scattering and reflection…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-30 Vetrivel Chelian Thirumavalavan , Thiruvengadam S Jayaraman

A correlated transmission and reflection (T&R) phase-shift model is proposed for passive lossless simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (STAR-RISs). A STAR-RIS-aided two-user downlink communication…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-14 Jiaqi Xu , Yuanwei Liu , Xidong Mu , Robert Schober , H. Vincent Poor

A simultaneously transmitting and reflecting surface (STARS) aided terahertz (THz) communication system is proposed. A novel power consumption model is proposed that depends on the type and resolution of the STARS elements. The spectral…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-19 Zhaolin Wang , Xidong Mu , Jiaqi Xu , Yuanwei Liu

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) assisted simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) system is proposed. More particularly, an STAR-RIS is deployed to assist in the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-25 Guangyu Zhu , Xidong Mu , Li Guo , Ao Huang , Shibiao Xu

The performance of over-the-air computation (AirComp) systems degrades due to the hostile channel conditions of wireless devices (WDs), which can be significantly improved by the employment of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs).…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-06 Xiongfei Zhai , Guojun Han , Yunlong Cai , Yuanwei Liu , Lajos Hanzo

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, we study the performance of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) in a multicell broadcast channel (BC) that employs improper Gaussian signaling (IGS) jointly with non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) to optimize either…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-26 Mohammad Soleymani , Ignacio Santamaria , Eduard Jorswieck , Sepehr Rezvani

By activating blocked users and altering successive interference cancellation (SIC) sequences, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) become promising for enhancing non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) systems. The downlink RIS-aided…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-08-20 Chao Zhang , Wenqiang Yi , Yuanwei Liu

A critical concern within the realm of visible light communications (VLC) pertains to enhancing system data rate, particularly in scenarios where the direct line-of-sight (LoS) connection is obstructed by obstacles. The deployment of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-08 Omar Maraqa , Sylvester Aboagye , Telex M. N. Ngatched

This letter analyzes the ergodic rates of a simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) aided non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) system, where the direct links from the base station to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-07-26 Boqun Zhao , Chao Zhang , Wenqiang Yi , Yuanwei Liu

This paper proposes a novel simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) assisted unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) emergency communication network. Multiple…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-28 Jiayi Lei , Tiankui Zhang , Xidong Mu , Yuanwei Liu

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) can be densely deployed in the environment to create multi-reflection line-of-sight (LoS) links for signal coverage enhancement. However, conventional reflection-only RISs can only achieve…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-21 Bonan An , Weidong Mei , Yuanwei Liu , Dong Wang , Zhi Chen

Recently, simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (STAR-RISs) have received significant research interest. The employment of large STAR-RIS and high-frequency signaling inevitably make the near-field…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-27 Haochen Li , Yuanwei Liu , Xidong Mu , Yue Chen , Zhiwen Pan , Yonina C. Eldar