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Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) have emerged as two promising technologies to boost the performance of wireless communication networks, by proactively altering the wireless communication channels via…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-30 Changsheng You , Zhenyu Kang , Yong Zeng , Rui Zhang

The usage of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) in conjunction with Unmanned Ariel Vehicles (UAVs) is being investigated as a way to provide energy-efficient communication to ground users in dense urban areas. In this paper, we…

In this paper, we consider that the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with attached intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) play the role of flying reflectors that reflect the signal of users to the destination, and utilize the power-domain…

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Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) technology has gained significant attention due to its ability to enhance the performance of wireless communication systems. The main advantage of RIS is that it can be strategically placed in the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-26 Hajar El Hammouti , Adnane Saoud , Asma Ennahkami , El Houcine Bergou

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) can effectively enhance the energy and spectral efficiency of wireless communication system through the use of a large number of lowcost passive reflecting elements. In this paper, we investigate…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-07-21 Yuan Zheng , Suzhi Bi , Ying-Jun Angela Zhang , Hui Wang

Simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) is an effective energy-saving technology, but its efficiency is hindered by environmental factors. The introduction of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) has alleviated…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-03-18 Junlong Yang

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) has recently emerged as a promising technology for beyond fifth-generation (B5G) and 6G networks conceived from metamaterials that smartly tunes the signal reflections via a large number of low-cost…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-08-22 Jyotsna Rani , Deepak Mishra , Ganesh Prasad , Ashraf Hossain , Swades De , Kuntal Deka

Low-altitude network is a key enabler for extending coverage and recovering connectivity in 6G systems, especially when terrestrial infrastructure is unavailable. This paper studies a uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV)-mounted rotatable…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-03 Zhenwei Jiang , Ziyuan Zheng , Qingqing Wu , Jing Xu , Weiren Zhu , Wen Chen

Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS) technology is revolutionizing wireless communications by shifting from channel adaptation to a responsive wireless environment. This paper introduces a multi-IRS assisted millimeter wave (mm-wave)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-04 Alireza Qazavi Khorasgani , Foroogh S. Tabataba , Mehdi Naderi Soorki , Mohammad Sadegh Fazel

In this paper, we propose a new dynamic IRS beamforming framework to boost the sum throughput of an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) aided wireless powered communication network (WPCN). Specifically, the IRS phase-shift vectors across…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-22 Qingqing Wu , Xiaobo Zhou , Wen Chen , Jun Li , Xiuyin Zhang

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) that enables the control of wireless propagation environment has recently emerged as a promising cost-effective technology for boosting the spectrum and energy efficiency in future wireless communication…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-02-25 Samith Abeywickrama , Rui Zhang , Qingqing Wu , Chau Yuen

In this letter, we study the secure communication problem in the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) enabled networks aided by an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) from the physical-layer security perspective. Specifically, the IRS is deployed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-11-10 Wen Wang , Hui Tian , Wanli Ni , Meihui Hua

The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) enabled mobile edge computing (MEC) has been deemed a promising paradigm to provide ubiquitous communication and computing services for the Internet of Things (IoT). Besides, by intelligently reflecting the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-31 Xintong Qin , Zhengyu Song , Tianwei Hou , Wenjuan Yu , Jun Wang , Xin Sun

In this paper, we consider the application of intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) communication systems, which exploits both the significant…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-10-13 Zhiqiang Wei , Yuanxin Cai , Zhuo Sun , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Jinhong Yuan , Mingyu Zhou , Lixin Sun

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be applied in many Internet of Things (IoT) systems, e.g., smart farms, as a data collection platform. However, the UAV-IoT wireless channels may be occasionally blocked by trees or high-rise buildings.…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-10-28 Li Dong , Zhibin Liu , Feibo Jiang , Kezhi Wang

This paper investigates robust and secure multiuser multiple-input single-output (MISO) downlink communications assisted by a self-sustainable intelligent reflection surface (IRS), which can simultaneously reflect and harvest energy from…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-08-05 Shaokang Hu , Zhiqiang Wei , Yuanxin Cai , Chang Liu , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Jinhong Yuan

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)-enabled communication is a promising solution for secure air-to-ground (A2G) networks due to the additional secure degrees of freedom afforded by mobility. However, the jittering characteristics caused by the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-03-24 Yimeng Ge , Jiancun Fan

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) are emerging as promising enablers for the next generation of wireless communication systems, because of their ability to customize favorable radio propagation environments. However, with the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-25 Dongfang Xu , Xianghao Yu , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Robert Schober

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a promising technology to boost the efficiency of wireless energy transfer (WET) systems. However, for a multiuser WET system, simultaneous multi-beam energy transmission is generally required to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-19 Chi Qiu , Qingqing Wu , Meng Hua , Xinrong guan , Yuan Wu