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In this paper, the problem of training signal design for intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-assisted millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication under a sparse channel model is considered. The problem is approached based on the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-12-29 Song Noh , Heejung Yu , Youngchul Sung

In this paper, intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is proposed to enhance the physical layer security in the Rician fading channel where the angular direction of the eavesdropper is aligned with a legitimate user. In this scenario, we…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-29 Gui Zhou , Cunhua Pan , Hong Ren , Kezhi Wang , Kok Keong Chai , Kai-Kit Wong

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 surface (IRS) is an emerging technology for wireless communications, thanks to its powerful capability to engineer the radio environment. However, in practice, this benefit is attainable only when the passive IRS is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-03-10 Chao Feng , Haiquan Lu , Yong Zeng , Teng Li , Shi Jin , Rui Zhang

In this paper, we consider a challenging secure wireless sensing scenario where a legitimate radar station (LRS) intends to detect a target at unknown location in the presence of an unauthorized radar station (URS). We aim to enhance the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-08-08 Xiaodan Shao , Rui Zhang

In this study, we investigate the use of intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) in multi-operator communication systems for 6G networks, focusing on sustainable and efficient resource management. This research is motivated by two critical…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-10 Hiroaki Hashida , Yuichi Kawamoto , Nei Kato

Emerging technologies in sixth generation (6G) of wireless communications, such as terahertz communication and ultra-massive multiple-input multiple-output, present promising prospects. Despite the high data rate potential of millimeter…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-01-07 Wenwen Xie , Geng Sun , Bei Liu , Jiahui Li , Jiacheng Wang , Hongyang Du , Dusit Niyato , Dong In Kim

This paper studies an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-aided multi-antenna simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) system where an $M$-antenna access point (AP) serves $K$ single-antenna information users (IUs) and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-11 Ying Gao , Qingqing Wu , Wen Chen , Yang Liu , Ming Li , Daniel Benevides da Costa

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

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a revolutionary technology that can customize the wireless channel and improve the energy efficiency of next-generation cellular networks. This letter proposes an environment-aware codebook design…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-25 Xing Jia , Jiancheng An , Hao Liu , Hongshu Liao , Lu Gan , Chau Yuen

Recently, intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) assisted mmWave networks are emerging, which bear the potential to address the blockage issue of the millimeter wave (mmWave) communication in a more cost-effective way. In particular, IRS is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-04 Chenglu Jia , Hui Gao , Na Chen , Yuan He

This paper investigates multiple intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) aided wireless network, where the IRSs are deployed to cooperatively assist communications between a multi-antenna base station (BS) and multiple single-antenna…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-13 Zhengfeng Li , Meng Hua , Qingxia Wang , Qingheng Song

Besides improving communication performance, intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) are also promising enablers for achieving larger sensing coverage and enhanced sensing quality. Nevertheless, in the absence of a direct path between the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-11-08 Kaitao Meng , Qingqing Wu , Robert Schober , Wen Chen

In this paper, we consider a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system aided by multiple intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) that are deployed to increase the coverage and, possibly, the rank of the channel. We propose an…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-12-22 Andrea Abrardo , Davide Dardari , Marco Di Renzo

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a promising technology to improve the performance of backscatter communication systems by smartly reconfiguring the multi-reflection channel. To fully exploit the passive beamforming gain of IRS in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-17 Samith Abeywickrama , Changsheng You , Rui Zhang , Chau Yuen

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a promising technology for achieving spectrum and energy efficient wireless networks cost-effectively. Most existing works on IRS have focused on exploiting IRS to enhance the performance of wireless…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-06-25 Qingqing Wu , Xinrong Guan , Rui Zhang

This letter investigates the joint active and passive beamforming optimization for intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) aided multiuser multiple-input multiple-output systems with the objective of maximizing the weighted sum-rate. We show…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-01-28 Xingyu Zhao , Tian Lin , Yu Zhu

In this paper, the feasibility of adopting an intelligent reflective surface (IRS) in a cell-free wireless communication system is studied. The received signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for this IRS-enabled cell-free set-up is optimized by…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-28 Diluka Loku Galappaththige , Dhanushka Kudathanthirige , Gayan Amarasuriya

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is an emerging technique to enhance the wireless communication spectral efficiency with low hardware and energy cost. In this letter, we consider the integration of IRS to an orthogonal frequency…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-12-04 Yifei Yang , Shuowen Zhang , Rui Zhang

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) has the potential to enhance sensing performance, due to its capability of reshaping the echo signals. Different from the existing literature, which has commonly focused on IRS beamforming optimization,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-08 Zhouyuan Yu , Xiaoling Hu , Chenxi Liu , Qin Tao , Mugen Peng