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The emerging intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) technology introduces the potential of controlled light propagation in visible light communication (VLC) systems. This concept opens the door for new applications in which the channel itself…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-09 Hanaa Abumarshoud , Bassant Selim , Mallik Tatipamula , Harald Haas

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS) can improve the physical layer security (PLS) by providing a controllable wireless environment. In this paper, we propose a novel PLS technique with the help of IRS implemented by an intelligent mirror…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-01 Lei Qian , Xuefen Chi , Linlin Zhao , Anas Chaaban

Indoor visible light communication (VLC) is considered secure against attackers outside the confined area where the light propagates, but it is still susceptible to interception from inside the coverage area. A new technology, intelligent…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-11 Rashid Iqbal , Mauro Biagi , Ahmed Zoha , Muhammad Ali Imran , Hanaa Abumarshoud

This letter investigates physical layer security in intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-aided visible light communication (VLC). Under the point source assumption, we first elaborate the system model in the scenario with multiple…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-01-04 Shiyuan Sun , Fang Yang , Jian Song , Zhu Han

Integrating visible light communication (VLC) and radio-frequency (RF) networks can improve the performance of communication systems in terms of coverage and data rates. However, adding RF links to VLC networks weakens the secrecy…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-08-26 Mohanad Obeed , Anas Chaaban , Anas M. Salhab , Salam A. Zummo , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

This paper investigates the security enhancement of an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) assisted non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) network, where a distributed IRS enabled NOMA transmission framework is proposed to serve users…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-04-16 Zheng Zhang , Jian Chen , Qingqing Wu , Yuanwei Liu , Lu Lv , Xunqi Su

Intelligent reflective surface (IRS) technology is emerging as a promising performance enhancement technique for next-generation wireless networks. Hence, we investigate the physical layer security of the downlink in IRS-aided…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-09 Zhiqing Tang , Tianwei Hou , Yuanwei Liu , Jiankang Zhang , Lajos Hanzo

Most intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-aided indoor visible light communication (VLC) studies ignore the time delays introduced by reflected paths, even though these delays are inherent in practical wideband systems. In this work, we…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Rashid Iqbal , Ahmed Zoha , Salama Ikki , Muhammad Ali Imran , Hanaa Abumarshoud

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are an important component of next-generation wireless networks that can assist in high data rate communications and provide enhanced coverage.Their high mobility and aerial nature offer deployment…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-21 Wali Ullah Khan , Eva Lagunas , Zain Ali , Muhammad Awais Javed , Manzoor Ahmed , Symeon Chatzinotas , Björn Ottersten , Petar Popovski

In this paper, the physical layer security (PLS) for a novel reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) system in a multi-user scenario is investigated, where we consider the worst case that the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-03 Liang Yang , Yongjie Yuan

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) technology has been considered a promising solution in visible light communication (VLC) systems due to its potential to overcome the line-of-sight (LoS) blockage issue and enhance coverage. Moreover,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-29 Ahrar N. Hamad , Ahmad Adnan Qidan , Taisir E. H. El-Gorashi , Jaafar M. H. Elmirghani

In this paper, we propose to utilize intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) for enhancing the physical layer security of wireless communications systems. In particular, an IRS-assisted secure wireless system is considered, where a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-02-26 Xianghao Yu , Dongfang Xu , Robert Schober

Visible light communication (VLC) is an optical wireless communication technology that is considered a promising solution for high-speed indoor connectivity. Unlike the case in conventional radio-frequency wireless systems, the VLC channel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-18 Mohamed Amine Arfaoui , Ali Ghrayeb , Chadi Assi

The intrinsic integration of the nonorthogonal multiple access (NOMA) and reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) techniques is envisioned to be a promising approach to significantly improve both the spectrum efficiency and energy…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-29 Zhe Zhang , Chensi Zhang , Chengjun Jiang , Fan Jia , Jianhua Ge , Fengkui Gong

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 introduce an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) to provide a programmable wireless environment for physical layer security. By adjusting the reflecting coefficients, the IRS can change the attenuation and scattering of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-06-21 Jie Chen , Ying-Chang Liang , Yiyang Pei , Huayan Guo

This paper investigates the performance of physical layer security (PLS) in a vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication system, where a transmitter vehicle exploits a dual reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) to send confidential…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Farshad Rostami Ghadi , Masoud Kaveh , Kai-Kit Wong , Diego Martin

Optical intelligent reflecting surface (OIRS) offers a new and effective approach to resolving the line-of-sight blockage issue in visible light communication (VLC) by enabling redirection of light to bypass obstacles, thereby dramatically…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-30 Shiyuan Sun , Fang Yang , Weidong Mei , Jian Song , Zhu Han , Rui Zhang

The increasing demand for wireless networks of higher capacity requires key-enabling technologies. Optical wireless communication (OWC) arises as a complementary technology to radio frequency (RF) systems that can support high aggregate…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-03 Ahrar N. Hamad , Walter Zibusiso Ncube , Ahmad Adnan Qidan , Taisir E. H. El-Gorashi , Jaafar M. H. Elmirghani

In this paper, we propose a physical layer security (PLS) framework for an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-assisted integrated sensing and semantic communication (ISASC) system, where a multi-antenna dual-functional semantic base…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-21 Hamid Amiriara , Mahtab Mirmohseni , Ahmed Elzanaty , Yi Ma , Rahim Tafazolli
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