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In this paper, a novel framework is proposed to optimize the downlink multi-user communication of a millimeter wave base station, which is assisted by a reconfigurable intelligent reflector (IR). In particular, a channel estimation approach…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-08-03 Qianqian Zhang , Walid Saad , Mehdi Bennis

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…

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Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have emerged as a promising solution that can provide dynamic control over the propagation of electromagnetic waves. The RIS technology is envisioned as a key enabler of sixth-generation networks…

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Providing guaranteed quality of service for cell-edge users remains a longstanding challenge in wireless networks. While coordinated interference management was proposed decades ago, its potential has been limited by computational…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-31 Tenghao Cai , Lei Li , Shutao Zhang , Tsung-Hui Chang

The phase shift information (PSI) overhead poses a critical challenge to enabling real-time intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-assisted wireless systems, particularly under dynamic and resource-constrained conditions. In this paper, we…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-08 Xianhua Yu , Dong Li , Bowen Gu , Xiaoye Jing , Wen Wu , Tuo Wu , Kan Yu

In this work, we study the statistically robust beamforming design for an intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS) assisted multiple-input single-output (MISO) wireless system under imperfect channel state information (CSI), where the channel…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-06-15 Jiezhi Zhang , Yu Zhang , Caijun Zhong , Zhaoyang Zhang

In this paper, a novel robust beamforming for an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) assisted FD system is presented. Since perfect channel state information (CSI) is often challenging to acquire in practice, we consider the case of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-17 Chandan Kumar Sheemar , Jorge Querol , Sourabh Solanki , Sumit Kumar , Symeon Chatzinotas

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a promising technology for wireless communications, thanks to its potential capability to engineer the radio environment. However, in practice, such an envisaged benefit is attainable only when the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-06-14 Chao Feng , Haiquan Lu , Yong Zeng , Shi Jin , Rui Zhang

In this paper, a general ISAC system where the base station (BS) communicates with multiple users and performs target detection is considered. Then, a sum communication rate maximization problem is formulated, subjected to the constraints…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-29 Qian Gao , Ruikang Zhong , Yuanwei Liu

Due to the passive nature of Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS), channel estimation is a fundamental challenge in IRS-aided wireless networks. Particularly, as the number of IRS reflecting elements and/or that of IRS-served users…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-08-04 Xinrong Guan , Qingqing Wu , Rui Zhang

Beyond diagonal intelligent reflecting surface (BD-IRS) is a new promising IRS architecture for which the reflection matrix is not limited to the diagonal structure as for conventional IRS. In this paper, we study a BD-IRS aided uplink…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-25 Shuo Zheng , Shuowen Zhang

In this paper, we investigate an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) aided wireless communication system, where active IRSs (AIRSs) are deployed to assist communication between a base station (BS) and users of both the uplink (UL) and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-14 Qiaoyan Peng , Qingqing Wu , Guangji Chen , Wen Chen , Shaodan Ma

This paper proposes a deep learning-based beamforming design framework that directly maps a target beam pattern to optimal beamforming vectors across multiple antenna array architectures, including digital, analog, and hybrid beamforming.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-14 Hongpu Zhang , Shu Sun , Hangsong Yan , Jianhua Mo

The impacts of channel estimation errors, inter-cell interference, phase adjustment cost, and computation cost on an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-assisted system are severe in practice but have been ignored for simplicity in most…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-09-22 Yuhang Jia , Ying Cui , Wuyang Jiang

As a low-cost and low-power-consumption passive reflector, intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) can make a significant rate improvement by building a programmable wireless environment. To improve the rate performance and coverage range of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-03-29 Xuehui Wang , Feng Shu , Weiping Shi , Xiaopeng Liang , Rongen Dong , Jun Li , Jiangzhou Wang

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) has been regarded as a promising and revolutionary technology for future wireless communication systems owing to its capability of tailoring signal propagation environment in an…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-14 Wenhao Cai , Rang Liu , Ming Li , Yang Liu , Qingqing Wu , Qian Liu

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a proposing technology in 6G to enhance the performance of wireless networks by smartly reconfiguring the propagation environment with a large number of passive reflecting elements. However, current…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-02-17 Jinglian He , Kaiqiang Yu , Yuanming Shi

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are vulnerable to eavesdropping as the sensor nodes (SNs) communicate over an open radio channel. Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) technology can be leveraged for physical layer security in WSNs. In this…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-01-27 Mohammad Faisal Ahmed , Kunwar Pritiraj Rajput , Naveen K. D. Venkategowda , Kumar Vijay Mishra , Aditya K. Jagannatham

In this paper, we investigate a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided multiuser full-duplex secure communication system with hardware impairments at transceivers and RIS, where multiple eavesdroppers overhear the two-way…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-17 Zhangjie Peng , Zhibo Zhang , Lei Kong , Cunhua Pan , Li Li , Jiangzhou Wang

The combination of Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) and Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) enables devices to simultaneously sense the environment and offload data to the base stations (BS) for intelligent processing, thereby reducing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-01 Peng Liu , Zesong Fei , Xinyi Wang , Xiaoyang Li , Weijie Yuan , Yuanhao Li , Cheng Hu , Dusit Niyato