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Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have emerged as a cost- and energy-efficient technology that can customize and program the physical propagation environment by reflecting radio waves in preferred directions. However, the purely…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-21 Nhan Thanh Nguyen , Jiguang He , Van-Dinh Nguyen , Henk Wymeersch , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Robert Schober , Symeon Chatzinotas , Markku Juntti

In this paper, we examine the potential for a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) to be powered by energy harvested from information signals. This feature might be key to reap the benefits of RIS technology's lower power consumption…

The emerging technology of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) is provisioned as an enabler of smart wireless environments, offering a highly scalable, low-cost, hardware-efficient, and almost energy-neutral solution for dynamic…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-11 George C. Alexandropoulos , Kyriakos Stylianopoulos , Chongwen Huang , Chau Yuen , Mehdi Bennis , Mérouane Debbah

A potential candidate technology for the development of future 6G networks has been recognized as Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS). However, due to the variation in radio link quality, traditional passive RISs only accomplish a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-26 Rashed Hasan Ratul , Muhammad Iqbal , Tabinda Ashraf , Jen-Yi Pan , Yi-Han Wang , Shao-Yu Lien

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) emerges as an efficient and promising technology for the next wireless generation networks and has attracted a lot of attention owing to the capability of extending wireless coverage by reflecting…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-10-20 Changzhu Liu , Ruisi He , Yong Niu , Zhu Han , Bo Ai , Meilin Gao , Zhangfeng Ma , Gongpu Wang , Zhangdui Zhong

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

Active Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) are a promising technology for 6G wireless networks. This paper investigates a novel hybrid deep reinforcement learning (DRL) framework for resource allocation in a multi-user uplink system…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-29 Mohamed Shalma , Engy Aly Maher , Ahmed El-Mahdy

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a promising solution to deal with the blockage-sensitivity of millimeter wave band and reduce the high energy consumption caused by network densification. However, deploying large scale RISs may…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-02-12 Yining Xu , Sheng Zhou

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) has becoming a useful tool in future wireless communication systems for close-distance communication network. This paper we use Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) for downlink multi-user…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-02 RuiTianYi Lu

In the realm of wireless communications in 5G, 6G and beyond, deploying unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been an innovative approach to extend the coverage area due to its easy deployment. Moreover, reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-12-09 Pyae Sone Aung , Yu Min Park , Yan Kyaw Tun , Zhu Han , Choong Seon Hong

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs), with the potential to realize a smart radio environment, have emerged as an energy-efficient and a cost-effective technology to support the services and demands foreseen for coming decades. By…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-07-13 Sarah Basharat , Syed Ali Hassan , Haris Pervaiz , Aamir Mahmood , Zhiguo Ding , Mikael Gidlund

The adoption of a Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) for downlink multi-user communication from a multi-antenna base station is investigated in this paper. We develop energy-efficient designs for both the transmit power allocation and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-06-23 Chongwen Huang , Alessio Zappone , George C. Alexandropoulos , Mérouane Debbah , Chau Yuen

Hierarchical reinforcement learning (HRL) holds great potential for sample-efficient learning on challenging long-horizon tasks. In particular, letting a higher level assign subgoals to a lower level has been shown to enable fast learning…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-12-07 Nico Gürtler , Dieter Büchler , Georg Martius

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) pose as a transformative technology to revolutionize the cellular architecture of Next Generation (NextG) Radio Access Networks (RANs). Previous studies have demonstrated the capabilities of RISs…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-02-27 Maria Tsampazi , Michele Polese , Falko Dressler , Tommaso Melodia

The reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) technology for metasurfaces is ushering in a new paradigm for wireless communication systems. It provides an accessible way for controlling the interaction between electromagnetic waves with the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-21 P. H. C. de Souza , M. Khazaee , L. L. Mendes

As reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) emerge as a pivotal technology in the upcoming sixth-generation (6G) networks, their deployment within practical multiple operator (OP) networks presents significant challenges, including the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-24 Haocheng Zhang , Wei Wang , Hao Zhou , Zhiping Lu , Ming Li

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has become a promising technology for enhancing the reliability of wireless communications, which is capable of reflecting the desired signals through appropriate phase shifts. However, the intended…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-03 Bo Yang , Xuelin Cao , Chongwen Huang , Chau Yuen , Lijun Qian , Marco Di Renzo

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) is becoming a transformative technology for the upcoming 6G communication networks, providing a way for smartly maneuvering the electromagnetic waves to enhance coverage and connectivity. This paper…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-31 Atiquzzaman Mondal , Waheeb Tashan , Ayat Al-Olaimat , Hüseyin Arslan

Next-generation wireless systems, already widely deployed, are expected to become even more prevalent in the future, representing challenges in both environmental and economic terms. This paper focuses on improving the energy efficiency of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-10-21 Matteo Bordin , Andrea Lacava , Michele Polese , Sai Satish , Manoj AnanthaSwamy Nittoor , Rajarajan Sivaraj , Francesca Cuomo , Tommaso Melodia

The growing performance demands and higher deployment densities of next-generation wireless systems emphasize the importance of adopting strategies to manage the energy efficiency of mobile networks. In this demo, we showcase a framework…

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