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Federated learning (FL) has been recognized as a promising distributed learning paradigm to support intelligent applications at the wireless edge, where a global model is trained iteratively through the collaboration of the edge devices…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-20 Wei Guo , Chuan Huang , Xiaoqi Qin , Lian Yang , Wei Zhang

Deploying reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) to enhance wireless transmission is a promising approach. In this paper, we investigate large-scale multi-RIS-assisted multi-cell systems, where multiple RISs are deployed in each cell.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-25 Zhanwei Yu , Di Yuan

Although reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) can improve the performance of wireless networks by smartly reconfiguring the radio environment, existing passive RISs face two key challenges, i.e., double-fading attenuation and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-05 Wen Wang , Wanli Ni , Hui Tian , Naofal Al-Dhahir

We explore the potential of a simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) to enhance the performance of wireless surveillance systems. The STAR-RIS is deployed between a full-duplex (FD)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-02-05 Fatemeh Jafarian , Mehrdad Ardebilipour , Mohammadali Mohammadi , Michail Matthaiou

Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communications play a crucial role in ensuring safe and efficient modern transportation systems. However, challenges arise in scenarios with buildings, leading to signal obstruction and coverage limitations. To…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-08-17 Pyae Sone Aung , Loc X. Nguyen , Yan Kyaw Tun , Zhu Han , Choong Seon Hong

Devices located in remote regions often lack coverage from well-developed terrestrial communication infrastructure. This not only prevents them from experiencing high quality communication services but also hinders the delivery of machine…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-08-20 Dong-Jun Han , Wenzhi Fang , Seyyedali Hosseinalipour , Mung Chiang , Christopher G. Brinton

Over-the-air federated learning (AirFL) allows devices to train a learning model in parallel and synchronize their local models using over-the-air computation. The integrity of AirFL is vulnerable due to the obscurity of the local models…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-07-19 Jingheng Zheng , Hui Tian , Wanli Ni , Wei Ni , Ping Zhang

Federated learning (FL) leverages data distributed at the edge of the network to enable intelligent applications. The efficiency of FL can be improved by using over-the-air computation (AirComp) technology in the process of gradient…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-12-20 Fan Zhang , Jining Chen , Kunlun Wang , Wen Chen

A simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) aided communication system is investigated, where an access point sends information to two users located on each side of the STAR-RIS. Different from…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-14 Yuanwei Liu , Xidong Mu , Robert Schober , H. Vincent Poor

In this letter, simultaneous transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (STAR-RISs) are studied. Compared with the conventional reflecting-only RISs, the coverage of STAR-RISs is extended to 360 degrees via simultaneous…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-30 Jiaqi Xu , Yuanwei Liu , Xidong Mu , Octavia A. Dobre

In this paper, we propose a novel multi-functional reconfigurable intelligent surface (MF-RIS) that supports signal reflection, refraction, amplification, and target sensing simultaneously. Our MF-RIS aims to enhance integrated…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-29 Dongsheng Han , Peng Wang , Wanli Ni , Wen Wang , Ailing Zheng , Dusit Niyato , Naofal Al-Dhahir

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

In this letter, we study the simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) assisted unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communications. Our goal is to maximize the sum rate of all users by jointly…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-09 Qin Zhang , Yang Zhao , Hai Li , Shujuan Hou , Zhengyu Song

The development of applications based on artificial intelligence and implemented over wireless networks is increasingly rapidly and is expected to grow dramatically in the future. The resulting demand for the aggregation of large amounts of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-04 Bingnan Xiao , Xichen Yu , Wei Ni , Xin Wang , H. Vincent Poor

In this paper, we propose and study a multi-functional reconfigurable intelligent surface (MF-RIS) architecture. In contrast to conventional single-functional RIS (SF-RIS) that only reflects signals, the proposed MF-RIS simultaneously…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-05 Wen Wang , Wanli Ni , Hui Tian , Yonina C. Eldar , Rui Zhang

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) and simultaneously transmitting and reflecting RIS (STAR-RIS) have emerged as key enablers for enhancing wireless coverage and capacity in next-generation networks. When mounted on unmanned aerial…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-12-10 Dongdong Yang , Bin Li , Jiguang He

Federated learning (FL) has emerged as a promising framework for distributed learning, enabling collaborative model training without sharing private data. Existing wireless FL works primarily adopt two communication strategies: (1)…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-16 Muhammad Faraz Ul Abrar , Nicolò Michelusi

In this paper, we investigate simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (STAR-RIS), which enables to communicate with users both sides by transmitting signals to users forward and reflecting signals to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-12-14 Ruitianyi Lu , Kehao Wang

Recent research and development interests deal with metasurfaces for wireless systems beyond their consideration as intelligent tunable reflectors. Among the latest proposals is the simultaneously transmitting (a.k.a. refracting) and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-08 Jiguang He , Aymen Fakhreddine , George C. Alexandropoulos

As wireless systems evolve toward Beyond 5G (B5G), the adoption of cell-free (CF) millimeter-wave (mmWave) architectures combined with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) is emerging as a key enabler for ultra-reliable, high-capacity,…