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It is well established that the performance of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted systems critically depends on the optimal placement of the RIS. Previous works consider either simple coverage maximization or simultaneous…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-09 Abhishek Rajasekaran , Mehdi Karbalayghareh , Xiaoyan Ma , David J. Love , Christopher G. Brinton

This paper introduces a novel method to enhance the connectivity of multi-reconfigurable intelligent surface-assisted device-to-device networks, referred to as multi-RIS-assisted D2D networks, through a unique phase shift determination. The…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Mohammed Saif , Mohammad Javad-Kalbasi , Shahrokh Valaee

This paper investigates a joint active and passive beamforming design for distributed simultaneous transmitting and reflecting (STAR) reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) assisted multi-user (MU)- mutiple input single output (MISO)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-27 Ha An Le , Trinh Van Chien , Wan Choi

The technology of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) has lately attracted considerable interest from both academia and industry as a low-cost solution for coverage extension and signal propagation control. In this paper, we study…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-03 Konstantinos D. Katsanos , Paolo Di Lorenzo , George C. Alexandropoulos

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) can be employed in a cell-free system to create favorable propagation conditions from base stations (BSs) to users via configurable elements. However, prior works on RIS-aided cell-free system…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-15 Xu Gan , Caijun Zhong , Chongwen Huang , Zhaohui Yang , Zhaoyang 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

The spectrum shift from the sub-6G band to the high-frequency band has posed an ever-increasing demand on the paradigm shift from narrowband beamforming to wideband beamforming. Despite recent research efforts, the problem of wideband…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-07-09 Xiaowei Qian , Xiaoling Hu , Chenxi Liu , Mugen Peng

In this paper, we consider an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-aided single-user system where an IRS with discrete phase shifts is deployed to assist the uplink communication. A practical transmission protocol is proposed to execute…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-12-24 Changsheng You , Beixiong Zheng , Rui Zhang

The sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks will rely on ultra-dense multi-cell deployment to meet the high rate and connectivity demands. However, frequency reuse leads to severe inter-cell interference, particularly for cell-edge users,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Shuo Zheng , Shuowen Zhang

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is envisioned to be a new and revolutionizing technology for achieving spectrum and energy efficient wireless communication networks cost-effectively in the future. Specifically, an IRS consists of a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-08-13 Qingqing Wu , Rui Zhang

A wireless network serving multiple users in the millimeter-wave or the sub-terahertz band by a base station is considered. High-throughput multi-user hybrid-transmit beamforming is conceived by maximizing the minimum rate of the users. For…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-10-27 W. Zhu , H. D. Tuan , E. Dutkiewicz , H. V. Poor , L. Hanzo

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has emerged as a cost-effective solution for green communications in 6G. However, its further extensive use has been greatly limited due to its fully passive characteristics. Considering the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-01-15 Jintao Wang , Chengzhi Ma , Shiqi Gong , Xi Yang , Shaodan Ma

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) can effectively control the wavefront of the impinging signals and has emerged as a cost-effective promising solution to improve the spectrum and energy efficiency of wireless systems. Most existing…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-06-07 Yiming Liu , Erwu Liu , Rui Wang , Binyu Lu , Zhu Han

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) are considered as an enabling technology for the upcoming sixth generation of wireless systems, exhibiting significant potential for radio localization and sensing. An RIS is usually treated as an…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-16 Reza Ghazalian , Hui Chen , George C. Alexandropoulos , Gonzalo Seco-Granados , Henk Wymeersch , Riku Jäntti

Integrating reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) into wireless communication systems is a promising approach for enhancing coverage and data rates by intelligently redirecting signals, through a process known as beamforming. However,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-26 Luis C. Mathias , Atefeh Termehchi , Taufik Abrão , Ekram Hossain

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) is a promising solution to reconfigure the wireless environment in a controllable way. To compensate for the double-fading attenuation in the RIS-aided link, a large number of passive reflecting…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-02 Ruizhe Long , Ying-Chang Liang , Yiyang Pei , Erik G. Larsson

This paper presents a physics-based channel modeling and optimization framework for reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted downlink multi-user multiple-input single-output (MU-MISO) communication systems in site-specific…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-24 Ziqi Liu , Wei Yu , Sean Victor Hum

The objective of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of a two-timescale transmission design in cell-free massive multi-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems incorporating reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) under the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-06 Mahdi Eskandari , Kangda Zhi , Huiling Zhu , Cunhua Pan , Jiangzhou Wang

This paper explores an integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) network empowered by multiple active simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (STAR-RISs). A base station (BS) furnishes downlink…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-25 Hyeonho Noh , Hyeonsu Lyu , Hyun Jong Yang

In this letter, we consider a multicast system where a single-antenna transmitter sends a common message to multiple single-antenna users, aided by an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) equipped with $N$ passive reflecting elements. Prior…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-02 Qin Tao , Shuowen Zhang , Caijun Zhong , Rui Zhang