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Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-empowered communications represent exciting prospects as one of the promising technologies capable of meeting the requirements of the sixth generation networks such as low-latency, reliability, and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-12 Sefa Kayraklık , Ibrahim Yildirim , Yarkın Gevez , Ertugrul Basar , Ali Görçin

In this letter, we study the performance of hybrid radio-frequency (RF) and free-space optical (FSO) links using automatic repeat request (ARQ). We derive closed-form expressions for the message decoding probabilities, throughput, and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-03-29 Behrooz Makki , Tommy Svensson , Thomas Eriksson , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

We study a multiple-input single-output (MISO) communication system assisted by a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS). A base station (BS) having multiple antennas is assumed to be communicating to a single-antenna user equipment (UE),…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-08 Neel Kanth Kundu , Matthew R. McKay

This paper analyzes the stochastic security performance of a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system in a downlink scenario. A base station (BS) transmits a multi-functional signal to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-08-05 Marziyeh Soltani , Mahtab Mirmohseni , Rahim Tafazolli

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is envisioned to be a promising solution for designing spectral and energy efficient wireless systems. In this letter, we study a multi-IRS-assisted system under Rician fading where the phase shifts…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-09-17 Zijian Zhang , Ying Cui , Feng Yang , Lianghui Ding

The synergy between integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) unlocks novel applications and advanced services for next-generation wireless networks, yet also introduces new security…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-26 Zehra Yigit , Sefa Kayraklik , Ertugrul Basar , Ali Gorcin

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have been extensively applied in integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems due to the capability of enhancing physical layer security (PLS). However, conventional static RIS architectures…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-24 Ling Zhuang , Ximing Xie , Fang Fang , Ali Attaran , Zhizhong Zhang

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is an emerging technique employing metasurface to reflect the signal from the source node to the destination node. By smartly reconfiguring the electromagnetic (EM) properties of the metasurface and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-06-30 Qi Gu , Dan Wu , Xin Su , Hanning Wang , Jingyuan Cui , Yifei Yuan

The mixed radio frequency (RF)/free-space optical (FSO) relaying is a promising technology for coverage improvement, while there lacks unified expressions to describe its performance. In this paper, a unified performance analysis framework…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-07-22 Jiayi Zhang , Linglong Dai , Yu Zhang , Zhaocheng Wang

In this paper, the performance of two-way relaying in mixed RF/FSO communication system with a backup RF link is investigated. Uplink RF channels are used to send data of $K$ users to a two-way relay, $R$, whereas FSO link is mainly used to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-11-15 Mohammed A. Amer , Suhail Al-Dharrab

In this paper, we propose a dual-hop RF (Radio-Frequency)/FSO (Free-Space Optical) system with multiple relays employing the Decode-and-Forward (DF) and Amplify-and-Forward (AF) with a Fixed Gain (FG) relaying scheme. The RF channels are…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-02-11 Elyes Balti , Mohsen Guizani , Bechir Hamdaoui , Bassem Khalfi

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) has been regarded as a promising technology since it has ability to create the favorable channel conditions. This paper investigates the secure communications of RIS assisted non-orthogonal multiple…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-19 Yingjie Pei , Xinwei Yue , Wenqiang Yi , Yuanwei Liu , Xuehua Li , Zhiguo Ding

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

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have been deemed as one of potential components of future wireless communication systems because they can adaptively manipulate the wireless propagation environment with low-cost passive devices.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-23 Yanan Ma , Rang Liu , Yang Liu , Ming Li , Qian Liu

In this work, we investigate the performance of a dual-hop multiple relays system consisting of mixed Radio-Frequency (RF)/Free Space Optical (FSO) channels. The RF channels are subject to Rayleigh fading while the optical links experience…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-01-21 Elyes Balti , Brian K. Johnson

In this paper, we investigate the performance of a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted dual-hop mixed radio-frequency underwater wireless optical communication (RF-UWOC) system. An RIS is an emerging and low-cost technology…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-11-19 Sai Li , Liang Yang , Daniel Benevides da Costa , Marco Di Renzo , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

We analysis the performances for the dual-hop fixed gain amplify-and-forward (AF) relay systems operating over mixed radio-frequency (RF) and free-space optical (FSO) links. The RF link is subject to Rician fading and the FSO link…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2017-11-28 Chao Wei , Zaichen Zhang

In this paper, we propose a robust secure transmission scheme for an active reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) enabled symbiotic radio (SR) system in the presence of multiple eavesdroppers (Eves). In the considered system, the active…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-14 Bin Lyu , Chao Zhou , Shimin Gong , Dinh Thai Hoang , Ying-chang Liang

As a revolutionary technology, reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has been deemed as an indispensable part of the 6th generation communications due to its inherent ability to regulate the wireless channels. However, passive RIS (PRIS)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-19 Xuehua Li , Yingjie Pei , Xinwei Yue , Yuanwei Liu , Zhiguo Ding