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Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is an enabling technology to engineer the radio signal prorogation in wireless networks. By smartly tuning the signal reflection via a large number of low-cost passive reflecting elements, IRS is capable…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-07-08 Qingqing Wu , Shuowen Zhang , Beixiong Zheng , Changsheng You , Rui Zhang

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is deemed as a promising solution to improve the spectral and energy efficiency of wireless communications cost-effectively. In this paper, we consider a wireless network where multiple base stations…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-06-07 Weidong Mei , Rui Zhang

In this paper, we propose a rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) scheme for uplink wireless communication systems with intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) aided. In the considered model, IRS is adopted to overcome power attenuation caused…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-09-07 Shanshan Zhang , Wen Chen

We consider an Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS)-aided multiple-input single-output (MISO) system for downlink transmission. We compare the performance of Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) and conventional optimization methods in finding…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-07-27 Amal Feriani , Amine Mezghani , Ekram Hossain

In full-duplex systems, due to the strong self-interference signal, system nonlinearities become a significant limiting factor that bounds the possible cancellable self-interference power. In this paper, a self-interference cancellation…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-06-02 Elsayed Ahmed , Ahmed M. Eltawil , Ashutosh Sabharwal

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

The Large Intelligent Surface (LIS) concept is a promising technology aiming to revolutionize wireless communication by exploiting spatial multiplexing at its fullest. Despite of its potential, due to the size of the LIS and the large…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-11-26 Jesus Rodriguez Sanchez , Fredrik Rusek , Ove Edfors , Liang Liu

The ever-increasing reliance on wireless communication and sensing has led to growing concerns over the vulnerability of sensitive information to unauthorized detection and interception. Traditional anti-detection methods are often…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-23 Beixiong Zheng , Xue Xiong , Tiantian Ma , Jie Tang , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , A. Lee Swindlehurst , Rui Zhang

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a promising technology to extend the wireless signal coverage and support the high performance communication. By intelligently adjusting the reflection coefficients of a large number of passive…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-01 Yitao Han , Shuowen Zhang , Lingjie Duan , Rui Zhang

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is envisioned to change the paradigm of wireless communications from "adapting to wireless channels" to "changing wireless channels". However, current IRS configuration schemes, consisting of sub-channel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-12 Wei Wang , Wei Zhang

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS) have become the subject of many current research efforts, as the ongoing wireless spectrum crunch has made the need to open higher frequency bands a priority. IRS are one of the alternatives proposed to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Alessandro Nordio , Alberto Tarable , Francisco J. Escribano

In cell-free multiple input multiple output (MIMO) networks, multiple base stations (BSs) collaborate to achieve high spectral efficiency. Nevertheless, high penetration loss due to large blockages in harsh propagation environments is often…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-03-16 Chen Chen , Sai Xu , Jiliang Zhang , Jie Zhang

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

An intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) can greatly improve the channel quality over a frequency-flat channel, if it is configured to reflect the incident signal as a beam towards the receiver. However, the fundamental limitations of the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-09-16 Emil Björnson

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) are revolutionary enablers for next-generation wireless communication networks, with the ability to customize the radio propagation environment. To fully exploit the potential of IRS-assisted wireless…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-10-12 Yifan Ma , Yifei Shen , Xianghao Yu , Jun Zhang , S. H. Song , Khaled B. Letaief

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a promising solution to enhance the wireless communication capacity both cost-effectively and energy-efficiently, by properly altering the signal propagation via tuning a large number of passive…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-10-04 Shuowen Zhang , Rui Zhang

In this letter, we consider a double-active-intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) aided wireless communication system, where two active IRSs are properly deployed to assist the communication from a base station (BS) to multiple users located…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-25 Zhenyu Kang , Changsheng You , Rui Zhang

Rotatable antenna (RA) enhances wireless coverage through directional gain steering, yet suffers from performance degradation under physical blockages. Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) establishes reflective paths to bypass obstacles,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-19 Guoying Zhang , Qingqing Wu , Ziyuan Zheng , Qiaoyan Peng , Yanze Zhu , Wen Chen , Penghui Huang

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) can be densely deployed in wireless networks to significantly enhance the communication channels. In this letter, we consider the downlink transmission from a multi-antenna base station (BS) to a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-16 Weidong Mei , Rui Zhang

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) are a promising technology for enhancing coverage and spectral efficiency, both in the sub-6 GHz and the millimeter wave (mmWave) bands. Existing approaches to leverage the benefits of IRS involve the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-03 L. Yashvanth , Chandra R. Murthy