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The employment of intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) is a potential and promising solution to increase the spectral and energy efficiency of wireless communication networks. Despite their many advantages, IRS-aided communications have…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-26 Constantinos Psomas , Ioannis Krikidis

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) are gaining attention as a low-cost solution to the coverage reduction in high-frequency bands used in next-generation communications. IRSs achieve low costs by controlling only the reflection of radio…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-04-03 Ryuhei Hibi , Hiroaki Hashida , Yuichi Kawamoto , Nei Kato

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

In this paper, the secure performance of multiuser multiple-input single-output wireless communications systems assisted by a multifunctional active intelligent reflection surface (IRS) is investigated. The active IRS can simultaneously…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-06 Shaokang Hu , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Jinhong Yuan

As a means to control wireless propagation environments, the use of emerging and novel intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS) is envisioned to enhance and broaden many applications in future wireless networks. This paper is concerned with a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-23 Dian-Wu Yue , Ha H. Nguyen , Yu Sun

In this paper, we consider a challenging secure wireless sensing scenario where a legitimate radar station (LRS) intends to detect a target at unknown location in the presence of an unauthorized radar station (URS). We aim to enhance the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-08-08 Xiaodan Shao , Rui Zhang

Emerging as a cornerstone for next-generation wireless networks, integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems demand innovative solutions to balance spectral efficiency and sensing accuracy. In this paper, we propose a coordinated…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-02 Chunjie Wang , Xuhui Zhang , Wenchao Liu , Jinke Ren , Huijun Xing , Shuqiang Wang , Yanyan Shen

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems are poised to revolutionize next-generation wireless networks by enabling simultaneous sensing and communication (S\&C). This survey comprehensively…

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) has been recognized as a powerful technology for boosting communication performance. To reduce manufacturing and control costs, it is preferable to consider discrete phase shifts (DPSs) for IRS, which…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-11-07 Guojie Hu , Qingqing Wu , Dognhui Xu , Kui Xu , Jiangbo Si , Yunlong Cai , Naofal Al-Dhahir

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) has recently emerged as a promising technology for beyond fifth-generation (B5G) and 6G networks conceived from metamaterials that smartly tunes the signal reflections via a large number of low-cost…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-08-22 Jyotsna Rani , Deepak Mishra , Ganesh Prasad , Ashraf Hossain , Swades De , Kuntal Deka

Prior studies on intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) have mostly considered wireless communication systems aided by a single passive IRS, which, however, has limited control over wireless propagation environment and suffers from…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-26 Yunpu Zhang , Changsheng You

Visible light communication (VLC) is an optical wireless communication technology that is considered a promising solution for high-speed indoor connectivity. Unlike the case in conventional radio-frequency wireless systems, the VLC channel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-18 Mohamed Amine Arfaoui , Ali Ghrayeb , Chadi Assi

The intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is an emerging technique to extend the wireless coverage. In this letter, the performance of hybrid automatic repeat request (hybrid-ARQ) for an IRS-assisted system is analyzed. More specifically,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-12-04 Y. Ai , M. Mohamed , L. Kong , A. Al-Samen , M. Cheffena

Emerged as a promising solution for future wireless communication systems, intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is capable of reconfiguring the wireless propagation environment by adjusting the phase-shift of a large number of reflecting…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-02-06 Hongguang Sun , Zelun Zhao , Hu Cheng , Jiangbin Lyu , Xijun Wang , Yan Zhang , Tony Q. S. Quek

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

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

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is an emerging technique to enhance the wireless communication spectral efficiency with low hardware and energy cost. In this letter, we consider the integration of IRS to an orthogonal frequency…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-12-04 Yifei Yang , Shuowen Zhang , Rui Zhang

We introduce a novel system setup where a backscatter device operates in the presence of an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS). In particular, we study the bistatic backscatter communication (BackCom) system assisted by an IRS. The phase…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-09-16 Xiaolun Jia , Jun Zhao , Xiangyun Zhou , Dusit Niyato

In this paper, we propose intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS) assisted secure wireless communications with multi-input and multi-output antennas (IRS-MIMOME). The considered scenario is an access point (AP) equipped with multiple antennas…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-27 Weiheng Jiang , Yu Zhang , Jinsong Wu , Wenjiang Feng , Yi Jin

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) has been deemed as a transformative technology to achieve smart and reconfigurable environment for wireless communication. This letter studies a new IRS-aided communication system, where multiple IRSs…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-10-27 Weidong Mei , Rui Zhang