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In this paper, we investigate a simultaneous transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) assisting a massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) system. In particular, we derive a closed-form expression for…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-06-01 Anastasios Papazafeiropoulos , Zaid Abdullah , Pandelis Kourtessis , Steven Kisseleff , Ioannis Krikidis

In this paper, we propose a simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) empowered transmission scheme for symbiotic radio (SR) systems to make more flexibility for network deployment and enhance…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-21 Chao Zhou , Bin Lyu , Youhong Feng , Dinh Thai Hoang

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) can be densely deployed in the environment to create multi-reflection line-of-sight (LoS) links for signal coverage enhancement. However, conventional reflection-only RISs can only achieve…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-21 Bonan An , Weidong Mei , Yuanwei Liu , Dong Wang , Zhi Chen

The physical layer security (PLS) is investigated for reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) assisted wireless networks, where a source transmits its confidential information to a legitimate destination with the aid of a single small RIS…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-10-06 Haiyan Guo , Zhen Yang , Yulong Zou , Bin Lyu , Yuhan Jiang , Lajos Hanzo

This work considers a dual-functional radar and communication (DFRC) system with an active reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) and a potential eavesdropper. Our purpose is to maximize the secrecy rate (SR) of the system by jointly…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-06 Yang Zhang , Hong Ren , Cunhua Pan , Boshi Wang , Zhiyuan Yu , Ruisong Weng , Tuo Wu , Yongchao He

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems have the issue of secrecy leakage when using the ISAC waveforms for sensing, thus posing a potential risk for eavesdropping. To address this problem, we propose to employ movable antennas…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-07 Yaodong Ma , Kai Liu , Yanming Liu , Lipeng Zhu , Zhenyu Xiao

In this article, we investigate the robust beamforming design for a simultaneous transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) aided downlink rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) communication system, where both…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-08 Ziyue Wang , Xiaoyan Ma , Xingyu Peng , Zheao Li , Jinyuan Liu , Yongliang Guan , Chau Yuen

In this paper, intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) are employed to enhance the physical layer security in a challenging radio environment. In particular, a multi-antenna access point (AP) has to serve multiple single-antenna legitimate…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-04-21 Xianghao Yu , Dongfang Xu , Ying Sun , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Robert Schober

Simultaneously reflecting and transmitting reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (STAR-RIS) has recently emerged as prominent technology that exploits the transmissive property of RIS to mitigate the half-space coverage limitation of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-01 Muhammad Faraz Ul Abrar , Muhammad Talha , Rafay Iqbal Ansari , Syed Ali Hassan , Haejoon Jung

Satellite communication is envisioned as a key enabler of future 6G networks, yet its wide coverage with high link attenuation poses significant challenges for physical layer security. In this paper, we investigate secure multi-beam,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-08-29 Zhaole Wang , Naijin Liu , Xiao Tang , Shuai Yuan , Chenxi Wang , Zhi Zhai , Qinghe Du , Jinxin Liu

This paper proposes a quality-of-service (QoS)-aware multi-user communication framework facilitated by multiple simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (STAR-RISs). The user groups are established…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-26 Junfeng Wang , Xiao Tang , Jinxin Liu , Zhi Zhai , Qinghe Du , Naijin Liu

Designing robust architectures that can mitigate sophisticated attacks is now a key priority for modern wireless systems. This paper investigates a single-cell bistatic integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) network facing simultaneous…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-16 Radwa Sultan

This paper investigates the physical layer security of a Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS)-aided wireless network in the presence of full-duplex active eavesdropping. In this scenario, the RIS cooperates with the Base Station (BS) to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-28 Atefeh Zakeri , S. Mohammad Razavizadeh

In response to the security blind zone challenges faced by traditional reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided covert communication (CC) systems, the joint distance-angle beamforming capability of frequency diverse RIS (FD-RIS) shows…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-11 Han Xiao , Xiaoyan Hu , Wenjie Wang , Kai-Kit Wong , Kun Yang , Chan-Byoung Chae

The use of millimeter-wave (mmWave) bandwidth is one key enabler to achieve the high data rates in the fifth-generation (5G) cellular systems. However, mmWave signals suffer from significant path loss due to high directivity and sensitivity…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-05 Mahyar Nemati , Jihong Park , Jinho Choi

In this paper, we propose to utilize intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) for enhancing the physical layer security of wireless communications systems. In particular, an IRS-assisted secure wireless system is considered, where a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-02-26 Xianghao Yu , Dongfang Xu , Robert Schober

This paper develops a physically consistent signal model with hardware constraints for a simultaneous transmitting and reflecting beyond-diagonal RIS (STAR BD-RIS) endowed with per-element amplification and lossless power splitting. We…

Recently, simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (STAR-RISs) have received significant research interest. The employment of large STAR-RIS and high-frequency signaling inevitably make the near-field…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-27 Haochen Li , Yuanwei Liu , Xidong Mu , Yue Chen , Zhiwen Pan , Yonina C. Eldar

This paper investigates PASS-enabled downlink covert communication in the presence of distributed surveillance, where multiple wardens perform signal detection and fuse their local binary decisions via majority-voting rule. We consider a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Ji He

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) communications are highly promising to improve the capacity of modern wireless networks, while the physical layer security (PLS) techniques hold great potential to enhance the critical secrecy performance therein.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-09-07 Yuanyu Zhang , Yulong Shen , Xiaohong Jiang , Shoji Kasahara