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Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-12 Qian Zhang , Mingjie Shao , Qiang Li , Ju Liu

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has entered the public consciousness as a promising technology for enhancing the performance of future wireless communication systems by dynamically constructing the wireless channels. In this…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-03-02 Pingping Zhang , Shiqi Gong , Shaodan Ma

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

A reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a planar surface that can enhance the quality of communication by providing control over the communication environment. Reflection optimization is one of the pivotal challenges in RIS setups.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-26 Seyedkhashayar Hashemi , Masoud Ardakani , Hai Jiang

This paper investigates the system spectral efficiency (SE) in reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided multiuser multiple-input single-output (MISO) systems, where RIS can reconfigure the propagation environment via a large number of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-31 Yulan Gao , Chao Yong , Zehui Xiong , Dusit Niyato , Yue Xiao , Jun Zhao

Simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (STAR-RISs) is a promising passive device that contributes to a full-space coverage via transmitting and reflecting the incident signal simultaneously. As a new…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-25 Xinyu Gao , Wenqiang Yi , Yuanwei Liu , Jianhua Zhang , Ping Zhang

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has been anticipated to be a novel cost-effective technology to improve the performance of future wireless systems. In this paper, we investigate a practical RIS-aided multiple-input-multiple-output…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-03-23 Jintao Wang , Shiqi Gong , Qingqing Wu , Shaodan Ma

Simultaneous transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (STAR-RIS) offer a transformative approach for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems, particularly for enhancing physical layer security (PLS). This…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-10 Rakesh Ranjan , Anshu Mukherjee , Manjesh K. Hanawal , Keshav Singh , Ioannis Krikidis

This paper focuses on the design of transmission methods and reflection optimization for a wireless system assisted by a single or multiple reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs). The existing techniques are either too complex to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-09-13 Wei Jiang , Hans D. Schotten

This paper investigates the problem of resource efficiency maximization in an active simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) assisted communication system under practical transceiver hardware…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-09 Ao Huang , Xidong Mu , Li Guo , Guangyu Zhu

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) allow controlling the propagation environment in wireless networks by tuning multiple reflecting elements. RISs have been traditionally realized through single connected architectures,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-16 Matteo Nerini , Shanpu Shen , Bruno Clerckx

Cooperative rate splitting (CRS), built upon rate splitting multiple access (RSMA) and opportunistic user relaying, has been recognized as a promising transmission strategy to enhance the user fairness and spectral efficiency in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-09 Kangchun Zhao , Yijie Mao , Zhaohui Yang , Lixiang Lian , Bruno Clerckx

A simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS)-aided near-field integrated sensing, communication, and power transfer (ISCPT) framework is proposed. We formulate a robust harvested power…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-18 Zahra Rostamikafaki , Francois Chan , Claude D'Amours

This paper investigates robust and secure multiuser multiple-input single-output (MISO) downlink communications assisted by a self-sustainable intelligent reflection surface (IRS), which can simultaneously reflect and harvest energy from…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-08-05 Shaokang Hu , Zhiqiang Wei , Yuanxin Cai , Chang Liu , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Jinhong Yuan

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs), which can deliberately adjust the phase of incident waves, have shown enormous potentials to reconfigure the signal propagation for performance enhancement. In this paper, we investigate the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-02 Zhengyi Zhou , Ning Ge , Wendong Liu , Zhaocheng Wang

In this work, we propose a method for efficient resource utilization of simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) elements to ensure fair and high data rates. We introduce a subsurface…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Ashok S. Kumar , Nancy Nayak , Sheetal Kalyani , Himal A. Suraweera

In recent years, the fifth-generation (5G) mobile network has been developed worldwide to remarkably improve network performance and spectral efficiency. Very recently, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) technology has emerged as an…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-12-10 Valdemar Farré , Juan C. Estrada-Jiménez , José D. Vega Sánchez , Juan A. Vasquez-Peralvo , Symeon Chatzinotas

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) provides a promising way to build the programmable wireless transmission environments in the future. Owing to the large number of reflecting elements used at the RIS, joint optimization for the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-01-11 Xiaoyan Ma , Shuaishuai Guo , Haixia Zhang , Yuguang Fang , Dongfeng Yuan

The joint communications and sensing (JCAS) paradigm is envisioned as a core capability of sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks, enabling the integration of data communication and environmental sensing within a unified system. By reusing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-11 Wali Ullah Khan , Chandan Kumar Sheemar , Syed Tariq Shah , Manzoor Ahmed , Symeon Chatzinotas

This paper proposes an energy-efficient scheme for multicell multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) simultaneous transmit and reflect (STAR) reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS)-assisted broadcast channels by employing rate splitting…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-05 Mohammad Soleymani , Ignacio Santamaria , Eduard Jorswieck