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Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) enable multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmitters to modify the communication channels between the transmitters and receivers. In the presence of eavesdropping terminals, this degree of freedom…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-03 Saba Asaad , Yifei Wu , Ali Bereyhi , Ralf R. Müller , Rafael F. Schaefer , H. Vincent Poor

This paper investigates a downlink multiple-input single-output intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) aided non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) system, where a base station (BS) serves multiple users with the aid of IRSs. Our goal is to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-12 Xidong Mu , Yuanwei Liu , Li Guo , Jiaru Lin , Naofal Al-Dhahir

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is envisioned to be a new and revolutionizing technology for achieving spectrum and energy efficient wireless communication networks cost-effectively in the future. Specifically, an IRS consists of a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-08-13 Qingqing Wu , Rui Zhang

The performance of mobile edge computing (MEC) depends critically on the quality of the wireless channels. From this viewpoint, the recently advocated intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) technique that can proactively reconfigure wireless…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-10 Huilian Zhang , Xiaofan He , Qingqing Wu , Huaiyu Dai

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is envisioned to become a key technology for the upcoming six-generation (6G) wireless system due to its potential of reaping high performance in a power-efficient and cost-efficient way. With its…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-03-17 Wei Jiang , Hans Schotten

Most works in IRS-assisted systems have ignored the impact of the inevitable residual hardware impairments (HWIs) at both the transceiver hardware and the IRS while any relevant works have addressed only simple scenarios, e.g., with…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-09-07 Anastasios Papazafeiropoulos , Cunhua Pan , Pandelis Kourtessis , Symeon Chatzinotas , John M. Senior

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-enabled backscatter communications can be enabled by an access point (AP) that splits its transmit signal into modulated and unmodulated parts. This letter integrates non-orthogonal multiple access…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-07 Azar Hakimi , Shayan Zargari , Chintha Tellambura , Sanjeewa Herath

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) has been regarded as a promising and revolutionary technology for future wireless communication systems owing to its capability of tailoring signal propagation environment in an…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-14 Wenhao Cai , Rang Liu , Ming Li , Yang Liu , Qingqing Wu , Qian Liu

In this paper, we study the performance of an energy efficient wireless communication system, assisted by a finite-element-intelligent reflecting surface (IRS). With no instantaneous channel state information (CSI) at the transmitter, we…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-18 Aaqib Bulla , Shahid M Shah

Although multi-access edge computing (MEC) has allowed for computation offloading at the network edge, weak wireless signals in the radio access network caused by obstacles and high network load are still preventing efficient edge…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-15 Elie El Haber , Mohamed Elhattab , Chadi Assi , Sanaa Sharafeddine , Kim Khoa Nguyen

This work investigates the effect of double intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) in improving the spectrum efficient of multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) network operating in the millimeter wave (mmWave) band. Specifically,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-29 Hehao Niu , Zheng Chu , Fuhui Zhou , Cunhua Pan , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Huan X. Nguyen

This study considers a dual-polarized intelligent reflecting surface (DP-IRS)-assisted multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) single-user wireless communication system. The transmitter and receiver are equipped with DP antennas, and each…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-13 Muteen Munawar , Kyungchun Lee

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) have emerged as a promising wireless technology for the dynamic configuration and control of electromagnetic waves, thus creating a smart (programmable) radio environment. In this context, we study a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-02-21 Christos N. Efrem , Ioannis Krikidis

The fundamental performance metrics of an intelligent reflective surface (IRS)-aided wireless system are presented. By optimizing the IRS phase-shift matrix, the received signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is maximized at the destination in the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-26 Dulaj Gunasinghe , Dhanushka Kudathanthirige , Gayan Amarasuriya Aruma Baduge

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) can be beneficial to both information and energy transfer, due to the gains achieved by their multiple elements. In this work, we deal with the impact of spatial correlation between the IRS elements,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-06-10 Constantinos Psomas , Ioannis Krikidis

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

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) technology offers more feasible propagation paths for millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication systems to overcome blockage than existing technologies. In this paper, we consider a downlink wireless system…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-22 Yue Xiu , Yang Zhao , Yang Liu , Jun Zhao , Osman Yagan , Ning Wei

In this paper, we propose a robust secrecy transmission scheme for intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) aided communication systems. Different from all the existing works where IRS has already been deployed at a fixed location, we take the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-01 Jiale Bai , Hui-Ming Wang , Peng Liu

The application of intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) depends on the knowledge of channel state information (CSI), and has been hindered by the heavy overhead of channel training, estimation, and feedback in fast-changing channels. This…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-06-16 Yashuai Cao , Tiejun Lv , Wei Ni

The merge of mobile edge computing (MEC) and millimeter-wave (mmWave) communications will hopefully enable the fast access for computational resources, where these two technologies can benefit from each other's potentials. However, the high…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-13 Yashuai Cao , Tiejun Lv