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The reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has drawn considerable attention for its ability to enhance the performance of not only the wireless communication but also the indoor localization with low-cost. This paper investigates the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-03-28 Ziyi Gong , Liang Wu , Zaichen Zhang , Jian Dang , Yongpeng Wu , Jiangzhou Wang

This paper analyzes monostatic sensing by a user equipment (UE) for a setting in which the UE is unable to resolve multiple targets due to their interference within a single resolution bin. It is shown how sensing accuracy, in terms of both…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-17 Martin Voigt Vejling , Hyowon Kim , Christophe A. N. Biscio , Henk Wymeersch , Petar Popovski

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) are considered as an enabling technology for the upcoming sixth generation of wireless systems, exhibiting significant potential for radio localization and sensing. An RIS is usually treated as an…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-16 Reza Ghazalian , Hui Chen , George C. Alexandropoulos , Gonzalo Seco-Granados , Henk Wymeersch , Riku Jäntti

A reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) allows a reflection transmission path between a base station (BS) and user equipment (UE). In wireless localization, this reflection path aids in positioning accuracy, especially when the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-14 Wei Zhang , Zhenni Wang , Wee Peng Tay

In this paper, we address active users detection (AUD) in near-field Internet of Things (IoT) networks by exploring prior knowledge of users' locations. We consider a scenario where users are distributed in a semi-circular area within the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-24 Gabriel Martins de Jesus , Richard Demo Souza , Onel Luis Alcaraz López

A reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) consists of massive meta elements, which results in a reflection path between a base station (BS) and user equipment (UE). In wireless localization, this reflection path aids in positioning…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-02 Wei Zhang , Wee Peng Tay

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted communication is a key enabling technology for next-generation wireless communication networks, allowing for the reshaping of wireless channels without requiring traditional radio frequency…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-18 Recep Vural , Aymen Khaleel , Ertugrul Basar

This paper considers the application of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) (a.k.a. intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs)) to assist multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) uplink transmission from several multi-antenna user…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-09-14 Li You , Jiayuan Xiong , Yufei Huang , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Cunhua Pan , Wenjin Wang , Xiqi Gao

Localization which uses holographic multiple input multiple output surface such as reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has gained increasing attention due to its ability to accurately localize users in non-line-of-sight conditions.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-15 Mengyuan Cao , Haobo Zhang , Boya Di , Hongliang Zhang

This paper studies user localization aided by a Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS). A feedback link from the Base Station (BS) to the user is adopted to enable dynamic power control of the user pilot transmissions in the uplink. A…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-10-17 George Stamatelis , Hui Chen , Henk Wymeersch , George C. Alexandropoulos

This paper investigates user equipment (UE) assisted device-free networked sensing in the sixth-generation (6G) integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system, where one base station (BS) and multiple UEs, such as unmanned aerial…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-06 Xianzhen Guo , Qin Shi , Shuowen Zhang , Chengwen Xing , Liang Liu

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) are set to be a revolutionary technology in the 6th generation of wireless systems. In this work, we study the application of RIS in a multi-user passive localization scenario, where we have one…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-27 Kamran Keykhosravi , Musa Furkan Keskin , Satyam Dwivedi , Gonzalo Seco-Granados , Henk Wymeersch

We investigate the problem of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided near-field localization of a user equipment (UE) served by a base station (BS) under phase-dependent amplitude variations at each RIS element. Through a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-30 Cuneyd Ozturk , Musa Furkan Keskin , Henk Wymeersch , Sinan Gezici

We propose a framework for monostatic sensing by a user equipment (UE), aided by a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) in environments with single- and double-bounce signal propagation. We design appropriate UE-side precoding and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-14 Hyowon Kim , Alessio Fascista , Hui Chen , Yu Ge , George C. Alexandropoulos , Gonzalo Seco-Granados , Henk Wymeersch

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is an attractive technology to improve the transmission rate of millimetre-wave (mmWave) communication systems. The previous {research} on RIS technology mainly focused on improving the transmission…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-01 Yunis Xanthos , Wanting Lyu , Songjie Yang , Chadi Assi , Xianbing Zou , Ning Wei

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have been introduced as arrays of nearly passive elements with software-tunable electromagnetic properties to dynamically manipulate the reflection/transmission of radio signals. Research works in…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-01 Mehdi Monemi , Mehdi Rasti , Arthur S. de Sena , Mohammad Amir Fallah , Matti Latva-Aho , Marco Di Renzo

This paper studies a comprehensive framework for reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted integrated communication, sensing, and computation (ICSC) systems with a User-centric focus. The study encompasses two scenarios: the general…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-05 Jiahua Wan , Hong Ren , Zhiyuan Yu , Zhenkun Zhang , Yang Zhang , Cunhua Pan , Jiangzhou Wang

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have the potential to significantly enhance the performance of integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems, particularly in line-of-sight (LoS) blockage scenarios. However, as larger RISs…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-21 Alireza Fadakar , Musa Furkan Keskin , Hui Chen , Henk Wymeersch , Andreas F. Molisch

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) enable smart wireless environments by dynamically controlling signal propagation to enhance communication and localization. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can act as flying base stations and thus,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-11 Anupam Mondal , Priyadarshi Mukherjee , Sasthi C. Ghosh

The received signal strength (RSS) based technique is widely utilized for ubiquitous positioning due to its advantage of simple implementability. However, its accuracy is limited because the RSS values of adjacent locations can be very…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-27 Haobo Zhang , Hongliang Zhang , Boya Di , Kaigui Bian , Zhu Han , Lingyang Song