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Full-duplex (FD) is an attractive technology that can significantly boost the throughput of wireless communications. However, it is limited by the severe self-interference (SI) from the transmitter to the local receiver. In this paper, we…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-18 Jiayan Wu , Wenchi Cheng , Jianyu Wang , Jingqing Wang , Wei Zhang

Recent considerations for reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) assume that RISs can convey information by reflection without the need of transmit radio frequency chains, which, however, is a challenging task. In this paper, we propose…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-08-07 Shaoe Lin , Beixiong Zheng , George C. Alexandropoulos , Miaowen Wen , Marco Di Renzo , Fangjiong Chen

This paper presents a novel dual-functional hybrid Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) for simultaneous sensing and reconfigurable reflections. We design a novel hybrid unit cell featuring dual elements, which share the same phase…

The concept of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has been proposed to change the propagation of electromagnetic waves, e.g., reflection, diffraction, and refraction. To accomplish this goal, the phase values of the discrete RIS units…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-11-11 Jiguang He , Henk Wymeersch , Tachporn Sanguanpuak , Olli Silvén , Markku Juntti

Wireless communications in the THz frequency band is an envisioned revolutionary technology for sixth Generation (6G) networks. However, such frequencies impose certain coverage and device design challenges that need to be efficiently…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-03-14 George C. Alexandropoulos , Antonio Clemente , Sérgio Matos , Ryan Husbands , Sean Ahearne , Qi Luo , Verónica Lain-Rubio , Thomas Kürner , Luís M. Pessoa

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has become a promising technology to improve wireless communication in recent years. It steers the incident signals to create a favorable propagation environment by controlling the reconfigurable…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-15 Wangyang Xu , Lu Gan , Chongwen Huang

TeraHertz (THz) communications can satisfy the high data rate demand with massive bandwidth. However, severe path attenuation and hardware imperfection greatly alleviate its performance. Therefore, we utilize the reconfigurable intelligent…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-03-22 Hongyang Du , Jiayi Zhang , Ke Guan , Dusit Niyato , Huiying Jiao , Zhiqin Wang , Thomas Kürner

Research on reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) has predominantly focused on purely physical (PHY)-layer aspects, particularly, on how signals are dynamically shaped by a controllable wireless propagation environment. However,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-03 Fabio Saggese , Victor Croisfelt , Kyriakos Stylianopoulos , George C. Alexandropoulos , Petar Popovski

Intelligent surfaces that reshape electromagnetic waves are regarded as disruptive technologies for wireless networks. However, existing designs sit at two costly extremes: dynamic reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) offer fine beam…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-24 Ziyuan Zheng , Qingqing Wu , Wen Chen , Weiren Zhu , Ying Gao

In this work, we tackle the problem of beampattern design for a transmit system employing a large reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) to redirect radio frequency signals emitted by a few active antennas (sources). We begin by…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-15 Ciro D'Elia , Emanuele Grossi , Luca Venturino

Integrated positioning and communication (IPAC) system and reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) are both considered to be key technologies for future wireless networks. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a RIS-enabled IPAC scheme with…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-26 Junchang Sun , Shuai Ma , Shiyin Li

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has been explored as a supportive technology for wireless communication since around 2019. While the literature highlights the potential of RIS in different modern applications, two key issues have…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-10 Daniel C. Alcantara , Daniel V. C. de Oliveira , Gilderlan T. de Araújo , Paulo R. B. Gomes , André L. F. de Almeida

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

In this paper, we consider a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted multiple-input multiple-output communication system with multiple antennas at both the base station (BS) and the user. We plan to maximize the achievable rate…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-28 Yaqiong Zhao , Jindan Xu , Wei Xu , Kezhi Wang , Xinquan Ye , Chau Yuen , Xiaohu You

The reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is an emerging technology that changes how wireless networks are perceived, therefore its potential benefits and applications are currently under intense research and investigation. In this…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-18 Placido Mursia , Sendy Phang , Vincenzo Sciancalepore , Gabriele Gradoni , Marco Di Renzo

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a promising technology for future wireless communication systems. Channel estimation (CE) of RIS device is a critical but also challenging issue for its development. The mainstream of existing CE…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-08-29 Yanze Zhu , Yang Liu , Qingqing Wu , Changsheng You , Qingjiang Shi

This work studies the net sum-rate performance of a distributed reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs)-assisted multi-user multiple-input-single-output (MISO) downlink communication system under imperfect instantaneous-channel state…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-04 Bayan Al-Nahhas , Qurrat-Ul-Ain Nadeem , Anas Chaaban

This paper considers a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) aided orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) relaying system, and investigates the joint design of RIS passive beamforming and subcarrier matching under two cases,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-10-06 Tong Zhang , Shuai Wang , Yufan Zhuang , Changsheng You , Miaowen Wen , Yik-Chung Wu

With the evolution of the 5G, 6G and beyond, device-to-device (D2D) communication has been developed as an energy-, and spectrum-efficient solution. In cellular network, D2D links need to share the same spectrum resources with the cellular…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-07-03 Yali Chen , Bo Ai , Hongliang Zhang , Yong Niu , Lingyang Song , Zhu Han , H. Vincent Poor

In this paper, we present our experience designing, prototyping, and empirically characterizing RF Switch-based Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS). Our RIS design comprises arrays of patch antennas, delay lines and programmable…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-18 Marco Rossanese , Placido Mursia , Andres Garcia-Saavedra , Vincenzo Sciancalepore , Arash Asadi , Xavier Costa-Perez