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In this paper, we propose a three-stage unified channel estimation strategy for reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided multi-user (MU) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) millimeter wave (mmWave) systems with the existence of the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-25 Taihao Zhang , Zhendong Peng , Cunhua Pan , Hong Ren , Jiangzhou Wang

RIS-aided millimeter wave wireless systems benefit from robustness to blockage and enhanced coverage. In this paper, we study the ability of RIS to also provide enhanced localization capabilities as a by-product of communication. We…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-28 Murat Bayraktar , Joan Palacios , Nuria González-Prelcic , Charlie Jianzhong Zhang

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) emerges as a promising technology for the next generation networks. In this paper, we utilize the tools from stochastic geometry to study the performance of a RIS-assisted millimeter wave (mmWave)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-04-19 Le Yang , Fu-Chun Zheng , Shi Jin

5G radio at millimeter wave (mmWave) and beyond 5G concepts at 0.1-1 THz can exploit angle and delay measurements for localization, by the virtue of increased bandwidth and large antenna arrays but are limited in terms of blockage caused by…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-12 Henk Wymeersch , Jiguang He , Benoît Denis , Antonio Clemente , Markku Juntti

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

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

Millimeter wave (MmWave) systems are vulnerable to blockages, which cause signal drop and link outage. One solution is to deploy reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) to add a strong non-line-of-sight path from the transmitter to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-01 Xiaowen Tian , Nuria Gonzalez-Prelcic , Robert W. Heath

In millimeter wave (mmWave) systems, it is challenging to ensure the reliable connectivity of communications due to its sensitivity to the presence of blockages. In order to improve the robustness of the mmWave system under the presence of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-09-01 Gui Zhou , Cunhua Pan , Hong Ren , Kezhi Wang , Marco Di Renzo

The extra degrees of freedom resulting from the consideration of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) for smart signal propagation can be exploited for high accuracy localization and tracking. In this paper, capitalizing on a recent…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-03-01 George C. Alexandropoulos , Ioanna Vinieratou , Henk Wymeersch

A reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) can shape the radio propagation environment by virtue of changing the impinging electromagnetic waves towards any desired directions, thus, breaking the general Snell's reflection law. However, the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-15 Jiguang He , Henk Wymeersch , Markku Juntti

Channel acquisition is one of the main challenges for the deployment of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) aided communication systems. This is because an RIS has a large number of reflective elements, which are passive devices with…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-16 Jie Chen , Ying-Chang Liang , Hei Victor Cheng , Wei Yu

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) plays a pivotal role in the sixth generation networks to enhance communication rate and localization accuracy. In this letter, we propose a positioning algorithm in a RIS-assisted environment, where…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-10 Sajjad Ghiasvand , Arash Nasri , Ali H. Abdollahi Bafghi , Masoumeh Nasiri-Kenari

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) not only assist communication but also help the localization of user equipment (UE). This study focuses on the indoor localization of UE with a single access point (AP) aided by multiple RISs.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-05-06 Xiyu Wang , Yixuan Huang , Jie Yang , Yu Han , Shi Jin

High-precision localization and environmental sensing are essential for a new wave of applications, ranging from industrial automation and autonomous systems to augmented reality and remote healthcare. Conventional wireless methods,…

As a widely used localization and sensing technique, radars will play an important role in future wireless networks. However, the wireless channels between the radar and the targets are passively adopted by traditional radars, which limits…

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

We study the channel estimation problem for a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted millimeter-wave (mmWave) multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) system. In particular, it is assumed that the channel between a RIS…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-18 Jeongjae Lee , Songnam Hong

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have attracted enormous interest thanks to their ability to overcome line-of-sight blockages in mmWave systems, enabling in turn accurate localization with minimal infrastructure. Less investigated…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-14 Alessio Fascista , Musa Furkan Keskin , Angelo Coluccia , Henk Wymeersch , Gonzalo Seco-Granados

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) are one of the foremost technological enablers of future wireless systems. They improve communication and localization by providing a strong non-line-of-sight path to the receiver. In this paper,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-26 Kamran Keykhosravi , Henk Wymeersch

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system for the fifth generation (5G) cellular communications can also enable single-anchor positioning and object tracking due to its large bandwidth and inherently high angular…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-10-02 Jiguang He , Henk Wymeersch , Long Kong , Olli Silvén , Markku Juntti

This paper proposes a light-emitting reconfigurable intelligent surface (LeRIS) architecture that integrates vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) to jointly support user localization and mmWave communication. By leveraging the…