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Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a new promising technology that is able to manipulate the wireless propagation channel via smart and controllable signal reflection. In this paper, we investigate the capacity region of a multiple…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-02-18 Shuowen Zhang , Rui Zhang

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) assisted unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems provide a new paradigm for reconfigurable and flexible wireless communications. To enable more energy efficient and spectrum efficient IRS assisted UAV…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-22 Yiheng Wang

In this paper, we propose to use a hybrid relay-reflecting intelligent surface (HR-RIS) to enhance the performance of a covert communication system. Specifically, the HR-RIS consists of passive reflecting elements and active relay elements…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Jinsong Hu , Xiaoqiang Shi , Youjia Chen , Tiesong Zhao , Feng Shu

Low-cost passive intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) have recently been envisioned as a revolutionary technology capable of reconfiguring the wireless propagation environment through carefully tuning reflection elements. This paper…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-14 Zhangjie Peng , Zhenkun Zhang , Cunhua Pan , Li Li , A. Lee Swindlehurst

In this paper, we propose to utilize intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) for enhancing the physical layer security of wireless communications systems. In particular, an IRS-assisted secure wireless system is considered, where a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-02-26 Xianghao Yu , Dongfang Xu , Robert Schober

Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS) is envisioned to be a technical enabler for the sixth-generation (6G) wireless system. Its potential lies in delivering high performance while maintaining both power efficiency and cost-effectiveness.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-17 Wei Jiang , Hans Schotten

Simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (STAR-RISs) have emerged as a promising technology for enabling full-space signal manipulation and enhancing wireless network coverage and capacity. In this…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-15 Taissir Y. Elganimi , Mahmoud Aldababsa , Ali A. Nasir , Khaled M. Rabie

Intelligent reflective surfaces (IRSs) capable of reconfiguring their electromagnetic absorption and reflection properties in real-time are offering unprecedented opportunities to enhance wireless communication experience in challenging…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-02-03 Dong Ma , Ming Ding , Mahbub Hassan

In this letter, we study the secure communication problem in the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) enabled networks aided by an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) from the physical-layer security perspective. Specifically, the IRS is deployed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-11-10 Wen Wang , Hui Tian , Wanli Ni , Meihui Hua

In this paper multi-antenna half-duplex and full-duplex relaying are compared from the perspective of achievable rates. Full-duplexing operation requires additional resources at the relay such as antennas and RF chains for self-interference…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-03-13 Nirmal Shende , Ozgur Gurbuz , Elza Erkip

Secure communications are of paramount importance in spectrum sharing networks due to the allocation and sharing characteristics of spectrum resources. To further explore the potential of intelligent reflective surfaces (IRSs) in enhancing…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-05 Lingyi Wang , Wei Wu , Fuhui Zhou , Qihui Wu , Octavia A. Dobre , Tony Q. S. Quek

Free-space optical (FSO) systems are able to offer the high data-rate, secure, and cost-efficient communication links required for applications such as wireless front- and backhauling for 5G and 6G communication networks. Despite the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-28 Vahid Jamali , Hedieh Ajam , Marzieh Najafi , Bernhard Schmauss , Robert Schober , H. Vincent Poor

This paper presents a new integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) framework, leveraging the recent advancements of reconfigurable distributed antenna and reflecting surface (RDARS). RDARS is a programmable surface structure comprising…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-11 Pingping Zhang , Jintao Wang , Yulin Shao , Shaodan Ma

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is envisioned as a revolutionary technology for future wireless communication systems since it can intelligently change radio environment and integrate it into wireless communication optimization.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-05 Hongyu Li , Wenhao Cai , Yang Liu , Ming Li , Qian Liu , Qingqing Wu

We consider an Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS)-aided multiple-input single-output (MISO) system for downlink transmission. We compare the performance of Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) and conventional optimization methods in finding…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-07-27 Amal Feriani , Amine Mezghani , Ekram Hossain

This paper addresses the crucial need for reliable wireless communication in vehicular networks, particularly vital for the safety and efficacy of (semi-)autonomous driving amid increasing traffic. We explore the use of Reconfigurable…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-03-26 Salim Janji , Paweł Sroka , Adrian Kliks

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a cost-efficient technique to improve power efficiency and spectral efficiency. However, IRS-aided multi-antenna transmission needs to jointly optimize the passive and active beamforming, imposing a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-03 Wei Jiang , Hans Dieter Schotten

We study the beamforming optimization for an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-aided full-duplex (FD) communication system in this letter. Specifically, we maximize the sum rate of bi-directional transmissions by jointly optimizing the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-10-22 Hong Shen , Tian Ding , Wei Xu , Chunming Zhao

In this paper, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and intelligent reflective surface (IRS) are utilized to support terahertz (THz) communications. To this end, the joint optimization of UAV's trajectory, the phase shift of IRS, the allocation…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-02 Yijin Pan , Kezhi Wang , Cunhua Pan , Huiling Zhu , Jiangzhou Wang

In this paper, we propose a deep reinforcement learning (DRL) approach for solving the optimisation problem of the network's sum-rate in device-to-device (D2D) communications supported by an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS). The IRS is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-09 Khoi Khac Nguyen , Antonino Masaracchia , Cheng Yin , Long D. Nguyen , Octavia A. Dobre , Trung Q. Duong