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Forthcoming 6G networks have two predominant features of wide coverage and sufficient computation capability. To support the promising applications, Integrated Sensing, Communication, and Computation (ISCC) has been considered as a vital…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-17 Bin Li , Wancheng Xie , Zesong Fei

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) assist in paving the way for the evolution of conventional vehicular networks to autonomous driving. Having said that, the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) faces numerous open challenges…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-08 Yuanbin Chen , Ying Wang , Jiayi Zhang , Ping Zhang , Lajos Hanzo

Recently there has been a flurry of research on the use of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) in wireless networks to create smart radio environments. In a smart radio environment, surfaces are capable of manipulating the propagation…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-05 Mohamed A. ElMossallamy , Hongliang Zhang , Lingyang Song , Karim G. Seddik , Zhu Han , Geoffrey Ye Li

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is one of the most promising technologies for 5G-Adv and 6G. It has the characteristics of low cost, low complexity, and easy deployment, which provides a new opportunity to develop intelligent…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-20 Yajun Zhao , Jiayi Zhang , Bo Ai

In this paper, we survey state-of-the-art research outcomes in the burgeoning field of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) in view of its potential for significant performance enhancement for next generation wireless communication…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-16 Miguel Dajer , Zhengxiang Ma , Leonard Piazzi , Narayan Prasad , Xiao-Feng Qi , Baoling Sheen , Jin Yang , Guosen Yue

Network-controlled repeaters (NCR) and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) are being considered by the third generation partnership project (3GPP) as valid candidates for range extension in millimeter-wave (mmW, 30-300 GHz frequency)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-16 Reza Aghazadeh Ayoubi , Marouan Mizmizi , Dario Tagliaferri , Danilo De Donno , Umberto Spagnolini

Satellite networks promise wide-area 6G coverage but face two persistent barriers: blockage-induced service discontinuities and increasingly stringent spectrum coexistence across satellite layers and with terrestrial systems. Reconfigurable…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-25 Ziyuan Zheng , Xiangyu Li , Shirui Zuo , Yu Wan , Bodong Shang , Wenpeng Jing , Qingqing Wu

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) are a novel form of ultra-low power devices that are capable to increase the communication data rates as well as the cell coverage in a cost- and energy-efficient way. This is attributed to their…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-11 Ruiqi Liu , Shuang Zheng , Qingqing Wu , Yifan Jiang , Nan Zhang , Yuanwei Liu , Marco Di Renzo , and George C. Alexandropoulos

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-empowered communication is being considered as an enabling technology for sixth generation (6G) wireless networks. The key idea of RIS-assisted communication is to enhance the capacity, coverage,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-06-23 Mithun Mukherjee , Vikas Kumar , Mian Guo , Daniel Benevides da Costa , Ertugrul Basar , Zhiguo Ding

The future 6G of wireless communication networks will have to meet multiple requirements in increasingly demanding levels, either individually or in combinations in small groups. This trend has spurred recent research activities on…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-22 George C. Alexandropoulos , Geoffroy Lerosey , Merouane Debbah , Mathias Fink

The demand for unprecedented performance in the upcoming 6G wireless networks is fomenting the research on THz communications empowered by Reconfigurable Inteligent Surfaces (RISs). A wide range of use cases have been proposed, most of…

Can reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) operate in a standalone mode that is completely transparent to the 3GPP 5G initial access process? Realizing that may greatly simplify the deployment and operation of these surfaces and reduce…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-28 Shuaifeng Jiang , Ahmed Hindy , Ahmed Alkhateeb

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is an emerging meta-surface that can provide additional communications links through reflecting the signals, and has been recognized as a strong candidate of 6G mobile communications systems.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-02 Shun Zhang , Muye Li , Mengnan Jian , Yajun Zhao , Feifei Gao

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have attracted the attention of academia and industry circles because of their ability to control the electromagnetic characteristics of channel environments. However, it has been found that the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-02 Yajun Zhao , Xin Lv

The design of 6th Generation (6G) wireless networks points towards flexible connect-and-compute technologies capable to support innovative services and use cases. Targeting the 2030 horizon, 6G networks are poised to pave the way for…

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has been widely considered as a key technique to improve spectral efficiency for 6G communications. Compared with most existing research that only focuses on the reflective RIS, the design and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-07-01 Junwen Tang , Mingyao Cui , Shenheng Xu , Linglong Dai , Fan Yang , Maokun Li

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have emerged as a promising solution for enabling energy-efficient and flexible spectrum usage in wireless communication, particularly in the context of sixth-generation (6G) networks. While…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-14 Farjam Karim , Deepak Kumar , Prathapasinghe Dharmawansa , Nurul Huda Mahmood , Arthur Sousa de Sena , Matti-Latva-aho

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has emerged as a cost-effective and energy-efficient technique for 6G. By adjusting the phase shifts of passive reflecting elements, RIS is capable of suppressing the interference and combining the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-26 Jinglian He , Yijie Mao , Yong Zhou , Ting Wang , Yuanming Shi

On-chip reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) are expected to play a vital role in future 6G communication systems. This work proposed a CMOS-compatible on-chip RIS capable of achieving beam steering for the first time. The proposed…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-23 Xiarui Su , Xihui Teng , Yiyang Yu , Yiming Yang , Atif Shamim

This letter is the third part of a three-part tutorial that focuses on rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) for 6G. As Part III of the tutorial, this letter provides an overview of integrating RSMA and reconfigurable intelligent surface…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-08 Hongyu Li , Yijie Mao , Onur Dizdar , Bruno Clerckx