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Many future Internet of Things (IoT) applications are expected to rely heavily on reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). However, the endurance of such systems is constrained by the limited onboard…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Mahmoud M. Salim , Khaled M. Rabie , Ali H. Muqaibel

Although reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a promising technology for shaping the propagation environment, it consists of a single-layer structure within inherent limitations regarding the number of beam steering patterns. Based…

Simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) assisted non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) communication systems are investigated in its vicinity, where a STAR-RIS is deployed within a predefined…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-28 Qiling Gao , Yuanwei Liu , Xidong Mu , Min Jia , Dongbo Li , Lajos Hanzo

The use of satellites to provide ubiquitous coverage and connectivity for densely deployed Internet of Things (IoT) networks is expected to be a reality in emerging 6G networks. Yet the low battery capacity of IoT nodes constitutes a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-05-24 Kürşat Tekbıyık , Güneş Karabulut Kurt , Halim Yanikomeroglu

In this paper, we propose a novel wireless architecture, mounted on a high-altitude aerial platform, which is enabled by reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS). By installing RIS on the aerial platform, rich line-of-sight and full-area…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-03 Hong-Bae Jeon , Sung-Ho Park , Jaedon Park , Kaibin Huang , Chan-Byoung Chae

A novel framework is proposed for integrating reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) enabled wireless networks, where an RIS is deployed for enhancing the service quality of the UAV. Non-orthogonal…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-07 Xiao Liu , Yuanwei Liu , Yue Chen

In this paper, we study the performance of multiple reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs)-aided unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communication networks over Nakagami-$m$ fading channels. For that purpose, we used accurate closed-form…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-03-21 Khaled Alshehri , Anas M. Salhab , Ali Arshad Nasir

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are expected to be used extensively in the future for various applications, either as user equipment (UEs) connected to a cellular wireless network, or as an infrastructure extension of an existing wireless…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-01 Sung Joon Maeng , Jaehyun Park , Ismail Guvenc

A novel reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs)-based transmission framework is proposed for downlink non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) networks. We propose a quality-of-service (QoS)-based clustering scheme to improve the resource…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-05 Yixuan Zou , Yuanwei Liu , Kaifeng Han , Xiao Liu , Kok Keong Chai

In this correspondence, we propose to use an intelligent reflective surface (IRS) installed on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), referred to as aerial IRS (AIRS), for vehicular networks, where simultaneous wireless information and power…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-24 Gyoungyoon Nam , Seokhyun Lee , Seongah Jeong

Aerial-ground interference mitigation is a challenging issue in the cellular-connected unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communications. Due to the strong line-of-sight (LoS) air-to-ground (A2G) channels, the UAV may impose/suffer more severe…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-02-15 Weidong Mei , Rui Zhang

The impact of information and communication technologies on global energy consumption is increasing every year, and mobile networks account for a significant portion of it. More than 50% of the total energy consumption of mobile networks is…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-02-27 Cihan Emre Kement , Ferdi Kara , Wael Jaafar , Halim Yanikomeroglu , Gamini Senarath , Ngoc Dung Dao , Peiying Zhu

The integration of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into wireless networks has opened a new horizon to meet the capacity and coverage requirements foreseen in future wireless networks. Harnessing UAVs as flying base stations (BSs) has helped…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-10-19 Rabe Arshad , Lutz Lampe , Hesham ElSawy , Md. Jahangir Hossain

This paper investigates the optimization of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) in an integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system. \red{To meet the demand of growing number of devices, power domain non-orthogonal multiple access…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-13 Wanting Lyu , Yue Xiu , Xinyang Li , Songjie Yang , Phee Lep Yeoh , Yonghui Li , Zhongpei Zhang

Enabling the Internet of things in remote environments without traditional communication infrastructure requires a multi-layer network architecture. Devices in the overlay network such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are required to…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-12-03 Muhammad Junaid Farooq , Quanyan Zhu

The integration of RIS into UAV networks presents a transformative solution for achieving energy-efficient and reliable communication, particularly within the rapidly expanding low-altitude economy (LAE). As UAVs facilitate diverse aerial…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Manzoor Ahmed , Aized Amin Soofi , Feroz Khan , Salman Raza , Wali Ullah Khan , Lina Su , Fang Xu , Zhu Han

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is considered to be an energy-efficient approach to reshape the wireless environment for improved throughput. Its passive feature greatly reduces the energy consumption, which makes RIS a promising…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-20 Keke Ying , Zhen Gao , Shanxiang Lyu , Yongpeng Wu , Hua Wang , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be deployed as aerial base stations (BSs) for rapid establishment of communication networks during temporary events and after disasters. Since UAV-BSs are low power nodes, achieving high spectral and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-01-16 Nadisanka Rupasinghe , Yavuz Yapici , Ismail Guvenc , Yuichi Kakishima

This paper investigates the secure communication capabilities of a non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) network supported by a STAR-RIS (simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface) deployed on an unmanned…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-09 Aseel Qsibat , Habiba Akhleifa , Abdelhamid Salem , Khaled Rabie , Xingwang Li , Thokozani Shongwe , Mohamad A. Alawad , Yazeed Alkhrijah

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is known as a promising technology to improve the performance of wireless communication networks, which has been extensively studied. Movable antenna (MA) is a novel technology that fully exploits…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-14 Yunan Sun , Hao Xu , Chongjun Ouyang , Hongwen Yang