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Accurate time synchronization is essential for Internet of Things (IoT) systems, where multiple distributed nodes must share a common time base for coordinated sensing and data fusion. However, conventional synchronization approaches suffer…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-04-09 Ziyao Zhou , Tiancheng Cao , Chen Shen , Jiaqi Zhang , Yuting Liu , Hen-Wei Huang

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

One of the key enablers of future wireless communications is constituted by massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, which can improve the spectral efficiency by orders of magnitude. However, in existing massive MIMO systems,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-12-10 Linglong Dai , Bichai Wang , Min Wang , Xue Yang , Jingbo Tan , Shuangkaisheng Bi , Shenheng Xu , Fan Yang , Zhi Chen , Marco Di Renzo , Lajos Hanzo

This paper investigates robust and secure multiuser multiple-input single-output (MISO) downlink communications assisted by a self-sustainable intelligent reflection surface (IRS), which can simultaneously reflect and harvest energy from…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-08-05 Shaokang Hu , Zhiqiang Wei , Yuanxin Cai , Chang Liu , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Jinhong Yuan

The adoption of a Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) for downlink multi-user communication from a multi-antenna base station is investigated in this paper. We develop energy-efficient designs for both the transmit power allocation and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-06-23 Chongwen Huang , Alessio Zappone , George C. Alexandropoulos , Mérouane Debbah , Chau Yuen

This paper proposes a new simultaneous terahertz (THz) information and power transfer (STIPT) system, which is assisted by reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) for both the information data and power transmission. We aim to maximize the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-09 Yijin Pan , Kezhi Wang , Cunhua Pan , Huiling Zhu , Jiangzhou Wang

In this paper, we propose a novel transmissive reconfigurable intelligent surface (TRIS) transceiver-driven cooperative integrated sensing, computing, and communication (ISCC) network to meet the requirement for a diverse network with low…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-30 Ziwei Liu , Wen Chen , Zhendong Li , Qiong Wu

Future wireless communication networks are expected to be smarter and more aware of their surroundings, enabling a wide range of context-aware applications. Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) are set to play a critical role in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-13 Yixuan Huang , Jie Yang , Chao-Kai Wen , Shi Jin

Recent advances in the fabrication and experimentation of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) have motivated the concept of the smart radio environment, according to which the propagation of information-bearing waveforms in the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-07-27 George C. Alexandropoulos , Nir Shlezinger , Philipp del Hougne

Wireless devices can be easily attacked by jammers during transmission, which is a potential security threat for wireless communications. Active reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) attracts considerable attention and is expected to be…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-06-17 Yang Cao , Wenchi Cheng , Jingqing Wang , Wei Zhang

Rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) and reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) have been both recognized as promising techniques for 6G. The benefits of combining the two techniques to enhance the spectral and energy efficiency have…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-16 Chengzhong Tian , Yijie Mao , Kangchun Zhao , Yuanming Shi , Bruno Clerckx

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) enhances signal quality by adjusting the phase of electromagnetic waves in wireless communication. Spatial modulation (SM), a prominent index modulation (IM) technique, provides high spectral…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-23 Burak Ahmet Ozden , Erdogan Aydin

Time reversal (TR) is a promising technique that exploits multipaths for achieving energy focusing in high-frequency wideband communications. In this letter, we focus on a TR scheme facilitated by a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-27 Andreas Nicolaides , Constantinos Psomas , Ioannis Krikidis

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) are a new paradigm which, with judicious deployment and alignment, can enable more favorable propagation environments and better wireless network design. As such, they can offer a number of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-12-05 Jiayu Mao , Aylin Yener

Maritime communication is becoming a vital component of 6G networks, driven by the rapid expansion of the maritime economy. However, existing technologies face critical challenges in signal coverage, availability, and robustness, especially…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Qianqian Zhang , Long Wang , Ben Wu , Jia Mi

This paper proposes a novel semi-self sensing hybrid reconfigurable intelligent surface (SS-HRIS) in terahertz (THz) bands, where the RIS is equipped with reflecting elements divided between passive and active elements in addition to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-22 Sara Farrag Mobarak , Tingnan Bao , Melike Erol-Kantarci

Many of the devices used in Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications are energy-limited, and thus supplying energy while maintaining seamless connectivity for IoT devices is of considerable importance. In this context, we propose a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-09 Khoi Khac Nguyen , Antonino Masaracchia , Tan Do-Duy , H. Vincent Poor , Trung Q. Duong

The opening of the millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum bands for 5G communications has motivated the need for novel spectrum sharing solutions at these high frequencies. In fact, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have recently…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-26 Omar Hashash , Walid Saad , Mohammadreza F. Imani , David R. Smith

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has drawn considerable attention from the research society recently, which creates favorable propagation conditions by controlling the phase shifts of the reflected waves at the surface, thereby…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-11-01 Boya Di , Hongliang Zhang , Lingyang Song , Yonghui Li , Zhu Han , H. Vincent Poor

Until now, researchers in wireless communications have mainly focused their attention on slowly time-varying designs of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs), where the spatial-phase gradient across the RIS is varied at the rate equal…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-30 Francesco Verde , Donatella Darsena , Vincenzo Galdi