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Near-field (NF) communications is receiving renewed interest in the context of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems involving large physical apertures with respect to the signal wavelength. While line-of-sight (LOS) links are…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-26 Mohamadreza Delbari , George C. Alexandropoulos , Robert Schober , H. Vincent Poor , Vahid Jamali

Simultaneous lightwave information and power transfer (SLIPT) is a potential way to meet the demands of sustainable power supply and high-rate data transfer in next-generation networks. Although resonant beam-based SLIPT (RB-SLIPT) can…

Optics · Physics 2022-07-28 Mingqing Liu , Shuaifan Xia , Mingliang Xiong , Mengyuan Xu , Qingwen Liu , Hao Deng

Around-the-corner radar (ACR) sensing of targets in non-line-of-sight (NLOS) conditions has been explored for security and surveillance applications and look-ahead warning systems in automotive scenarios. Here, the targets are detected…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-13 Kainat Yasmeen , Debidas Kundu , Shobha Sundar Ram

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) has been widely recognized as an efficient technique to reconfigure the electromagnetic environment in favor of wireless communication performance. In this paper, we propose a new application of IRS for…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-24 Peilan Wang , Weidong Mei , Jun Fang , Rui Zhang

Neuromorphic or event cameras, inspired by biological vision systems, capture changes in illumination with high temporal resolution and efficiency, producing streams of events rather than traditional images. In this paper, we explore the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-17 Abbaas Alif Mohamed Nishar , Alireza Marefat , Ashwin Ashok

Seeing around corners, also known as non-line-of-sight (NLOS) imaging is a computational method to resolve or recover objects hidden around corners. Recent advances in imaging around corners have gained significant interest. This paper…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-10-15 Tomohiro Maeda , Guy Satat , Tristan Swedish , Lagnojita Sinha , Ramesh Raskar

Conventionally, human intuition defines vision as a modality of passive optical sensing, relying on ambient light to perceive the environment. However, active optical sensing, which involves emitting and receiving signals, offers unique…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-27 Wei Gao , Jie Zhang , Mingle Zhao , Zhiyuan Zhang , Shu Kong , Maani Ghaffari , Dezhen Song , Cheng-Zhong Xu , Hui Kong

This paper presents a method of passive non-line-of-sight (NLOS) imaging using polarization cues. A key observation is that the oblique light has a different polarimetric signal. It turns out this effect is due to the polarization axis…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-12-02 Kenichiro Tanaka , Yasuhiro Mukaigawa , Achuta Kadambi

This paper tackles limitations in existing non-line-of-sight (NLoS) ultraviolet (UV) channel models, where conventional approaches assume obstacle-free propagation or uniform radiation intensity. In this paper, we develop a path loss model…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-20 Tianfeng Wu , Fang Yang , Fei Li , Renzhi Yuan , Tian Cao , Ling Cheng , Jian Song , Julian Cheng , Zhu Han

Non-line-of-sight (NLOS) imaging allows for the imaging of objects around a corner, which enables potential applications in various fields such as autonomous driving, robotic vision, medical imaging, security monitoring, etc. However, the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-21 Duolan Huang , Quan Chen , Zhun Wei , Rui Chen

Large reflection and diffraction losses in the Terahertz (THz) band give rise to degraded coverage abilities in non-line-of-sight (NLoS) areas. To overcome this, a non-intelligent reflecting surface (NIRS) can be used, which is essentially…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-12 Chong Han , Yuanbo Li , Yinqin Wang

This paper proposes a new three dimensional (3D) networking architecture enabled by aerial intelligent reflecting surface (AIRS) to achieve panoramic signal reflection from the sky. Compared to the conventional terrestrial IRS, AIRS not…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-22 Haiquan Lu , Yong Zeng , Shi Jin , Rui Zhang

Wireless positioning in Non-Line-of-Sight (NLoS) scenarios presents significant challenges due to multipath effects that lead to biased measurements and reduced positioning accuracy. This paper revisits electromagnetic field theory related…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-04 Gaurav Duggal , R. Michael Buehrer , Harpreet S. Dhillon , Jeffrey H. Reed

In this work, we propose an innovative system that combines high-altitude platforms (HAPs) and optical intelligent reflecting surfaces (OIRS) to address line-of-sight (LOS) challenges in urban environments. Our three-hops system setup…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-04 Shunyuan Shang , Emna Zedini , Abla Kammoun , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

This paper investigates the sensing performance of two intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-enabled non-line-of-sight (NLoS) sensing systems with fully-passive and semi-passive IRSs, respectively. In particular, we consider a fundamental…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-13 Xianxin Song , Xinmin Li , Xiaoqi Qin , Jie Xu , Tony Xiao Han , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng

Accurate localization of non-cooperative signal sources in non-line-of-sight (NLoS) environments remains a critical challenge with a wide range of applications, including autonomous navigation, industrial automation, and emergency response.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-05 Xiucheng Wang , Qiming Zhang , Nan Cheng

We consider the non-line-of-sight (NLOS) imaging of an object using the light reflected off a diffusive wall. The wall scatters incident light such that a lens is no longer useful to form an image. Instead, we exploit the 4D spatial…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-12-06 Andre Beckus , Alexandru Tamasan , George K. Atia

Visual object recognition under situations in which the direct line-of-sight is blocked, such as when it is occluded around the corner, is of practical importance in a wide range of applications. With coherent illumination, the light…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-17 Xin Lei , Liangyu He , Yixuan Tan , Ken Xingze Wang , Xinggang Wang , Yihan Du , Shanhui Fan , Zongfu Yu

Due to their passive nature and thus low energy consumption, intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) have shown promise as means of extending coverage as a proxy for connection reliability. The relative locations of the base station (BS),…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-08 Ehsan Tohidi , Sven Haesloop , Lars Thiele , Slawomir Stanczak

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is an emerging technology that is able to significantly improve the performance of wireless communications, by smartly tuning signal reflections at a large number of passive reflecting elements. On the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-14 Xiaodan Shao , Changsheng You , Rui Zhang