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This work demonstrates the effectiveness of a novel simultaneous transmission and reflection reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) in Full-Duplex (FD) aided communication system. The objective is to minimize the total transmit power…

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In this paper, the queue-aware simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (STAR-RIS) assisted non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) communication system is investigated to ensure the system stability,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-28 Nannan Zhang , Yuanwei Liu , Xidong Mu , Wei Wang

Different from traditional reflection-only reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs), simultaneously transmitting and reflecting RISs (STAR-RISs) represent a novel technology, which extends the half-space coverage to full-space coverage by…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-20 Jiakuo Zuo , Yuanwei Liu , Zhiguo Ding , Lingyang Song , H. Vincent Poor

This paper introduces a novel multi-user mobile edge computing (MEC) scheme facilitated by the simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) and the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Unlike existing…

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Simultaneously transmitting and reflecting surface (STARS) empowered multi-functional 6G wireless networks are investigated. Starting with the communication functionality, various types of STARS are introduced in terms of power…

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A simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) assisted downlink (DL) active and uplink (UL) backscatter communication (BackCom) framework is proposed. More particularly, a full-duplex (FD) base…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-25 Ao Huang , Xidong Mu , Li Guo

In this article, we investigate the robust beamforming design for a simultaneous transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) aided downlink rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) communication system, where both…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-08 Ziyue Wang , Xiaoyan Ma , Xingyu Peng , Zheao Li , Jinyuan Liu , Yongliang Guan , Chau Yuen

In this paper, we propose a simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) empowered transmission scheme for symbiotic radio (SR) systems to make more flexibility for network deployment and enhance…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-21 Chao Zhou , Bin Lyu , Youhong Feng , Dinh Thai Hoang

In this work, we unveil the advantages of synergizing cooperative rate splitting (CRS) with user relaying and simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR RIS). Specifically, we propose a novel STAR…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-16 Kangchun Zhao , Yijie Mao , Yuanming Shi

In this work, we investigate a novel simultaneous transmission and reflection reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted multiple-input multiple-output downlink system, where three practical transmission protocols, namely, energy…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-06-18 Hehao Niu , Zheng Chu , Fuhui Zhou , Pei Xiao , Naofal Al-Dhahir

In this paper, we focus on the sum-rate optimization in a multi-user millimeter-wave (mmWave) system with distributed intelligent reflecting surfaces (D-IRSs), where a base station (BS) communicates with users via multiple IRSs. The BS…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-22 Yue Xiu , Wei Sun , Jiao Wu , Guan Gui , Ning Wei , Zhongpei Zhang

Transmissive reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) represent a transformative architecture for future wireless networks, enabling a paradigm shift from traditional costly base stations to low-cost, energy-efficient transmitters. This…

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The development of sixth-generation (6G) communication technologies is confronted with the significant challenge of spectrum resource shortage. To alleviate this issue, we propose a novel simultaneously transmitting and reflecting…

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In millimeter wave (mmWave) systems, the advanced lens antenna array can effectively reduce the radio frequency chains cost. However, the mmWave signal is still vulnerable to blocking obstacles and suffers from severe path loss. To address…

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The merge of mobile edge computing (MEC) and millimeter-wave (mmWave) communications will hopefully enable the fast access for computational resources, where these two technologies can benefit from each other's potentials. However, the high…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-13 Yashuai Cao , Tiejun Lv

A novel simultaneously transmitting and reflecting (STAR) system design relying on reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) is conceived. First, an existing prototype is reviewed and the potential benefits of STAR-RISs are discussed.…

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This paper studies the optimal placement of ceiling-mounted metasurfaces (MTSs) to help focus the wireless signal beam onto the target receiver, as inspired by the theatre spotlight. We assume that a total of $M$ MTSs are deployed, and that…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Wenhai Lai , Kaiming Shen , Rui Zhang

This paper investigates a flexible intelligent metasurface (FIM)-enabled wireless communication system that integrates simultaneously transmitting and reflecting beyond diagonal reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (STAR-BD-RIS) with…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-23 Armin Farhadi , Maryam Cheraghy , Eduard Jorswieck

Simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) is an effective energy-saving technology, but its efficiency is hindered by environmental factors. The introduction of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) has alleviated…

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Movable antenna (MA) is a promising technology for improving the performance of wireless communication systems by providing new degrees-of-freedom (DoFs) in antenna position optimization. However, existing works on MA systems have mostly…

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