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The advantages of millimeter-wave and large antenna arrays technologies for accurate wireless localization received extensive attentions recently. However, how to further improve the accuracy of wireless localization, even in the case of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-09-17 Yiming Liu , Erwu Liu , Rui Wang

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-empowered communication is one of the promising 6G technologies that allows the conversion of the wireless channel into an intelligent transmit entity by manipulating the impinging waves using…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-09-01 I. Yildirim , A. Uyrus , E. Basar

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has recently gained significant interest as an emerging technology for future wireless networks thanks to its potential for improving the coverage probability in challenging propagation environments.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-09-08 Trinh Van Chien , Lam Thanh Tu , Waqas Khalid , Heejung Yu , Symeon Chatzinotas , Marco Di Renzo

The prospects of using a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) to aid wireless communication systems have recently received much attention. Among the different use cases, the most popular one is where each element of the RIS scatters the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-09 Andrea De Jesus Torres , Luca Sanguinetti , Emil Björnson

The following paper proposes a new target localization system design using an architecture based on reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) and passive radars (PRs) for integrated sensing and communications systems. The preamble of the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-02 Dexin Wang , Ahmad Bazzi , Marwa Chafii

In this paper, we study the advantages of using reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) for interference suppression in single-input single-output (SISO) distributed Internet of Things (IoT) networks. Implementing RIS-assisted networks…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-12-19 Sajjad Nassirpour , Alireza Vahid , Dinh-Thuan Do , Dinesh Bharadia

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) is envisioned to be an enabling technique in 6G wireless communications. By configuring the reflection beamforming codebook, RIS focuses signals on target receivers to enhance signal strength. In…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-07 Huiying Yang , Rujing Xiong , Yao Xiao , Zhijie Fan , Tiebin Mi , Robert Caiming Qiu , Zenan Ling

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) enable smart wireless environments by dynamically controlling signal propagation to enhance communication and localization. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can act as flying base stations and thus,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-11 Anupam Mondal , Priyadarshi Mukherjee , Sasthi C. Ghosh

In this survey paper, we present an extensive review of the use of RIS in 6G radio localization, highlighting their pivotal role as a low-cost, energy-efficient technology that reshapes wireless communication and localization landscapes.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-05 Anum Umer , Ivo Müürsepp , Muhammad Mahtab Alam , Henk Wymeersch

In addition to enhancing wireless communication coverage quality, reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) technique can also assist in positioning. In this work, we consider RIS-assisted superimposed pilot and data transmission without the…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2025-04-08 Wenchao Xia , Ben Zhao , Wankai Tang , Yongxu Zhu , Kai-Kit Wong , Sangarapillai Lambotharan , Hyundong Shin

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have the potential to enable user localization in scenarios where traditional approaches fail. Building on prior work in single-antenna RIS-enabled localization, we investigate the potential to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-27 Moustafa Rahal , Benoit Denis , Kamran Keykhosravi , Bernard Uguen , Henk Wymeersch

A wireless communication system is studied that operates in the presence of multiple reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs). In particular, a multi-operator environment is considered where each operator utilizes an RIS to enhance its…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-04 Nikolaos I. Miridakis , Theodoros A. Tsiftsis , Panagiotis A. Karkazis , Helen C. Leligou , Petar Popovski

RIS is one of the significant technological advancements that will mark next-generation wireless. RIS technology also opens up the possibility of new security threats, since the reflection of impinging signals can be used for malicious…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Jacek Kibilda , Nurul H. Mahmood , André Gomes , Matti Latva-aho , Luiz A. DaSilva

Physical layer security in reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted wireless systems can be improved through coordinated control of signal transmission and RIS configuration. In this work, the base station simultaneously transmits…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-27 Mustafa Furkan Beker , Ahmet Muaz Aktas , Sefa Kayraklik , Sultangali Arzykulov

A Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) can significantly enhance network positioning and mapping, acting as an additional anchor point in the reference system and improving signal strength and measurement diversity through the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-15 Dimitris Kompostiotis , Dimitris Vordonis , Vassilis Paliouras , George C. Alexandropoulos , Florin Grec

It is well established that the performance of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted systems critically depends on the optimal placement of the RIS. Previous works consider either simple coverage maximization or simultaneous…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-09 Abhishek Rajasekaran , Mehdi Karbalayghareh , Xiaoyan Ma , David J. Love , Christopher G. Brinton

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) are one of the most promising technological enablers of the next (6th) generation of wireless systems. In this paper, we introduce a novel use-case of the RIS technology in radio localization,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-24 Kamran Keykhosravi , Gonzalo Seco-Granados , George C. Alexandropoulos , Henk Wymeersch

Challenging environments comprise a range of scenarios, which share the fact that it is extremely difficult to establish a communication link using conventional technology due to many impairments typically associated with the propagation…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-23 Steven Kisseleff , Symeon Chatzinotas , Björn Ottersten

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) is a promising solution to reconfigure the wireless environment in a controllable way. To compensate for the double-fading attenuation in the RIS-aided link, a large number of passive reflecting…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-02 Ruizhe Long , Ying-Chang Liang , Yiyang Pei , Erik G. Larsson

The received signal strength (RSS) based technique is widely utilized for ubiquitous positioning due to its advantage of simple implementability. However, its accuracy is limited because the RSS values of adjacent locations can be very…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-27 Haobo Zhang , Hongliang Zhang , Boya Di , Kaigui Bian , Zhu Han , Lingyang Song