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Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a newly-emerged technology that, with its unique features, is considered to be a game changer for future wireless networks. Channel estimation is one of the most critical challenges for the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-30 Mehdi Haghshenas , Parisa Ramezani , Emil Björnson

This paper explores the potential of the intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) in realizing multi-user concurrent communication and localization, using the same time-frequency resources. Specifically, we propose an IRS-enabled multi-user…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-11-23 Zhouyuan Yu , Xiaoling Hu , Chenxi Liu , Mugen Peng , Caijun Zhong

Efficient computation offloading in multi-UAV edge networks becomes particularly challenging in dense urban areas, where line-of-sight (LoS) links are frequently blocked and user demand varies rapidly. Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-24 Liangshun Wu , Jianbo Du , Junsuo Qu

This paper studies a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) networked integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system, in which multiple base stations (BSs) perform beam tracking to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-08-19 Xiaoyu Yang , Zhiqing Wei , Jie Xu , Huici Wu , Zhiyong Feng

Localization which uses holographic multiple input multiple output surface such as reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has gained increasing attention due to its ability to accurately localize users in non-line-of-sight conditions.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-15 Mengyuan Cao , Haobo Zhang , Boya Di , Hongliang Zhang

In this work, we analyze a multi-functional reconfigurable intelligent surface (MF-RIS)-enabled radar and communication coexistence (RCC) system, detailing the key aspects of its phase synthesis codebook generation and the implemented…

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) not only assist communication but also help the localization of user equipment (UE). This study focuses on the indoor localization of UE with a single access point (AP) aided by multiple RISs.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-05-06 Xiyu Wang , Yixuan Huang , Jie Yang , Yu Han , Shi Jin

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have attracted enormous interest thanks to their ability to overcome line-of-sight blockages in mmWave systems, enabling in turn accurate localization with minimal infrastructure. Less investigated…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-14 Alessio Fascista , Musa Furkan Keskin , Angelo Coluccia , Henk Wymeersch , Gonzalo Seco-Granados

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

This letter investigates an uplink pilot-based wireless indoor localization problem in a multipath environment for a single-input single-output (SISO) narrowband communication system aided by reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS). The…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-10 Yinghan Li , Wei Yu

Positioning is expected to be a core function in intelligent transportation systems (ITSs) to support communication and location-based services, such as autonomous driving, traffic control, etc. With the advent of low-cost reflective…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-15 Hui Chen , Pinjun Zheng , Musa Furkan Keskin , Tareq Al-Naffouri , Henk Wymeersch

A novel framework is proposed for the deployment and passive beamforming design of a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) with the aid of non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) technology. The problem of joint deployment, phase shift…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-29 Xiao Liu , Yuanwei Liu , Yue Chen , H. Vincent Poor

This paper introduces two machine learning optimization algorithms to significantly enhance position estimation in Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) aided localization for mobile user equipment in Non-Line-of-Sight conditions.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-06 Rafael A. Aguiar , Nuno Paulino , Luís M. Pessoa

This paper addresses an uplink localization problem in which a base station (BS) aims to locate a remote user with the help of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs). We propose a strategy in which the user transmits pilots sequentially…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-19 Zhongze Zhang , Tao Jiang , Wei Yu

This paper addresses the problem of adaptive reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) configuration design for user localization in rich-scattering environment (RSE), where electromagnetic waves undergo multiple interactions with dynamic…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-21 Anum Umer , Ivo Müürsepp , Muhammad Mahtab Alam

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has been widely discussed as new technology to improve wireless communication performance. Based on the unique design of RIS, its elements can reflect, refract, absorb, or focus the incoming waves…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-03 Salah Eddine Zegrar , Liza Afeef , Huseyin Arslan

Next-generation cellular networks will witness the creation of smart radio environments (SREs), where walls and objects can be coated with reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) to strengthen the communication and localization coverage…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-09-08 Ahmed Elzanaty , Anna Guerra , Francesco Guidi , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

This paper addresses an uplink localization problem in which the base station (BS) aims to locate a remote user with the aid of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS). This paper proposes a strategy in which the user transmits pilots over…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-23 Zhongze Zhang , Tao Jiang , Wei Yu

This paper presents a physics-based channel modeling and optimization framework for reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted downlink multi-user multiple-input single-output (MU-MISO) communication systems in site-specific…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-24 Ziqi Liu , Wei Yu , Sean Victor Hum

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) have emerged as a key enabler for programmable wireless environments in future Beyond-5G (B5G) and 6G networks. In the meantime, Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) and Physical-Layer…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-23 Wenqing Dai , Jan Herbst , Jan Petershans , Christoph Lipps , Hans D. Schotten