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This letter considers the reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communication systems in urban areas under the general Rician fading channel. A hybrid offline-online design is proposed to improve the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-30 Kaiyuan Tian , Bin Duo , Xiaojun Yuan , Wu Luo

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based base stations offer a promising solution in emergencies where the rapid deployment of cutting-edge networks is crucial for maximizing life-saving potential. Optimizing the strategic positioning of these…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-04-08 Mario Rico Ibanez , Azim Akhtarshenas , David Lopez-Perez , Giovanni Geraci

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) offer a promising means of reshaping the wireless propagation environment, yet practical methods for configuring large passive arrays to achieve reliable signal equalization remain limited.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-04 Gal Ben-Itzhak , Ender Ayanoglu

This paper addresses the crucial need for reliable wireless communication in vehicular networks, particularly vital for the safety and efficacy of (semi-)autonomous driving amid increasing traffic. We explore the use of Reconfigurable…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-03-26 Salim Janji , Paweł Sroka , Adrian Kliks

To address high data traffic demands of sixth-generation (6G) networks, this paper proposes a novel architecture that integrates autonomous aerial vehicles (AAVs) and multi-functional reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (MF-RISs) as AM-RIS…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-20 Li-Hsiang Shen , Yu-Quan Zheng

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be utilized as aerial base stations (ABSs) to assist terrestrial infrastructure for keeping wireless connectivity in various emergency scenarios. To maximize the coverage rate of N ground users (GUs) by…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-02-06 Jin Qiu , Jiangbin Lyu , Liqun Fu

Integrating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into existing cellular networks encounters lots of challenges, among which one of the most striking concerns is how to achieve harmonious coexistence of aerial transceivers, inter alia, UAVs, and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-13 Yuanjian Li , A. Hamid Aghvami

In this work, we address the energy efficiency (EE) maximization problem in a downlink communication system utilizing reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) in a multi-user massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) setup with…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-22 Wilson de Souza Junior , Taufik Abrao

Energy-aware control for multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is one of the major research interests in UAV based networking. Yet few existing works have focused on how the network should react around the timing when the UAV lineup is…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-09-21 Ran Zhang , Miao Wang , Lin X. Cai

The advent of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces(RISs) brings along significant improvements for wireless technology on the verge of beyond-fifth-generation networks (B5G).The proven flexibility in influencing the propagation environment…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-10-17 Guillermo Encinas-Lago , Antonio Albanese , Vincenzo Sciancalepore , Marco Di Renzo , Xavier Costa-Pérez

The growing demand for low-latency computing in 6G is driving the use of UAV-based low-altitude mobile edge computing (MEC) systems. However, limited spectrum often leads to severe uplink interference among ground terminals (GTs). In this…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-07-18 Xudong Wang , Hongyang Du , Lei Feng , Kaibin Huang

Device-to-device (D2D) communications offers high spectral efficiency, low energy consumption and transmission latency. However, one of the main limitations of D2D communications is co-channel interference from underlaying wireless system.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-02 Wali Ullah Khan , Eva Lagunas , Asad Mahmood , Zain Ali , Symeon Chatzinotas , Björn Ottersten

In recent years, the amalgamation of satellite communications and aerial platforms into space-air-ground integrated network (SAGINs) has emerged as an indispensable area of research for future communications due to the global coverage…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-03 Chong Huang , Gaojie Chen , Pei Xiao , Yue Xiao , Zhu Han , Jonathon A. Chambers

Energy efficiency (EE) is a challenging task in integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems, where high spectral efficiency and low energy consumption appear as conflicting requirements. Although passive reconfigurable intelligent…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-23 Junjie Ye , Mohamed Rihan , Peichang Zhang , Lei Huang , Stefano Buzzi , Zhen Chen

Low-altitude wireless networks (LAWNs) have become effective solutions for collecting data from low-power Internet-of-Things devices (IoTDs) in remote areas with limited communication infrastructure. However, some outdoor IoTDs deployed in…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-09-25 Wenwen Xie , Geng Sun , Jiahui Li , Jiacheng Wang , Yinqiu Liu , Dusit Niyato , Dong In Kim , Shiwen Mao

Secure downlink transmission in UAV-assisted reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-enabled multiuser MISO systems is challenging due to imperfect channel state information (CSI), untrusted energy-harvesting receivers (UEHRs), and the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-18 Hamid Reza Hashempour , Le-Nam Tran , Duy H. N. Nguyen , Hien Quoc Ngo

This paper investigates energy efficiency (EE) optimization for an uplink multiuser system assisted by a movable-element reconfigurable intelligent surface (ME-RIS) and a base station equipped with movable antennas (MA-BS). We jointly…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-31 Ayda Nodel Hokmabadi , Mohamed Elhattab , Chadi Assi

The integration of RIS into UAV networks presents a transformative solution for achieving energy-efficient and reliable communication, particularly within the rapidly expanding low-altitude economy (LAE). As UAVs facilitate diverse aerial…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Manzoor Ahmed , Aized Amin Soofi , Feroz Khan , Salman Raza , Wali Ullah Khan , Lina Su , Fang Xu , Zhu Han

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) are a promising technology to enable smart radio environments. However, integrating RISs into wireless networks also leads to substantial complexity for network management. This work investigates…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-11-07 Hao Zhou , Melike Erol-Kantarci , Yuanwei Liu , H. Vincent Poor

This paper considers a joint communication and sensing technique for enhancing situational awareness in practical battlefield scenarios. In particular, we propose an aerial reconfigurable intelligent surface (ARIS)-assisted integrated…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-04 Hyunsang Cho , Seonghoon Yoo , Bang Chul Jung , Joonhyuk Kang