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Millimeter-wave (mmWave) communications is considered as a key enabler towards the realization of next-generation wireless networks, due to the abundance of available spectrum at mmWave frequencies. However, mmWave suffers from high…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-10-13 Nariman Torkzaban , Mohammad A. Amir Khojastepour

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) provides a promising way to build the programmable wireless transmission environments in the future. Owing to the large number of reflecting elements used at the RIS, joint optimization for the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-01-11 Xiaoyan Ma , Shuaishuai Guo , Haixia Zhang , Yuguang Fang , Dongfeng Yuan

This paper proposes the joint design of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) and zero-forcing (ZF) precoding for the downlink (DL) multiuser multiple-input single-output (MU-MISO) setup in millimeter-wave (mmWave) bands, where ZF is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-13 Ainna Yue Moreno-Locubiche , Josep Vidal , Antonio Pascual-Iserte , Olga Muñoz

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has emerged as a promising solution to overcome the challenges of high path loss and easy signal blockage in millimeter-wave (mmWave) and terahertz (THz) communication systems. With the increase of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-12-02 Qiumo Yu , Linglong Dai

This paper explores the idea of using redirective reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RedRIS) to overcome many of the challenges associated with the conventional reflective RIS. We develop a framework for jointly optimizing the switching…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-06-04 Bamelak Tadele , Faouzi Bellili , Amine Mezghani , Md Jawwad Chowdhury , Haseeb Ur Rehman

High-performance phase control units are crucial in beamforming technology, which has gained substantial attention for its ability to manipulate the wireless propagation environment, thereby enhancing capacity and coverage in communication…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-06-24 Yuh-Chyi Chang , Tien-Lun Ting , Pei-Ru Chen , Tsung-Hsien Lin

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is regarded as a promising technology with great potential to boost wireless networks. Affected by the "double fading" effect, however, conventional passive RIS cannot bring considerable performance…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-06 Qi Zhu , Ming Li , Rang Liu , Yang Liu , Qian Liu

In this study, we introduce a design concept that leverages pulse width variation to enable a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) and to autonomously switch reflection properties between two angles without any active control system.…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-10-27 Eisuke Omori , Kairi Takimoto , Atsuko Nagata , Ashif Fathnan , Shinya Sugiura , Hiroki Wakatsuchi

We propose reflection pattern modulation-aided reconfigurable intelligent surface (RPM-RIS)-assisted cell-free massive multiple-input-multiple-output (CF-mMIMO) schemes for green uplink transmission. In our RPM-RIS-assisted CF-mMIMO system,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-13 Zeping Sui , Hien Quoc Ngo , Trinh Van Chien , Michail Matthaiou , Lajos Hanzo

In this article, we study the problem of robust reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided downlink communication over heterogeneous RIS types in the supervised learning setting. By modeling downlink communication over heterogeneous RIS…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-10-11 Chaouki Ben Issaid , Sumudu Samarakoon , Mehdi Bennis , H. Vincent Poor

This paper investigates a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted multi-waveguide pinching-antenna (PA) system (PASS) for multi-user downlink information transmission, motivated by the unknown impact of the integration of emerging…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-11-26 Changpeng He , Yang Lu , Yanqing Xu , Chong-Yung Chi , Bo Ai , Arumugam Nallanathan

The advent of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) in wireless communication networks unlocks the way to support high frequency radio access (e.g. in millimeter wave) while overcoming their sensitivity to the presence of deep fading…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-31 Fatima Ezzahra Airod , Mattia Merluzzi , Paolo Di Lorenzo , Emilio Calvanese Strinati

More and more applications that require high reliability and fault tolerance are realized with wireless network architectures and thus ultimately rely on the wireless channels, which can be subject to impairments and blockages. Hence, these…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-02 Kevin Weinberger , Robert-Jeron Reifert , Aydin Sezgin , Ertugrul Basar

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces enable active control of wireless propagation channels, which is crucial for future 5G and 6G networks. This work presents a scalable RIS design operating at 3.6 GHz with both 1 bit and 3 bit phase…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-23 Markus Heinrichs , Aydin Sezgin , Rainer Kronberger

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

In this paper, to tackle the blockage issue in massive multiple-input-multiple-output (mMIMO) systems, a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is seamlessly deployed to support devices with ultra-reliable and low-latency communications…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-14 Qihao Peng , Hong Ren , Cunhua Pan , Maged Elkashlan , Ana Garcia Armada , Petar Popovski

Active reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have recently been proposed to compensate for the severe multiplicative fading effect of conventional passive RIS-aided systems. Each reflecting element of active RISs is assisted by an…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-02-21 Gui Zhou , Cunhua Pan , Hong Ren , Dongfang Xu , Zaichen Zhang , Jiangzhou Wang , Robert Schober

A hardware model for active simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (STAR-RISs) is proposed consisting of reflection-type amplifiers. The amplitude gains of the STAR element are derived for both…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-10 Jiaqi Xu , Jiakuo Zuo , Joey Tianyi Zhou , Yuanwei Liu

A reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a nearly-passive flat layer made of inexpensive elements that can add a tunable phase shift to the impinging electromagnetic wave and are controlled by a low-power electronic circuit. This paper…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-04 Stefano Buzzi , Emanuele Grossi , Marco Lops , Luca Venturino

The use of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) technology to extend coverage and allow for better control of the wireless environment has been proposed in several use cases, including Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communications (URLLC),…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-16 Fabio Saggese , Federico Chiariotti , Kimmo Kansanen , Petar Popovski