English
Related papers

Related papers: AI-empowered Channel Estimation for Block-based Ac…

200 papers

The high reflect beamforming gain of the intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) makes it appealing not only for wireless information transmission but also for wireless power transfer. In this letter, we consider an IRS-assisted wireless…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-04-28 Dingcai Zhang , Qingqing Wu , Miao Cui , Guangchi Zhang , Dusit Niyato

In cell-free multiple input multiple output (MIMO) networks, multiple base stations (BSs) collaborate to achieve high spectral efficiency. Nevertheless, high penetration loss due to large blockages in harsh propagation environments is often…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-03-16 Chen Chen , Sai Xu , Jiliang Zhang , Jie Zhang

Integrating large intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS) into millimeter-wave (mmWave) massive multi-input-multi-ouput (MIMO) has been a promising approach for improved coverage and throughput. Most existing work assumes the ideal channel…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-09-01 Shicong Liu , Zhen Gao , Jun Zhang , Marco Di Renzo , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces (IRSs) have potential for significant performance gains in next-generation wireless networks but face key challenges, notably severe double-pathloss and complex multi-user scheduling due to hardware…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Xintong Chen , Zhenyu Jiang , Jiangbin Lyu , Liqun Fu

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) is considered as an energy-efficient solution for future wireless communication networks due to its fast and low-cost configuration. In this letter, we consider the estimation of cascaded channels in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-25 Mengbing Liu , Xin Li , Boyu Ning , Chongwen Huang , Sumei Sun , Chau Yuen

To reap the benefits of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS), channel state information (CSI) is generally required. However, CSI acquisition in RIS systems is challenging and often results in very large pilot overhead, especially in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-21 Ly V. Nguyen , A. Lee Swindlehurst

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a promising candidate technology for the upcoming Sixth Generation (6G) communication system for its ability to manipulate the wireless communication environment by controlling the coefficients of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-09-29 Haochen Li , Zhiwen Pan , Bin Wang , Nan Liu , Xiaohu You

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is envisioned to have abundant applications in future wireless networks by smartly reconfiguring the signal propagation for performance enhancement. Specifically, an IRS consists of a large number of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-09-13 Qingqing Wu , Rui Zhang

In this paper, we propose a new beamforming design to maximize energy efficiency (EE) for multiple input single output interfering broadcast channels (IFBC). Under this model, the EE problem is non-convex in general due to the coupled…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-08-28 Sang-Rim Lee , Jaehoon Jung , Haewook Park , Inkyu Lee

Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces (IRSs) are a promising technology for enhancing the spectral and energy efficiency of millimeter-wave (mmWave) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. In these systems, accurate channel estimation…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-15 Mehrdad Momen-Tayefeh , Mehrshad Momen-Tayefeh , Maryam Sabbaghian

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a promising technology that enables the precise control of the electromagnetic environment in future wireless communication networks. To leverage the IRS effectively, the acquisition of channel state…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-10-25 Jiancheng An , Chao Xu , Lu Gan , Chau Yuen , Lajos Hanzo

Power splitting based simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (PS-SWIPT) appears to be a promising solution to support future self-sustainable Internet of Things (SS-IoT) networks. However, the performance of these networks is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-12 Haleema Sadia , Ahmad Kamal Hassan , Ziaul Haq Abbas , Ghulam Abbas , Thar Baker

This paper addresses the problem of activity detection in distributed Internet of Things (IoT) networks, where devices employ asynchronous transmissions with heterogeneous power levels to report their local observations. The system…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-11 Amirhossein Taherpour , Somayeh Khani , Abbas Taherpour , Tamer Khattab

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) consist of many passive elements of metamaterials whose impedance can be controllable to change the characteristics of wireless signals impinging on them. Channel estimation is a critical task when…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-09-14 Özlem Tuğfe Demir , Emil Björnson

Prior studies on Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS) have mostly assumed perfect channel state information (CSI) available for designing the IRS passive beamforming as well as the continuously adjustable phase shift at each of its…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-03-25 Changsheng You , Beixiong Zheng , Rui Zhang

This paper investigates a downlink multiple-input single-output intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) aided non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) system, where a base station (BS) serves multiple users with the aid of IRSs. Our goal is to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-12 Xidong Mu , Yuanwei Liu , Li Guo , Jiaru Lin , Naofal Al-Dhahir

Accurate channel estimation is essential to achieve the performance gains promised by the use of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) in wireless communications. In the uplink of multi-user orthogonal frequency division multiple…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-01-25 Sumin Jeong , Arman Farhang , Nemanja Stefan Perović , Mark F. Flanagan

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) improve both the bandwidth and energy efficiency of wideband communication systems by using low-cost passive elements for reflecting the impinging signals with adjustable phase shifts. To realize the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-08 Siqi Ma , Wenqian Shen , Jianping An , Lajos Hanzo

Bilayer intelligent omni-surface (BIOS) has recently attracted increasing attention due to its capability of independent beamforming on both reflection and refraction sides. However, its specific bilayer structure makes the channel…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-02-17 Qiucen Wu , Tian Lin , Yu Zhu

This paper studies intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-aided full-duplex (FD) wireless-powered communication network (WPCN), where a hybrid access point (HAP) broadcasts energy signals to multiple devices for their energy harvesting in the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-08-17 Meng Hua , Qingqing Wu