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In this paper, we consider an active reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV)-enabled simultaneous wireless information and power transfer(SWIPT) system with multiple ground users. Compared with the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-21 Zhangjie Peng , Ruijing Liu , Cunhua Pan , Zhenkun Zhang , Jiangzhou Wang

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is being integrated as an active element in 5G and beyond networks. Because of its flexibility and mobility, UAV base stations (UAV-BSs) can be deployed according to the ground user distributions and their…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-10 Xukai Zhong , Yiming Huo , Xiaodai Dong , Zhonghua Liang

In this letter, we investigate the design of multiple reconfigurable intelligent sensing surfaces (RISSs) that enhance both communication and sensing tasks. An RISS incorporates additional active elements tailored to improve sensing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-11 Cheng Luo , Jie Hu , Luping Xiang , Kun Yang , Bo Lei

As an emerging technology, the simultaneous transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) can improve the spectrum efficiency (SE) of primary users (PUs) and secondary users (SUs) in cognitive radio (CR) networks…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-16 Ali Nazari , Ali Olfat

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) show great promise in the realm of 6th generation (6G) wireless systems, particularly in the areas of localization and communication. Their cost-effectiveness and energy efficiency enable the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-12 Han Yan , Hua Chen , Wei Liu , Songjie Yang , Gang Wang , Chau Yuen

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) has becoming a useful tool in future wireless communication systems for close-distance communication network. This paper we use Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) for downlink multi-user…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-02 RuiTianYi Lu

Near-field localization is expected to play a crucial role in enabling a plethora of applications under the paradigm of 6G networks. The conventional localization methods rely on complex infrastructure for providing cooperative anchor nodes…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-06 Srikar Sharma Sadhu , Praful D. Mankar , Santosh Nannuru

In this letter, we study the simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) assisted unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communications. Our goal is to maximize the sum rate of all users by jointly…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-09 Qin Zhang , Yang Zhao , Hai Li , Shujuan Hou , Zhengyu Song

The integration of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) in 6G wireless networks offers unprecedented control over communication environments. However, identifying optimal configurations within practical constraints remains a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-15 Kevin Weinberger , Simon Tewes , Aydin Sezgin

This paper presents a theoretical framework to analyze the performance of integrated unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) relaying system in which IRS provides an additional degree of freedom combined with the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-22 Taniya Shafique , Hina Tabassum , Ekram Hossain

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted communication is a key enabling technology for next-generation wireless communication networks, allowing for the reshaping of wireless channels without requiring traditional radio frequency…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-18 Recep Vural , Aymen Khaleel , Ertugrul Basar

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has been regarded as a revolutionary and promising technology owing to its powerful feature of adaptively shaping wireless propagation environment. However, as a frequency-selective device, the RIS…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-29 Sifan Liu , Pengfei Ni , Rang Liu , Yang Liu , Ming Li , Qian Liu

This paper investigates the achievable rate maximization problem of a downlink unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled communication system aided by an intelligent omni-surface (IOS). Different from the state-of-the-art reconfigurable…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-13 Yifan Liu , Bin Duo , Qingqing Wu , Xiaojun Yuan , Yonghui Li

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) are envisioned as a key enabler for next-generation wireless networks, offering programmable control over propagation environments. While extensive research focuses on planar RIS architectures,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-16 Mohamadreza Delbari , Ehsan Mohammadi , Mostafa Darabi , Arash Asadi , Alejandro Jiménez-Sáez , Vahid Jamali

Mounting a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) holds promise for improving traditional terrestrial network performance. Unlike conventional methods deploying passive RIS on UAVs, this study delves…

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) base stations (BSs) are reliable and efficient alternative to full fill the coverage and capacity requirements when the backbone network fails to provide such requirements due to disasters. In this paper, we…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-01 Thushan Sivalingam , K. B. Shashika Manosha , Nandana Rajatheva , M. Latva-aho , Maheshi B. Dissanayake

This work discusses the optimal reconfigurable intelligent surface placement in highly-directional millimeter wave links. In particular, we present a novel system model that takes into account the relationship between the transmission beam…

The advent of 6G is expected to enable many use cases which may rely on accurate knowledge of the location and orientation of user equipment (UE). The conventional localization methods suffer from limitations such as synchronization and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-06 Srikar Sharma Sadhu , Praful D. Mankar , Santosh Nannuru

The integration of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) in wireless environments offers channel programmability and dynamic control over propagation channels, which is expected to play a crucial role in sixth generation (6G) networks.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-22 Anum Umer , Ivo Müürsepp , Muhammad Mahtab Alam

We consider the extra degree of freedom offered by the rotation of the reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) plane and investigate its potential in improving the performance of RIS-assisted wireless communication systems. By considering…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-14 Yajun Cheng , Wei Peng , Chongwen Huang , George C. Alexandropoulos , Chau Yuen , Mérouane Debbah