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Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is recognized as one of the key enabling technologies for sixth-generation (6G) wireless communication networks, facilitating diverse emerging applications and services in an energy and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-04 Zehra Yigit , Ertugrul Basar

This study explores the synergy between rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) and simultaneous transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) as a unified framework to enable ubiquitous, intelligent, and resilient…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-21 Muhammad Asif , Asim Ihsan , Zhu Shoujin , Ali Ranjha , Xingwang Li , Khaled M. Rabie , Symeon Chatzinotas

Backscatter communication (BackCom) has been emerging as a prospective candidate in tackling lifetime management problems for massively deployed Internet-of-Things devices, which suffer from battery-related issues, i.e., replacements,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-06-23 Ahsan Waleed Nazar , Syed Ali Hassan , Haejoon Jung , Aamir Mahmood , Mikael Gidlund

This paper investigates the utilization of simultaneously transmitting and reflecting RIS (STAR-RIS) in supporting joint physical layer security (PLS) and covert communications (CCs) in a multi-antenna millimeter wave (mmWave) system, where…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-18 Han Xiao , Xiaoyan Hu , Ang Li , Wenjie Wang , Zhou Su , Kai-Kit Wong , Kun Yang

In this paper, we propose a robust secure transmission scheme for an active reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) enabled symbiotic radio (SR) system in the presence of multiple eavesdroppers (Eves). In the considered system, the active…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-14 Bin Lyu , Chao Zhou , Shimin Gong , Dinh Thai Hoang , Ying-chang Liang

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a promising technique to extend the network coverage and improve spectral efficiency. This paper investigates an IRS-assisted terahertz (THz) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO)-nonorthogonal…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-13 Jinlei Xu , Zhengyu Zhu , Zheng Chu , Hehao Niu , Pei Xiao , Inkyu Lee

Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) has emerged as a novel air interface technology for massive connectivity in sixth-generation (6G) era. The recent integration of NOMA in backscatter communication (BC) has triggered significant research…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-23 Wali Ullah Khan , Furqan Jameel , Asim Ihsan , Omer Waqar , Manzoor Ahmed

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) are recognized with great potential to strengthen wireless security, yet the performance gain largely depends on the deployment location of RISs in the network topology. In this paper, we consider…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-01 Xiao Tang , Hongliang He , Limeng Dong , Lixin Li , Qinghe Du , Zhu Han

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) empowered communications with non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) has recently become as an appealing research direction for the next-generation wireless communications. In this paper, we propose a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-23 Aymen Khaleel , Ertugrul Basar

Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) is a multiplexing technique for future wireless, which when combined with Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) unlocks higher capacities for systems where users have varying channel strength. NOMA…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-07-09 Jennifer Chakravarty , Oliver Johnson , Robert Piechocki

This paper investigates ground-aerial uplink non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) cellular networks. A rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) user and multiple ground users (GUEs) are served by ground base stations (GBSs) by utilizing…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-05-26 Xidong Mu , Yuanwei Liu , Li Guo , Jiaru Lin

NOMA (non-orthogonal multiple access) will be seen as a promising technology for enhancing spectrum efficiency in future cellular networks. The use of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Amplify-and-Forward (AF) relaying as a moving access point…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-27 Ghania Khraimech , Fatiha Merazka

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been widely employed to enhance the end-to-end performance of wireless communications since the links between UAVs and terrestrial nodes are line-of-sight (LoS) with high probability. However, the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-04-22 Hongjiang Lei , Haosi Yang , Ki-Hong Park , Imran Shafique Ansari , Jing Jiang , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Thanks to the line-of-sight (LoS) transmission and flexibility, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) effectively improve the throughput of wireless networks. Nevertheless, the LoS links are prone to severe deterioration by complex propagation…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-12-10 Sixian Li , Bin Duo , Xiaojun Yuan , Ying-Chang Liang , Marco Di Renzo

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has become a promising technology for future communication system. In this paper, we consider a millimeter wave system over high mobility scenario, and propose a novel simultaneous transmission…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-19 Muye Li , Shun Zhang , Yao Ge , Zan Li , Feifei Gao , Pingzhi Fan

The effective integration of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in future wireless communication systems depends on the conscious use of their limited energy, which constrains their flight time. Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) can…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-16 Dimitrios Tyrovolas , Sotiris A. Tegos , Panagiotis D. Diamantoulakis , George K. Karagiannidis

This paper advocates a pair of strategies in non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) communications, where multiple UAVs play as new aerial communications platforms for serving terrestrial NOMA users. A new…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-07-12 Tianwei Hou , Yuanwei Liu , Zhengyu Song , Xin Sun , Yue Chen

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have the potential for time-sensitive applications. Due to wireless channel variation, received data may have an expiration time, particularly in critical situations such as rescue operations, natural…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-20 Shima Salar Hosseini , Paeiz Azmi , Ali Nazari

This paper considers a hybrid reconfigurable environment comprising a UAV-mounted reflecting RIS, an outdoor STAR-RIS enabling simultaneous transmission and reflection, and an indoor holographic RIS (H-RIS), jointly enhancing secure…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-02-02 Elhadj Moustapha Diallo , Mamadou Aliou Diallo , Abusaeed B. M. Adam , Muhammad Naeem Shah

This paper considers communication between a base station (BS) to two users, each from one side of a simultaneously transmitting-reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) in the absence of a direct link. Rate-splitting…