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Although the emerging reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) paves a new way for next-generation wireless communications, it suffers from inherent flaws, i.e., double-fading attenuation effects and half-space coverage limitations. The…

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This study focuses on a multi-user massive multiple-input multiple-output (MU-mMIMO) system by incorporating an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as a decode-and-forward (DF) relay between the base station (BS) and multiple Internet-of-Things…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-11 MohammadMahdi Ghadaksaz , Mobeen Mahmood , Tho Le-Ngoc

Intelligent transportation systems (ITSs) are envisioned to be crucial for smart cities, which aims at improving traffic flow to improve the life quality of urban residents and reducing congestion to improve the efficiency of commuting.…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2019-12-17 Wenhang Bao , Xiao-yang Liu

This study examines the secrecy performance of an uplink device-to-device (D2D) communication system enhanced by reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) while considering the presence of multiple eavesdroppers. RIS technology is employed…

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Beamforming design with partial channel estimation and feedback for frequency-division duplexing (FDD) reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) assisted systems is considered in this paper. We leverage the observation that path angle…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-03 Xiaochun Ge , Shanping Yu , Wenqian Shen , Chengwen Xing , Byonghyo Shim

The usage of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) in conjunction with Unmanned Ariel Vehicles (UAVs) is being investigated as a way to provide energy-efficient communication to ground users in dense urban areas. In this paper, we…

Recently, simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (STAR-RISs) have received significant research interest. The employment of large STAR-RIS and high-frequency signaling inevitably make the near-field…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-27 Haochen Li , Yuanwei Liu , Xidong Mu , Yue Chen , Zhiwen Pan , Yonina C. Eldar

This paper investigates the design of integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems assisted by simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (STAR-RISs), which act as multi-functional programmable…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-19 Ziming Liu , Tao Chen , Giacinto Gelli , Vincenzo Galdi , Francesco Verde

Terahertz (THz) systems are capable of supporting ultra-high data rates thanks to large bandwidth, and the potential to harness high-gain beamforming to combat high pathloss. In this paper, a novel quantum sensing (Ghost Imaging (GI)) based…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-12-16 Xufang Wang , Zihuai Lin , Feng Lin , Pei Xiao

A simultaneous transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) aided integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) dual-secure communication system is studied in this paper. The sensed target and legitimate users…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-28 Zhengyu Zhu , Mengfei Gong , Gangcan Sun , Peijia Liu , De Mi

Simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (STAR-RISs) have emerged as a promising technology for enabling full-space signal manipulation and enhancing wireless network coverage and capacity. In this…

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Movable antennas (MAs) have demonstrated significant potential in enhancing the performance of dual-functional radar-communication (DFRC) systems. In this paper, we explore an MA-aided DFRC system that utilizes a reconfigurable intelligent…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-02 Ran Yang , Zheng Dong , Yue Xiu , Guangyi Liu , Wanting Lyu , Xiangxin Meng , Yan Li , Ning Wei

Beyond diagonal reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (BD-RIS) can realize the interconnection between reflecting elements through the impedance network, thereby providing a new approach for the performance improvement of integrated sensing…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Xuejun Cheng , Qian Zhang , Yuhui Jiao , Shiyao Guo , Xiaotong Xu , Guanghui Luo , Ju Liu

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) assisted unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems provide a new paradigm for reconfigurable and flexible wireless communications. To enable more energy efficient and spectrum efficient IRS assisted UAV…

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We address the mobility management of an autonomous UAV-mounted base station (UAV-BS) that provides communication services to a cluster of users on the ground while the geographical characteristics (e.g., location and boundary) of the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-16 Mohammad Ghadir Khoshkholgh , Halim Yanikomeroglu

This paper presents a novel deep reinforcement learning-based system for 3D mapless navigation for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Instead of using a image-based sensing approach, we propose a simple learning system that uses only a few…

The adoption of a Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) for downlink multi-user communication from a multi-antenna base station is investigated in this paper. We develop energy-efficient designs for both the transmit power allocation and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-06-23 Chongwen Huang , Alessio Zappone , George C. Alexandropoulos , Mérouane Debbah , Chau Yuen

\underline{S}imultaneous \underline{t}ransmitting \underline{a}nd \underline{r}eflecting \underline{s}urface (STARS)-assisted systems have emerged to fill this gap by providing $ 360^{\circ}$ wireless coverage. In parallel, full-duplex (FD)…

In this paper, we propose a novel joint deep reinforcement learning (DRL)-based solution to optimize the utility of an uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted communication network. To maximize the number of users served within the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-01-03 Xuli Cai , Poonam Lohan , Burak Kantarci

To enable non-line-of-sight (NLoS) sensing and communications, dual-function radar-communications (DFRC) systems have recently proposed employing reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) as a reflector in wireless media. However, in the…

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