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Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is an emerging technology for application to wireless communications. In this paper, we consider the problem of anomalous reflection and model the RIS as a periodic surface impedance boundary. We…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-09 Ahmed Najjar , Hajar El Hassani , Marco Di Renzo , Kezhi Wang , Merouane Debbah

In this paper, we investigate the potential of employing reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) in integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems. In particular, we consider an RIS-assisted ISAC system in which a multi-antenna base…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-27 Rang Liu , Ming Li , A. Lee Swindlehurst

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) is one of the promising techniques for 6G wireless communications, and recently has also been shown to be able to improve secure communications. However, there is a "double fading" effect in the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-12-07 Weigang Lv , Jiale Bai , Qingli Yan , Hui-Ming Wang

The integration of tunability mechanisms in the metasurface design has unleashed a tremendous potential for wireless communications. In particular, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) can manipulate the reflections of an incident…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-04-10 Vasileios G. Ataloglou , George V. Eleftheriades

The concept of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has been proposed to change the propagation of electromagnetic waves, e.g., reflection, diffraction, and refraction. To accomplish this goal, the phase values of the discrete RIS units…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-11-11 Jiguang He , Henk Wymeersch , Tachporn Sanguanpuak , Olli Silvén , Markku Juntti

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

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) has emerged as a promising technology to enhance the wireless propagation environment for next-generation wireless communication systems. This paper introduces a new RIS-assisted multiple-antenna…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-14 Xiaofan Niu , Minquan Cheng , Kai Wan , Robert Caiming Qiu , Giuseppe Caire

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is an attractive technology to improve the transmission rate of millimetre-wave (mmWave) communication systems. The previous {research} on RIS technology mainly focused on improving the transmission…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-01 Yunis Xanthos , Wanting Lyu , Songjie Yang , Chadi Assi , Xianbing Zou , Ning Wei

A Reflective Intelligent Surface (RIS) consists of many small reflective elements whose reflection properties can be adjusted to change the wireless propagation environment. Envisioned implementations require that each RIS element be…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-13 Gal Ben Itzhak , Miguel Saavedra-Melo , Benjamin Bradshaw , Ender Ayanoglu , Filippo Capolino , A. Lee Swindlehurst

In this paper, we propose a multi-RIS-aided wireless imaging framework in 3D facing the distributed placement of multi-sensor networks. The system creates a randomized reflection pattern by adjusting the RIS phase shift, enabling the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-21 Fuhai Wang , Chun Wang , Rujing Xiong , Zhengyu Wang , Tiebin Mi , Robert Caiming Qiu

Smart radio environments aided by reconfigurable intelligent reflecting surfaces (RIS) have attracted much research attention recently. We propose a joint optimization strategy for beamforming, RIS phases, and power allocation to maximize…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-02 Athira Subhash , Abla Kammoun , Ahmed Elzanaty , Sheetal Kalyani , Yazan H. Al-Badarneh , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Hybrid reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (HRIS) are RIS architectures having both active and passive elements. The received signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in HRIS-assisted communication systems depends on the placement of active elements. In…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-18 R. S. Prasobh Sankar , Sundeep Prabhakar Chepuri

Flat-top beam designs are essential for uniform power distribution over a wide angular sector for applications such as 5G/6G networks, beaconing, satellite communications, radar systems, etc. Low sidelobe levels with steep transitions allow…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-02 Krishan Kumar Tiwari , Giuseppe Caire

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a promising technology for achieving high spectrum efficiency in future wireless networks by leveraging massive low-cost reflecting elements with each reflecting the incident signal with a proper…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-10-29 Qingqing Wu , Rui Zhang

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) are conventionally implemented as two-dimensional (2D) electromagnetic (EM) structures to steer incident waves toward desired reflection angles. This approach limits the reflection to a single…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-16 Ruiqi Wang , Yiming Yang , Atif Shamim

The advantages of millimeter-wave and large antenna arrays technologies for accurate wireless localization received extensive attentions recently. However, how to further improve the accuracy of wireless localization, even in the case of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-09-17 Yiming Liu , Erwu Liu , Rui Wang

Emerging as a cornerstone for next-generation wireless networks, integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems demand innovative solutions to balance spectral efficiency and sensing accuracy. In this paper, we propose a coordinated…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-02 Chunjie Wang , Xuhui Zhang , Wenchao Liu , Jinke Ren , Huijun Xing , Shuqiang Wang , Yanyan Shen

A novel hybrid active-passive reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) transmitter enabled downlink multi-user communication system is investigated. Specifically, RISs are exploited to serve as transmitter antennas, where each element can…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-05 Ao Huang , Xidong Mu , Li Guo , Guangyu Zhu

As a low-cost and low-power-consumption passive reflector, intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) can make a significant rate improvement by building a programmable wireless environment. To improve the rate performance and coverage range of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-03-29 Xuehui Wang , Feng Shu , Weiping Shi , Xiaopeng Liang , Rongen Dong , Jun Li , Jiangzhou Wang

This paper introduces a novel approach to efficient localization in next-generation communication systems through a base station (BS)-enabled passive beamforming utilizing beyond diagonal reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (BD-RISs).…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-21 Mahmoud Raeisi , Hui Chen , Henk Wymeersch , Ertugrul Basar