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Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted communication appears as one of the potential enablers for sixth generation (6G) wireless networks by providing a new degree of freedom in the system design to telecom operators.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-21 E. Basar , I. Yildirim , F. Kilinc

Cell-Free Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) and reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) are two promising technologies for application to beyond-5G networks. This paper considers Cell-Free Massive MIMO systems with the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-12-20 Trinh Van Chien , Hien Quoc Ngo , Symeon Chatzinotas , Marco Di Renzo , Björn Ottersten

Channel estimation is challenging for the reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided wireless communications. Since the number of coefficients of the cascaded channel among the base station (BS), the RIS and the user equipments (UEs) is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-19 Chen Hu , Linglong Dai

Reconfigurable intelligent surface-assisted integrated sensing and communication (RIS-ISAC) presents a promising system architecture to leverage the wide bandwidth available at millimeter-wave (mmWave) frequencies, while mitigating severe…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-12 Yueheng Li , Xueyun Long , Mario Pauli , Suheng Tian , Xiang Wan , Benjamin Nuss , Tiejun Cui , Haixia Zhang , Thomas Zwick

The performance characterization of communication systems assisted by large reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) significantly depends on the adopted models for the underlying channels. Under unrealistic channel models, the system…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-18 Vahid Jamali , Walid Ghanem , Robert Schober , H. Vincent Poor

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) represent a pioneering technology to realize smart electromagnetic environments by reshaping the wireless channel. \textcolor[rgb]{0,0,0}{Jointly designing the transceiver and RIS relies on the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-04 Weicong Chen , Chao-Kai Wen , Xiao Li , Michail Matthaiou , Shi Jin

In this letter, we investigate the secrecy rate of an reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided millimeter-wave (mmWave) system with hardware limitations. Compared to the RIS-aided systems in most existing works, we consider the case…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-04 Yue Xiu , Jun Zhao , Zhongpei Zhang

The upper mid-band (UMB) spectrum is a key enabler for 6G systems, yet reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted UMB communications face severe channel estimation challenges due to near-field propagation and transitional scattering,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-09 Jeongjae Lee , Chanwon Kim , Songnam Hong

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) are two dimensional (2D) metasurfaces which can intelligently manipulate electromagnetic waves by low-cost near passive reflecting elements. RIS is viewed as a potential key technology for the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-07 Jie Huang , Cheng-Xiang Wang , Yingzhuo Sun , Rui Feng , Jialing Huang , Bolun Guo , Zhimeng Zhong , Tie Jun Cui

In the research of RIS-assisted communication systems, channel estimation is a problem of vital importance for further performance optimization. In order to reduce the pilot overhead to the greatest extent, blind channel estimation methods…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-26 Dianhao Jia , Wenqian Shen , Jianping An , Byonghyo Shim

This letter investigates the challenge of channel estimation in a multiuser millimeter-wave (mmWave) time-division duplexing (TDD) system. In this system, the base station (BS) employs a multi-antenna uniform linear array (ULA), while each…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-04 Hao Xu , Gui Zhou , Kai-Kit Wong , Wee Kiat New , Chao Wang , Chan-Byoung Chae , Ross Murch , Shi Jin , Yangyang Zhang

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a promising technology for future wireless communication systems. Channel estimation (CE) of RIS device is a critical but also challenging issue for its development. The mainstream of existing CE…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-08-29 Yanze Zhu , Yang Liu , Qingqing Wu , Changsheng You , Qingjiang Shi

Utilizing intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) was proven to be efficient in improving the energy efficiency for wireless networks. In this paper, we investigate the passive beamforming and channel estimation for IRS assisted wireless…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-02 Jingnan Li , Rui Wang , Erwu Liu

This paper studies the interference broadcast channel comprising multiple multi-antenna Base Stations (BSs), each controlling a beyond diagonal Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) and serving multiple single-antenna users. Wideband…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-09-09 Konstantinos D. Katsanos , Paolo Di Lorenzo , George C. Alexandropoulos

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

In this paper, we develop a low-complexity channel estimation for hybrid millimeter wave (mmWave) systems, where the number of radio frequency (RF) chains is much less than the number of antennas equipped at each transceiver. The proposed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-03-14 Lou Zhao , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Jinhong Yuan

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has been explored as a supportive technology for wireless communication since around 2019. While the literature highlights the potential of RIS in different modern applications, two key issues have…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-10 Daniel C. Alcantara , Daniel V. C. de Oliveira , Gilderlan T. de Araújo , Paulo R. B. Gomes , André L. F. de Almeida

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is an emerging technology for future wireless communications including 5G and especially 6G. It consists of a large 2D array of (semi-)passive scattering elements that control the electromagnetic…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-21 Gilderlan T. de Araújo , André L. F. de Almeida , Rémy Boyer

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) can establish favorable wireless environments to combat the severe attenuation and blockages in millimeter-wave (mmWave) bands. However, to achieve the optimal enhancement of performance, the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-03-02 Muxin He , Jindan Xu , Wei Xu , Hong Shen , Ning Wang , Chunming Zhao

Spectrum scarcity has motivated the exploration of the millimeter-wave (mmWave) band as a key technology to cope with the ever-increasing data traffic. However, in this band, radiofrequency waves are highly susceptible to transmission loss…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-22 Aline Habib , Israa Khaled , Ammar El Falou , Charlotte Langlais