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Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) constitute a promising technology that could fulfill the extreme performance and capacity needs of the upcoming 6G wireless networks, by offering software-defined control over wireless propagation…
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As the wireless research community moves toward shaping the vision of sixth-generation (6G) networks, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) have emerged as a promising technology for controlling the propagation environment. Although RIS…
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Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) constitute the enabler for programmable propagation of electromagnetic signals, and are lately being considered as a candidate physical-layer technology for the demanding connectivity, reliability,…
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Recently, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) have attracted a lot of attention due to their capability of extending cell coverage by reflecting signals toward the receiver. In this letter, we analyze the coverage of a downlink…
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