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Intelligent reflecting surfaces can improve the communication between a source and a destination. The surface contains metamaterial that is configured to "reflect" the incident wave from the source towards the destination. Two incompatible…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-12-17 Özgecan Özdogan , Emil Björnson , Erik G. Larsson

Prior studies on intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) have mostly considered wireless communication systems aided by a single passive IRS, which, however, has limited control over wireless propagation environment and suffers severe…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-09 Yunpu Zhang , Changsheng You , Beixiong Zheng

With the rapid development of artificial intelligence, robotics, and Internet of Things, multi-robot systems are progressively acquiring human-like environmental perception and understanding capabilities, empowering them to complete complex…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-17 Wanli Ni , Ruyu Luo , Xinran Zhang , Peng Wang , Wen Wang , Hui Tian

Prior studies on intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) have mostly considered wireless communication systems aided by a single passive IRS, which, however, has limited control over wireless propagation environment and suffers from…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-26 Yunpu Zhang , Changsheng You

A statistical characterization of the fundamental performance bounds of an intelligent reflective surface (IRS) intended for aiding wireless communications is presented. To this end, the outage probability, average symbol error probability,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-14 Dhanushka Kudathanthirige , Dulaj Gunasinghe , Gayan Amarasuriya

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a cost-efficient technique to improve power efficiency and spectral efficiency. However, IRS-aided multi-antenna transmission needs to jointly optimize the passive and active beamforming, imposing a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-03 Wei Jiang , Hans Dieter Schotten

Hybrid Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (HRISs) constitute a new paradigm that redefines smart metasurfaces, not only offering tunable reflections of incoming signals, but also incorporating signal reception and processing capabilities.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-29 Ioannis Gavras , George C. Alexandropoulos

Simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS), which consists of numerous passive elements, has recently emerged in wireless communication systems as a promising technology providing 360$^\circ$…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-12 Hanxiao Ge , Anastasios Papazafeiropoulos , Tharmalingam Ratnarajah

Despite the widespread deployment of terrestrial networks, providing reliable communication services to remote areas and maintaining connectivity during emergencies remains challenging. Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations offer…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-09-17 Zifan Lang , Guixia Liu , Geng Sun , Jiahui Li , Jiacheng Wang , Weijie Yuan , Dusit Niyato , Dong In Kim

In the future, urban regions will encounter a massive number of capacity-hungry devices. Relying solely on terrestrial networks for serving all UEs will be a cost-ineffective approach. Consequently, with the anticipated supply and demand…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-20 Safwan Alfattani , Animesh Yadav , Halim Yanikomeroglu , Abbas Yongacoglu

Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS) technology is revolutionizing wireless communications by shifting from channel adaptation to a responsive wireless environment. This paper introduces a multi-IRS assisted millimeter wave (mm-wave)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-04 Alireza Qazavi Khorasgani , Foroogh S. Tabataba , Mehdi Naderi Soorki , Mohammad Sadegh Fazel

Aerial communication is gradually taking an assertive role within common societal behaviors by means of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), high-altitude platforms (HAPs), and fixed-wing aircrafts (FWAs). Such devices can assist general…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-19 Francesco Devoti , Placido Mursia , Vincenzo Sciancalepore , Xavier Costa-Perez

To meet the ambitious goals of next-generation 6G networks, including ultra-high data rates and ubiquitous coverage, we propose a novel high-altitude platform station (HAPS)-based integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) architecture.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-28 Parisa Kanani , Mohammad Javad Omidi , Mahmoud Modarres-Hashemi , Halim Yanikomeroglu

The intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) alters the behavior of wireless media and, consequently, has potential to improve the performance and reliability of wireless systems such as communications and radar remote sensing. Recently,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-13 Ahmet M. Elbir , Kumar Vijay Mishra , M. R. Bhavani Shankar , Symeon Chatzinotas

In this paper, we propose to utilize intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) for enhancing the physical layer security of wireless communications systems. In particular, an IRS-assisted secure wireless system is considered, where a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-02-26 Xianghao Yu , Dongfang Xu , Robert Schober

Intelligent transportation systems increasingly depend on wireless communication for broadcasting traffic messages and facilitating real-time vehicular communication. In this context, message authentication is crucial for establishing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-09 Mahmoud A. Shawky , Syed Tariq Shah , Ahmed G. Abdellatif , Muhammad Ali Imran , Qammer H. Abbasi , Shuja Ansari , Ahmad Taha

This paper focuses on the design of transmission methods and reflection optimization for a wireless system assisted by a single or multiple reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs). The existing techniques are either too complex to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-09-13 Wei Jiang , Hans D. Schotten

An intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) can adaptively adjust the phase shifts of its reflecting units to strengthen the desired signal and/or suppress the undesired signal. In this letter, we investigate an IRS-aided secure wireless…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-05-28 Miao Cui , Guangchi Zhang , Rui Zhang

The integration of intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) to multiple access networks is a cost-effective solution for boosting spectrum/energy efficiency and enlarging network coverage/connections. However, due to the new capability of IRS…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-30 Beixiong Zheng , Qingqing Wu , Rui Zhang

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…