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In this letter, we optimize the channel estimator of the cascaded channel in an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-assisted millimeter wave (mmWave) multi-antenna system. In this system, the receiver is equipped with a hybrid architecture…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-10-05 Wenhui Zhang , Jindan Xu , Wei Xu , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Huan Sun

A conceptual example is first analyzed to show that efficient wireless communications is possible, when user equipment (UE) receiver, BS transmitter or/and the scatter (reflector) in wireless channels employ the required channel state…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-19 Lie-Liang Yang

Considering the dimensionality of a typical reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), channel state information acquisition in RIS-assisted systems requires lengthy pilot transmissions. Moreover, the large aperture of the RIS may cause…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-27 Mehdi Haghshenas , Parisa Ramezani , Maurizio Magarini , Emil Björnson

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a newly-emerged technology that might fundamentally change how wireless networks are operated. Though extensively studied in recent years, the practical limitations of RIS are often neglected when…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-12 Parisa Ramezani , Yasaman Khorsandmanesh , Emil Björnson

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) have been recently considered as an energy-efficient solution for future wireless networks due to their fast and low power configuration enabling massive connectivity and low latency…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-29 Li Wei , Chongwen Huang , George C. Alexandropoulos , Chau Yuen

This paper develops efficient channel estimation techniques for millimeter-wave (mmWave) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems under practical hardware limitations, including an arbitrary array geometry and a hybrid hardware…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-10-23 Yue Wang , Yu Zhang , Zhi Tian , Geert Leus , Gong Zhang

Due to the passive nature of Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS), channel estimation is a fundamental challenge in IRS-aided wireless networks. Particularly, as the number of IRS reflecting elements and/or that of IRS-served users…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-08-04 Xinrong Guan , Qingqing Wu , Rui Zhang

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) have been recently considered as an energy-efficient solution for future wireless networks. Their dynamic and low-power configuration enables coverage extension, massive connectivity, and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-11-30 Li Wei , Chongwen Huang , George C. Alexandropoulos , Zhaohui Yang , Chau Yuen , Zhaoyang Zhang

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

Beyond diagonal reconfigurable intelligent surface (BD-RIS) is a new advance and generalization of the RIS technique. BD-RIS breaks through the isolation between RIS elements by creatively introducing inter-element connections, thereby…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-11 Hongyu Li , Shanpu Shen , Yumeng Zhang , Bruno Clerckx

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) enable reliable low-latency millimeter wave (mmWave) communication links in cases of a blocked line-of-sight (LoS) between the base station (BS) and the user equipment (UE), i.e. a RIS mounted on a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-13 Hamed Radpour , Markus Hofer , David Loschenbrand , Lukas Walter Mayer , Andreas Hofmann , Martin Schiefer , Thomas Zemen

The reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) with low hardware cost and energy consumption has been recognized as a potential technique for future 6G communications to enhance coverage and capacity. To achieve this goal, accurate channel…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-01-26 Xiuhong Wei , Decai Shen , Linglong Dai

This work proposes an iterative detection, decoding and channel estimation scheme for multiple-antenna systems assisted by multiple reflective intelligent surfaces (RIS). A novel channel estimation technique that exploits low-density…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Roberto C. G. Porto , Rodrigo C. de Lamare

Near-field channel estimation under beam squint effect is critical to future 6G millimeter-wave (mmWave) systems equipped with reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS). In this paper, firstly, we design an extremely large-scale circular…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-07 Wanyuan Cai , Shunli Hong , Youming Li , Menglei Sheng , Mingjun Huang

The accurate estimation of Channel State Information (CSI) is of crucial importance for the successful operation of Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) communication systems, especially in a Multi-User (MU) time-varying environment and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-22 Jide Yuan , George C. Alexandropoulos , Eleftherios Kofidis , Tobias Lindstrm Jensen , Elisabeth De Carvalho

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

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) are envisioned to play a key role in future wireless communications, enabling programmable radio propagation environments. They are usually considered as almost passive planar structures that…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-12 Haiyang Zhang , Nir Shlezinger , George C Alexandropoulos , Idban Alamzadeh , Mohammadreza F Imani , Yonina C Eldar

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a promising reflective radio technology for improving the coverage and rate of future wireless systems by reconfiguring the wireless propagation environment. The current work mainly focuses on the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-03-24 Xuelin Cao , Bo Yang , Hongliang Zhang , Chongwen Huang , Chau Yuen , Zhu Han

In reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication systems, the large-scale RIS introduces pronounced geometric effects that lead to the coexistence of far-field and near-field propagation.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-09 Xiaokun Tuo , Ming-Min Zhao , Xiang Wang , Changsheng You , Min-Jian Zhao

This paper considers the channel estimation of a single user in a MISO system with an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS). The performances of the minimum variance unbiased (MVU) and minimum mean square error (MMSE) estimators using the…

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