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Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) represent a transformative technology for sixth-generation (6G) wireless communications, but it suffers from a significant limitation, namely the double-fading attenuation. Active RIS has emerged as…

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A simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) assisted wireless powered communication network (WPCN) is proposed, where two energy-limited devices first harvest energy from a hybrid access point…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-03 Guangyu Zhu , Xidong Mu , Li Guo , Ao Huang , Shibiao Xu

We consider an Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS)-aided multiple-input single-output (MISO) system for downlink transmission. We compare the performance of Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) and conventional optimization methods in finding…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-07-27 Amal Feriani , Amine Mezghani , Ekram Hossain

This letter investigates a sum rate maximizationproblem in an intelligent reflective surface (IRS) assisted non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) downlink network. Specif-ically, the sum rate of all the users is maximized by…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-18 Ximing Xie , Shiyu Jiao , Zhiguo Ding

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) can improve signal propagation environments by adjusting the phase of the incident signal. However, optimizing the phase shifts jointly with the beamforming vector at the access point is challenging…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-28 Weijie Jin , Jing Zhang , Chao-Kai Wen , Shi Jin , Xiao Li , Shuangfeng Han

This paper investigates coordinated downlink transmission in a multi-base station (multi-BS) multi-reconfigurable intelligent surface (multi-RIS)-assisted pinching-antenna (PA) system, where each user equipment (UE) is associated with a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-05 Changpeng He , Yang Lu , Wei Chen , Bo Ai , Arumugam Nallanathan , Zhiguo Ding

The user-centric cell-free network has emerged as an appealing technology to improve the next-generation wireless network's capacity thanks to its ability to eliminate inter-cell interference effectively. However, the cell-free network…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-09 Wangyang Xu , Jiancheng An , Hongbin Li , Lu Gan , Chau Yuen

By activating blocked users and altering successive interference cancellation (SIC) sequences, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) become promising for enhancing non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) systems. This work investigates…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-06-25 Chao Zhang , Wenqiang Yi , Yuanwei Liu , Zhijin Qin , Kok Keong Chai

This comprehensive survey examines how Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) revolutionize resource allocation in various network frameworks. It begins by establishing a theoretical foundation with an overview of RIS technologies,…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-01-07 Manzoor Ahmed , Fang Xu , Yuanlin Lyu , Aized Amin Soofi , Yongxiao Li , Feroz Khan , Wali Ullah Khan , Muhammad Sheraz , Teong Chee Chuah , Min Deng

This paper investigates the performance of downlink simultaneous transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS)-assisted cell-free (CF) massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) systems, where user equipments…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-01 Anastasios Papazafeiropoulos , Hien Quoc Ngo , Pandelis Kourtessis , Symeon Chatzinotas

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) is becoming a transformative technology for the upcoming 6G communication networks, providing a way for smartly maneuvering the electromagnetic waves to enhance coverage and connectivity. This paper…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-31 Atiquzzaman Mondal , Waheeb Tashan , Ayat Al-Olaimat , Hüseyin Arslan

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) is a transformative technology with great potential in many applications in wireless communications and realizing the Internet of Everything at sixth generation (6G). In this study, we propose a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-25 Xuejian Wei , Hui-Ming Wang

Wireless communication in the TeraHertz band (0.1--10 THz) is envisioned as one of the key enabling technologies for the future sixth generation (6G) wireless communication systems scaled up beyond massive multiple input multiple output…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-23 Chongwen Huang , Zhaohui Yang , George C. Alexandropoulos , Kai Xiong , Li Wei , Chau Yuen , Zhaoyang Zhang , Merouane Debbah

In this article, we study the problem of robust reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided downlink communication over heterogeneous RIS types in the supervised learning setting. By modeling downlink communication over heterogeneous RIS…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-10-11 Chaouki Ben Issaid , Sumudu Samarakoon , Mehdi Bennis , H. Vincent Poor

In this paper, a simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS)-aided downlink non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) Terahertz (THz) wireless system is proposed for indoor and outdoor transmissions.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-07 Ngoc Phuc Le , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

This paper aims to explore reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) integration in a millimeter wave (mmWave) communication system with low-complexity transceiver architecture under imperfect CSI assumption. Towards this, we propose a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-02-08 Kali Krishna Kota , Praful D. Mankar

This paper investigates the use of the reconfigurable dual-functional surface to guarantee the full-space secure transmission in non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) networks. In the presence of eavesdroppers, the downlink communication…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-31 Wen Wang , Wanli Ni , Hui Tian , Zhaohui Yang , Chongwen Huang , Kai-Kit Wong

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have received considerable attention as a key enabler for envisioned 6G networks, for the purpose of improving the network capacity, coverage, efficiency, and security with low energy consumption…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-30 Hao Zhou , Melike Erol-Kantarci , Yuanwei Liu , H. Vincent Poor

The intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a planar array with massive reconfigurable passive elements, which can align the reflecting signals at the receivers via controlling the phase shifts at each element independently. Since IRS can…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-22 Silei Wang , Qiang Li , Sissi Xiaoxiao Wu , Jingran Lin

We study the joint active/passive beamforming and channel blocklength (CBL) allocation in a non-ideal reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided ultra-reliable and low-latency communication (URLLC) system. The considered scenario is a…

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