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This paper exploits the potential of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) to improve radar sensing in a non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) empowered integrated sensing and communication (NOMA-ISAC) network. The objective is to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-29 Jiakuo Zuo , Yuanwei Liu

Millimeter wave (MmWave) systems are vulnerable to blockages, which cause signal drop and link outage. One solution is to deploy reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) to add a strong non-line-of-sight path from the transmitter to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-01 Xiaowen Tian , Nuria Gonzalez-Prelcic , Robert W. Heath

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have shown the potential to improve signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) related coverage, especially at high-frequency communications. However, assessing electromagnetic field exposure…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-22 Lin Chen , Ahmed Elzanaty , Mustafa A Kishk , Ying-Jun Angela Zhang

A reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a holographic MIMO surface composed of a large number of passive elements that can induce adjustable phase shifts to the impinging waves. By creating virtual line-of-sight (LOS) paths between…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-06 Mehdi Haghshenas , Parisa Ramezani , Maurizio Magarini , Emil Björnson

The ever-growing popularity and rapid improving of artificial intelligence (AI) have raised rethinking on the evolution of wireless networks. Mobile edge computing (MEC) provides a natural platform for AI applications since it provides rich…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-08 Shanfeng Huang , Shuai Wang , Rui Wang , Miaowen Wen , Kaibin Huang

We consider a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) that can implement a phase rotation continuously over the whole surface rather than via a finite number of discrete elements. Such an RIS can be considered a design for future systems…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-18 Amy S. Inwood , Peter J. Smith , Mahmoud AlaaEldin , Michail Matthaiou

Millimeter wave (mmWave) band, or high frequencies such as THz, has large undeveloped band of spectrum. However, wireless channels over the mmWave band usually have one or two paths only due to the severe attenuation. The channel property…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-04-14 Xi Yang , Chao-Kai Wen , Shi Jin

Multifunction phased array radars (MPARs) exploit the intrinsic flexibility of their active electronically steered array (ESA) to perform, at the same time, a multitude of operations, such as search, tracking, fire control, classification,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-21 Augusto Aubry , Antonio De Maio , Luca Pallotta

Recent research and development interests deal with metasurfaces for wireless systems beyond their consideration as intelligent tunable reflectors. Among the latest proposals is the simultaneously transmitting (a.k.a. refracting) and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-08 Jiguang He , Aymen Fakhreddine , George C. Alexandropoulos

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) has the potential to enhance sensing performance, due to its capability of reshaping the echo signals. Different from the existing literature, which has commonly focused on IRS beamforming optimization,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-08 Zhouyuan Yu , Xiaoling Hu , Chenxi Liu , Qin Tao , Mugen Peng

Multiplicative fading is a major limitation of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS), restricting their effective coverage in both existing sub-6GHz systems and future mmWave networks. Although active RIS architectures mitigate this…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Aparna V C , Shashank Shekhar , Sheetal Kalyani

Without requiring operational costs such as cabling and powering while maintaining reconfigurable phase-shift capability, self-sustainable reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (ssRISs) can be deployed in locations inaccessible to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-09 Zhenyu Li , Ozan Alp Topal , Özlem Tuğfe Demir , Emil Björnson , Cicek Cavdar

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a two-dimensional periodic structure integrated with a large number of reflective elements, which can manipulate electromagnetic waves in a digital way, offering great potentials for wireless…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-01-22 Zhen Zhang , Jun Hui Qiu , Jun Wei Zhang , Hui Dong Li , Dong Tang , Qiang Cheng , Wei Lin

In this paper, we introduce the concept of partially-connected Receiving Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (R-RISs), which refers to metasurfaces designed to efficiently sense electromagnetic waveforms impinging on them, and perform…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-06 Jiguang He , Aymen Fakhreddine , Charles Vanwynsberghe , Henk Wymeersch , George C. Alexandropoulos

Large-scale reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) can effectively enhance the performance of millimeter wave (mmWave) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to ground communication link with obstructed line-of-sight (LoS) path by exploiting more…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-25 Baiping Xiong , Zaichen Zhang , Jiangzhou Wang

This paper explores the use of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) in mitigating cross-system interference in spectrum sharing and secure wireless applications. Unlike conventional RIS that can only adjust the phase of the incoming…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-03 Fangzhou Wang , A. Lee Swindlehurst

Conventional antenna arrays rely primarily on digital beamforming for spatial control. While adding more elements can narrow beamwidth and suppress interference, such scaling incurs prohibitive hardware and power costs. Rotatable antennas…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-29 Xingxiang Peng , Qingqing Wu , Ziyuan Zheng , Wen Chen , Yanze Zhu , Ying Gao

As a novel approach to flexibly adjust the wireless environment, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) have shown significant application potential across various domains, including wireless communication, radar detection, and the…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-02-26 Zhen Zhang , Qiang Chen

This paper introduces a method to reduce interference in OFDM radar systems through the use of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS). The method involves adjusting the RIS elements to diminish interference effects and improve the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-21 Ali Parchekani , Milad Johnny , Shahrokh Valaee

A reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) can be used to improve the channel gain between a base station (BS) and user equipment (UE), but only if its $N$ reflecting elements are configured properly. This requires accurate estimation of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-24 Özlem Tuğfe Demir , Emil Björnson , Luca Sanguinetti