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This paper investigates an uplink user equipment (UE) location and orientation estimation problem in an indoor rich-scattering environment (RSE) for a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) narrowband reconfigurable intelligent surfaces…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-21 Anum Umer , Ivo Müürsepp , Muhammad Mahtab Alam

This letter considers a beyond diagonal reconfigurable intelligent surface (BD-RIS) aided integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system, where the BD-RIS can help a multi-antenna base station (BS) serve multiple user equipments (UEs)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-18 Xiaoqi Zhang , Liang Liu , Shuowen Zhang , Weifeng Zhu , Haijun Zhang

Phase selection design for reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) is a significant research challenge, as a closed-form optimal solution for a multi-user (MU) system is believed to be intractable. While existing methods achieve strong…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-12 Amy S. Inwood , Peter J. Smith , Philippa A. Martin , Graeme K. Woodward

The emerging immersive and autonomous services have posed stringent requirements on both communications and localization. By considering the great potential of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), this paper focuses on the joint…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-05 Yunfei Li , Yiting Luo , Xianda Wu , Zheng Shi , Shaodan Ma , Guanghua Yang

In this paper, the problem of sum-rate maximization for an active reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) assisted downlink rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) transmission system is studied. In the considered model, the active RIS is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-31 Xinhao Li , Tao Wang , Haonan Tong , Zhaohui Yang , Yijie Mao , Changchuan Yin

Recent considerations for reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) assume that RISs can convey information by reflection without the need of transmit radio frequency chains, which, however, is a challenging task. In this paper, we propose…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-08-07 Shaoe Lin , Beixiong Zheng , George C. Alexandropoulos , Miaowen Wen , Marco Di Renzo , Fangjiong Chen

We analyze the influence of a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) on the Gram channel eigenvalues in a high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) scenario. This allows to connect specific channel properties with the rank improvement capabilities…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-17 Dominik Semmler , Michael Joham , Wolfgang Utschick

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have emerged as a promising solution that can provide dynamic control over the propagation of electromagnetic waves. The RIS technology is envisioned as a key enabler of sixth-generation networks…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-26 Ishan Koralege , Arthur S. de Sena , Nurul H. Mahmood , Farjam Karim , Dimuthu Lesthuruge , Samitha Gunarathne

We provide accurate approximations of the sum-rate capacity of an opportunistic time-sharing downlink, when a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) assists the transmission from a single-antenna base station (BS) to single-antenna user…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-10-13 Donatella Darsena , Francesco Verde

Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) are two potential sixth-generation (6G) technologies. However, channel aging due to user mobility and electromagnetic interference (EMI)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-27 Jun Qian , Chi Zhang , Ross Murch , Khaled B. Letaief

We consider a multi-user multiple input single output (MU-MISO) system assisted by a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS). For such a system, we aim to optimally select the RIS phase shifts and precoding vectors for maximizing the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-16 M. S. S. Manasa , Kali Krishna Kota , Praful D. Mankar , Harpreet S. Dhillon

In this work, we unveil the advantages of synergizing cooperative rate splitting (CRS) with user relaying and simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR RIS). Specifically, we propose a novel STAR…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-16 Kangchun Zhao , Yijie Mao , Yuanming Shi

This paper provides a theoretical framework for understanding the performance of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) with zero-forcing (ZF) detectors under imperfect channel state…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-03 Kangda Zhi , Cunhua Pan , Gui Zhou , Hong Ren , Maged Elkashlan , Robert Schober

This paper proposes a novel reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) architecture which enables channel estimation of RIS-assisted millimeter wave (mmWave) systems. More specifically, two channel estimation methods, namely, direct…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-08-20 Fangqing Jiang , Liang Yang , Daniel Benevides da Costa , Qingqing Wu

Applications of intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) in wireless networks have attracted significant attention recently. Most of the relevant literature is focused on the single cell setting where a single IRS is deployed and perfect…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-02 Junghoon Kim , Seyyedali Hosseinalipour , Taejoon Kim , David J. Love , Christopher G. Brinton

In this work, in order to achieve higher spectrum efficiency, we propose a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted multi-user communication uplink system. Different from previous work in which the RIS only optimizes the phase of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-11-19 Liang Yang , Fanxu Meng , Mazen O. Hasna , Ertugrul Basar

We consider a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channel in the presence of a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS). Specifically, our focus is on analyzing the spatial multiplexing gains in line-of-sight and low-scattering MIMO…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-10 Giulio Bartoli , Andrea Abrardo , Nicolo Decarli , Davide Dardari , Marco Di Renzo

Cooperative rate splitting (CRS), built upon rate splitting multiple access (RSMA) and opportunistic user relaying, has been recognized as a promising transmission strategy to enhance the user fairness and spectral efficiency in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-09 Kangchun Zhao , Yijie Mao , Zhaohui Yang , Lixiang Lian , Bruno Clerckx

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is considered as an extraordinarily promising technology to solve the blockage problem of millimeter wave (mmWave) communications owing to its capable of establishing a reconfigurable wireless…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-22 Yuqian Zhu , Ming Li , Yang Liu , Qian Liu , Zheng Chang , Yulin Hu

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is very promising for wireless networks to achieve high energy efficiency, extended coverage, improved capacity, massive connectivity, etc. To unleash the full potentials of RIS-aided communications,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-01-03 Yabo Guo , Peng Sun , Zhengdao Yuan , Chongwen Huang , Qinghua Guo , Zhongyong Wang , Chau Yuen