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In this paper, we consider an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-aided single-user system where an IRS with discrete phase shifts is deployed to assist the uplink communication. A practical transmission protocol is proposed to execute…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-12-24 Changsheng You , Beixiong Zheng , Rui Zhang

Intelligent reflecting/refracting surface (IRS) has recently emerged as a promising solution to reconfigure wireless propagation environment for enhancing the communication performance. In this paper, we study a new IRS-aided high-mobility…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-12-14 Zixuan Huang , Beixiong Zheng , Rui Zhang

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) technology has become a crucial enabler for creating cost effective, innovative, and adaptable wireless communication environments. This study investigates an IRS-assisted orthogonal time frequency space…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-06 Sushmita Singh , Kuntal Deka , Sanjeev Sharma , Neelakandan Rajamohan

Next-generation cellular networks will witness the creation of smart radio environments (SREs), where walls and objects can be coated with reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) to strengthen the communication and localization coverage…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-09-08 Ahmed Elzanaty , Anna Guerra , Francesco Guidi , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

This paper investigates secure Directional Modulation (DM) design enhanced by a rotatable active Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS). In conventional RIS-assisted DM networks, the security performance gain is limited due to the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-24 Yongqiang Li , Feng Shu , Shaofan Chen , Yuanyuan Wu , Maolin Li , Zhen Chen , Hao Jiang , Jiangzhou Wang

In multiple-input multiple-output integrated sensing and communication (MIMO ISAC) systems, radio frequency chain (i.e., RF chain) selection plays a vital role in reducing hardware cost, power consumption, and computational complexity.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-15 Subin Shin , Seongkyu Jung , Jinseok Choi , Jeonghun Park

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) are envisioned as a transformative method for enhancing the physical layer security of future communication networks. However, current IRS-assisted secure wireless system designs incur high time cost…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-23 Yifei Wu , Mehmet Emin Arslan , Niels Neumann , Wolfgang Gerstacker , Robert Schober

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a rapidly emerging paradigm to enable non-line-of-sight (NLoS) wireless transmission. In this paper, we focus on IRS-aided radar estimation performance of a moving hidden or NLoS target. Unlike prior…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-14 Zahra Esmaeilbeig , Kumar Vijay Mishra , Arian Eamaz , Mojtaba Soltanalian

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) can actively perform beamforming and have become a crucial enabler for wireless systems in the future. The direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimates of RIS received signals can help design the reflection…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-03 Canping Yu , Yingsong Li , Liping Li , Zhixiang Huang , Qingqing Wu , Rodrigo C. de Lamare

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) are revolutionary enablers for next-generation wireless communication networks, with the ability to customize the radio propagation environment. To fully exploit the potential of IRS-assisted wireless…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-10-12 Yifan Ma , Yifei Shen , Xianghao Yu , Jun Zhang , S. H. Song , Khaled B. Letaief

Wireless sensing and wireless energy are enablers to pave the way for smart transportation and a greener future. In this paper, an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) assisted integrated sensing and wireless power transfer (ISWPT) system…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-04 Zheng Li , Zhengyu Zhu , Zheng Chu , Yingying Guan , De Mi , Fan Liu , Lie-Liang Yang

The fundamental performance metrics of an intelligent reflective surface (IRS)-aided wireless system are presented. By optimizing the IRS phase-shift matrix, the received signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is maximized at the destination in the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-26 Dulaj Gunasinghe , Dhanushka Kudathanthirige , Gayan Amarasuriya Aruma Baduge

An indoor robot navigation system is investigated, where an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is employed to enhance the connectivity between the access point (AP) and a mobile robotic user. The considered system is optimized for…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-25 Xidong Mu , Yuanwei Liu , Li Guo , Jiaru Lin , Robert Schober

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) has been widely recognized as an efficient technique to reconfigure the electromagnetic environment in favor of wireless communication performance. In this paper, we propose a new application of IRS for…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-24 Peilan Wang , Weidong Mei , Jun Fang , Rui Zhang

Cognitive radio (CR) is an effective solution to improve the spectral efficiency (SE) of wireless communications by allowing the secondary users (SUs) to share spectrum with primary users (PUs). Meanwhile, intelligent reflecting surface…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-12 Weiheng Jiang , Yu Zhang , Jun Zhao , Zehui Xiong , Zhiguo Ding

In this paper, intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is introduced to enhance the network performance of cognitive radio (CR) systems. Specifically, we investigate robust beamforming design based on both bounded channel state information…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-08 Lei Zhang , Cunhua Pan , Yu Wang , Hong Ren , Kezhi Wang

In this paper, we investigate an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-assisted multi-user system, where the base station (BS) employs rotatable antennas (RAs) and the IRS can adjust the panel orientation.To alleviate the severe…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-25 Guoying Zhang , Qingqing Wu , Ziyuan Zheng , Qiaoyan Peng , Ailing Zheng , Yanze Zhu , Ying Gao , Wen Chen

As an excellent aided communication tool, intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) can make a significant rate enhancement and coverage extension. In this paper, we present an investigation on beamforming in an IRS-aided directional modulation…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-30 Yeqing Lin , Rongen Dong , Peng Zhang , Feng Shu , Jiangzhou Wang

The localization of directional RF emitters presents significant challenges for electronic warfare applications. Traditional localization methods, designed for omnidirectional emitters, experience degraded performance when applied to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-30 Fraser Williams , Akila Pemasiri , Dhammika Jayalath , Terry Martin , Clinton Fookes

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is an emerging technology to enhance the spectral and energy efficiency of wireless communications cost-effectively. This letter considers a new multi-IRS aided wireless network where a cascaded…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-08-12 Weidong Mei , Rui Zhang