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Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) are envisioned as a key enabler for next-generation wireless networks, offering programmable control over propagation environments. While extensive research focuses on planar RIS architectures,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-16 Mohamadreza Delbari , Ehsan Mohammadi , Mostafa Darabi , Arash Asadi , Alejandro Jiménez-Sáez , Vahid Jamali

To enhance coverage and signal quality in millimeter-wave (mmWave) frequencies, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have emerged as a game-changing solution to manipulate the wireless environment. Traditional semiconductor-based RISs…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-18 Le Hao , Robin Neuder , Mohamadreza Delbari , Alejandro Jiménez-Sáez , Vahid Jamali , Arash Asadi , Andrea Ortiz

In this paper, a discrete reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted spatial shift keying (SSK) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) scheme is investigated, in which a direct link between the transmitter and the receiver is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-04 Xusheng Zhu , Qingqing Wu , Wen Chen , Xinyuan He , Lexi Xu , Yaxin Zhang

This paper investigates a general discrete $\ell_p$-norm maximization problem, with the power enhancement at steering directions through reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) as an instance. We propose a mathematically concise…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-13 Rujing Xiong , Tiebin Mi , Jialong Lu , Ke Yin , Kai Wan , Fuhai Wang , Robert Caiming Qiu

Optimizing discrete phase shifts in large-scale reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) is challenging due to their non-convex and non-linear nature. In this letter, we propose a heuristic-integrated deep reinforcement learning (DRL)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-08 Wei Wang , Peizheng Li , Angela Doufexi , Mark A. Beach

This letter introduces a novel partitioning scheme for reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) that simultaneously consider RIS identification and beamforming. The proposed scheme dynamicly and efficiently allocates RIS elements between…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-17 Yarkın Gevez , Aymen Khaleel , Ertugrul Basar

In this paper, we investigate a new index modulation (IM) scheme for reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted communications with 1-bit RIS phase resolution. In addition to the traditional modulated symbols, extra bits of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-24 Ioannis Krikidis , Constantinos Psomas , Gan Zheng

In next-generation wireless networks, reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems are foreseeable to support a large number of antennas at the transceiver as well as a large number of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-24 Chang Cai , Xiaojun Yuan , Ying-Jun Angela Zhang

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) can be crucial in next-generation communication systems. However, designing the {RIS} phases according to the instantaneous channel state information (CSI) can be challenging in practice due to the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-09-26 Athira Subhash , Abla Kammoun , Ahmed Elzanaty , Sheetal Kalyani , Yazan H. Al-Badarneh , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) technology has gained significant attention due to its ability to enhance the performance of wireless communication systems. The main advantage of RIS is that it can be strategically placed in the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-26 Hajar El Hammouti , Adnane Saoud , Asma Ennahkami , El Houcine Bergou

In this paper, we study the advantages of using reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) for interference suppression in single-input single-output (SISO) distributed Internet of Things (IoT) networks. Implementing RIS-assisted networks…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-12-19 Sajjad Nassirpour , Alireza Vahid , Dinh-Thuan Do , Dinesh Bharadia

This work considers a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system with RIS spatial correlation and electromagnetic interference (EMI). We propose a two-phase channel…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-18 Jun Qian , Chi Zhang , Khaled B. Letaief , Ross Murch

The standard approach to encoding constraints in quantum optimization is the quadratic penalty method. Quadratic penalties introduce additional couplings and energy scales, which can be detrimental to the performance of a quantum optimizer.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-17 Puya Mirkarimi , David C. Hoyle , Ross Williams , Nicholas Chancellor

A double self-sustainable reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) assisted multi-user multiple input multiple output (MIMO) system is investigated. Two RISs are equipped with energy harvesting circuit to achieve self-sustainable…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-08 Ji Wang , Suhong Luo , Yixuan Li , Wenwu Xie , Xingwang Li , Arumugam Nallanathan

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has aroused a surge of interest in recent years. In this paper, we investigate the joint phase alignment and phase quantization on discrete phase shift designs for RIS-assisted single-input…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-03-24 Jian Sang , Jifeng Lan , Mingyong Zhou , Boning Gao , Wankai Tang , Xiao Li , Xinping Yi , Shi Jin

Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces (IRS) promise low-power coverage extension, yet practical deployments must curb hardware complexity and control overhead. This paper quantifies the performance impact of two cost-saving measures, column-wise…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Yizhi He , Sayed Amir Hoseini , Mahbub Hassan

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

To maximize the received power at a user equipment, the problem of optimizing a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) with a limited phase range R < 2{\pi} and nonuniform discrete phase shifts with adjustable gains is addressed.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-13 Dogan Kutay Pekcan , Hongyi Liao , Ender Ayanoglu

The reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a promising technology that enables wireless communication systems to achieve improved performance by intelligently manipulating wireless channels. In this paper, we consider the sum-rate…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-21 Bile Peng , Karl-Ludwig Besser , Ramprasad Raghunath , Vahid Jamali , Eduard A. Jorswieck

In this paper, we consider the robust beamforming design in a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided cell-free (CF) system considering the channel state information (CSI) uncertainties of both the direct channels and cascaded…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-10 Jiacheng Yao , Jindan Xu , Wei Xu , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Chau Yuen , Xiaohu You