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The explosive growth in wireless service demand has prompted the evolution of integrated satellite-terrestrial networks (ISTNs) to overcome the limitations of traditional terrestrial networks (TNs) in terms of coverage, spectrum efficiency,…

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In recent years there has been a growing interest in reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) as enablers for the realization of smart radio propagation environments which can provide performance improvements with low energy consumption…

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Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has emerged as a promising technology in both terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) due to its ability to manipulate wireless environments for better connectivity. Significant studies have…

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We consider unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled wireless systems where downlink communications between a multi-antenna UAV and multiple users are assisted by a hybrid active-passive reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS). We aim at a…

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A novel transmissive reconfigurable intelligent surface (TRIS) transceiver-empowered simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) framework is proposed. The sum-rate of the information decoding (ID) users is maximized by…

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In order to bolster the next generation of wireless networks, there has been a great deal of interest in non-terrestrial networks (NTN), including satellites, high altitude platform stations (HAPS), and uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV). To…

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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

Aerial reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (ARIS), deployed on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), could enhance anti-jamming communication performance by dynamically configuring channel conditions and establishing reliable air-ground links.…

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Low-altitude wireless networks (LAWNs) have become effective solutions for collecting data from low-power Internet-of-Things devices (IoTDs) in remote areas with limited communication infrastructure. However, some outdoor IoTDs deployed in…

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Aiming at providing wireless communication systems with environment-perceptive capacity, emerging integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) technologies face multiple difficulties, especially in balancing the performance trade-off between…

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Terahertz (THz) cell-free massive multiple-input-multiple-output (mMIMO) networks have been envisioned as a prospective technology for achieving higher system capacity, improved performance, and ultra-high reliability in 6G networks.…

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In this paper, we consider the application of intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) communication systems, which exploits both the significant…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-10-13 Zhiqiang Wei , Yuanxin Cai , Zhuo Sun , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Jinhong Yuan , Mingyu Zhou , Lixin Sun

In this paper, we consider an active reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV)-enabled simultaneous wireless information and power transfer(SWIPT) system with multiple ground users. Compared with the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-21 Zhangjie Peng , Ruijing Liu , Cunhua Pan , Zhenkun Zhang , Jiangzhou Wang

The technology of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) has lately attracted considerable interest from both academia and industry as a low-cost solution for coverage extension and signal propagation control. In this paper, we study…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-03 Konstantinos D. Katsanos , Paolo Di Lorenzo , George C. Alexandropoulos

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) technology holds immense potential for increasing the performance of wireless networks. Therefore, RIS is also regarded as one of the solutions to address communication challenges in high-mobility…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-22 Hanwen Hu , Jiancheng An , Lu Gan , Chau Yuen

In this paper, we study the transmission strategy of a ground-based beyond diagonal reconfigurable intelligent surface (BD-RIS), a.k.a RIS 2.0, in a network where multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) simultaneously transmit signals to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-18 Aamer Mohamed Huroon , Yu-Chih Huang , Li-Chun Wang

Satellite communication is envisioned as a key enabler of future 6G networks, yet its wide coverage with high link attenuation poses significant challenges for physical layer security. In this paper, we investigate secure multi-beam,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-08-29 Zhaole Wang , Naijin Liu , Xiao Tang , Shuai Yuan , Chenxi Wang , Zhi Zhai , Qinghe Du , Jinxin Liu

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) is a promising solution to build a programmable wireless environment via steering the incident signal in fully customizable ways with reconfigurable passive elements. In this paper, we consider a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-12-30 Huayan Guo , Ying-Chang Liang , Jie Chen , Erik G. Larsson

The increasing demand for reliable, high-capacity communication during large-scale outdoor events poses significant challenges for traditional Terrestrial Networks (TNs), which often struggle to provide consistent coverage in high-density…

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