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In state-of-the-art wireless networks, the radio environment is beyond the control of the operators which leads to several issues. For example, signal attenuation limits radio connectivity, multi-path propagation results in fading phenomena…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-01-05 Mehdi Toumi , Adnan Aijaz

Semantic communication, which focuses on conveying the meaning of information rather than exact bit reconstruction, has gained considerable attention in recent years. Meanwhile, reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a promising…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-30 Jiajia Shi , Tse-Tin Chan , Haoyuan Pan , Tat-Ming Lok

Intelligent surfaces comprising of cost effective, nearly passive, and reconfigurable unit elements are lately gaining increasing interest due to their potential in enabling fully programmable wireless environments. They are envisioned to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-26 George C. Alexandropoulos , Evangelos Vlachos

The linear minimal mean square error (LMMSE) estimator for active reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided wireless systems is formulated. Furthermore, based on the moment-matching method, we employ the Gamma distribution to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-25 Qingchao Li , Mohammed El-Hajjar , Ibrahim Hemadeh , Deepa Jagyasi , Arman Shojaeifard , Lajos Hanzo

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) is a promising solution to reconfigure the wireless environment in a controllable way. To compensate for the double-fading attenuation in the RIS-aided link, a large number of passive reflecting…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-02 Ruizhe Long , Ying-Chang Liang , Yiyang Pei , Erik G. Larsson

Although reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) can improve the performance of wireless networks by smartly reconfiguring the radio environment, existing passive RISs face two key challenges, i.e., double-fading attenuation and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-05 Wen Wang , Wanli Ni , Hui Tian , Naofal Al-Dhahir

Fluid antenna systems (FASs) offer genuine simplicity for communication network design by eliminating expensive hardware overhead and reducing the complexity of access protocol architectures. Through the discovery of significant spatial…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Zhentian Zhang , David Morales-Jimenez , Hao Jiang , Christos Masouros

The robust beamforming design in multi-functional reconfigurable intelligent surface (MF-RIS) assisted wireless networks is investigated in this work, where the MF-RIS supports signal reflection, refraction, and amplification to address the…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-12-12 Ailing Zheng , Wanli Ni , Wen Wang , Hui Tian , Chau Yuen

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) are passive controllable arrays of small reflectors that direct electromagnetic energy towards or away from the target nodes, thereby allowing better management of signals and interference in a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-13 Bharath Shamasundar , Negar Daryanavardan , Aria Nosratinia

This paper investigates the information theoretic limit of a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) aided communication scenario in which the RIS and the transmitter either jointly or independently send information to the receiver. The…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-06-18 Hei Victor Cheng , Wei Yu

Secure ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) has been recently investigated with the fundamental limits of finite block length (FBL) regime in mind. Analysis has revealed that when eavesdroppers outnumber BS antennas or enjoy a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-30 Mohammad Naseri Tehrani , Shahrokh Farahmand

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has emerged as a cost- and energy-efficient solution to enhance the wireless communication capacity. However, recent studies show that a very large surface is required for a RIS-assisted…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-09 Nhan Thanh Nguyen , Quang-Doanh Vu , Kyungchun Lee , Markku Juntti

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has emerged as a key enabler for providing signal coverage, energy efficiency, reliable communication, and physical layer security (PLS) in next-generation wireless communication networks. This paper…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-01 Ahmet Muaz Aktas , Sefa Kayraklik , Sultangali Arzykulov , Galymzhan Nauryzbayev , Ibrahim Hokelek , Ali Gorcin

The technology of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) has been showing promising potential in a variety of applications relying on Beyond-5G networks. Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) can indeed provide fine channel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-28 Moustafa Rahal , Benoit Denis , Kamran Keykhosravi , Musa Furkan Keskin , Bernard Uguen , George C. Alexandropoulos , Henk Wymeersch

This paper investigates the passive beamforming and information transfer (PBIT) technique for the multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems with the aid of a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), where the RIS enhances the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-01 Wenjing Yan , Xiaojun Yuan , Zhen-Qing He , Xiaoyan Kuai

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) can provide stable connectivity for vehicular communications when direct transmission becomes significantly weaker with dynamic channel conditions between an access point and a moving vehicle. In…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-04-22 Vinay Kumar Chapala , Arsalan Malik , S. M. Zafaruddin

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) provides a promising way to build the programmable wireless transmission environments in the future. Owing to the large number of reflecting elements used at the RIS, joint optimization for the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-01-11 Xiaoyan Ma , Shuaishuai Guo , Haixia Zhang , Yuguang Fang , Dongfeng Yuan

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) provides a promising way to build programmable wireless transmission environments. Owing to the massive number of controllable reflecting elements on the surface, RIS is capable of providing…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-10-03 Xiaoyan Ma , Yuguang Fang , Haixia Zhang , Shuaishuai Guo , Dongfeng Yuan

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has emerged as a promising solution to overcome the challenges of high path loss and easy signal blockage in millimeter-wave (mmWave) and terahertz (THz) communication systems. With the increase of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-12-02 Qiumo Yu , Linglong Dai

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