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A Survey on Channel Estimation and Practical Passive Beamforming Design for Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Wireless Communications

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Summary: This paper explores an angle-domain intelligent reflecting surface system, deriving maximum likelihood estimators for effective angles and demonstrating improved accuracy with more BS antennas and closer IRS deployment. A joint optimization of BS and IRS beamforming based on estimated angles achieves performance comparable to benchmark algorithms. Simulation results show increased focus of optimized BS beam towards IRS as number of reflecting elements increase, with analytical findings suggesting achievable rate improvement with more BS antennas or reflecting elements.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS (2021)

Article Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

Joint Beamforming and Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Design for Two-Way Relay Networks

Jun Wang et al.

Summary: This paper investigates a RIS-assisted two-way relay network, aiming to maximize the minimum signal-to-noise ratio of two users by jointly designing the phase shifts at the RIS and beamforming matrix at the BS under transmit power constraint. Different algorithms are proposed for single-antenna BS and multiple-antenna BS cases, with numerical results and computational complexity analysis confirming the effectiveness of the proposed methods.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS (2021)

Article Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

Efficient Channel Estimation for Double-IRS Aided Multi-User MIMO System

Beixiong Zheng et al.

Summary: This paper proposes a new and efficient channel estimation scheme for the double-IRS aided MIMO communication system to address the cascaded CSI of both single- and double-reflection links. The proposed scheme effectively utilizes the fact that the cascaded channel coefficients are scaled versions of their superimposed lower-dimensional CSI.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS (2021)

Article Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

Terahertz Massive MIMO With Holographic Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces

Ziwei Wan et al.

Summary: In the field of terahertz communication, holographic reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) can achieve holographic communication with practical hardware architecture and higher performance advantages. Meanwhile, for THz massive MIMO systems, a closed-loop channel estimation (CE) scheme is proposed to effectively estimate channels, and compressive sensing technique is introduced to reduce pilot overhead.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS (2021)

Article Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

Channel Estimation for RIS-Aided mmWave MIMO Systems via Atomic Norm Minimization

Jiguang He et al.

Summary: The paper proposes a two-stage channel estimation scheme for RIS-aided millimeter wave MIMO systems, achieving super-resolution channel parameter estimation and demonstrating promising performance in the subsequent data transmission phase.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS (2021)

Article Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

Achievable Rate Analysis and Phase Shift Optimization on Intelligent Reflecting Surface With Hardware Impairments

Zhe Xing et al.

Summary: Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is seen as a promising solution to hardware cost and energy consumption in 5G mobile communication networks. However, hardware impairment (HWI) can lead to performance degradation in IRS-aided wireless communication systems. Despite the negative impact of HWI, opportunities exist for IRS to outperform conventional decode-and-forward (DF) relays in certain scenarios.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS (2021)

Article Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

Tensor-Based Algebraic Channel Estimation for Hybrid IRS-Assisted MIMO-OFDM

Yuxing Lin et al.

Summary: A method for channel estimation in MIMO-OFDM systems assisted by intelligent reconfigurable surfaces (IRSs) is proposed in this paper. By utilizing a hybrid IRS architecture and exploiting the sparse characteristics of high-frequency propagation, the multipath channel parameters are successfully estimated. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed schemes outperform traditional methods in terms of accuracy, robustness, and complexity.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS (2021)

Article Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

Active Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Aided Wireless Communications

Ruizhe Long et al.

Summary: The paper introduces a new type of RIS, called active RIS, which enhances the incoming signal by incorporating active loads to each reflecting element, in contrast to conventional passive RIS systems. However, this amplification may unintentionally boost RIS-correlated noise, requiring optimization of the reflecting coefficient matrix at the RIS and receive beamforming at the receiver to strike a balance between maximizing received signal power and minimizing RIS-related noise.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS (2021)

Article Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

Two-Timescale Beamforming Optimization for Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Multiuser Communication With QoS Constraints

Ming-Min Zhao et al.

Summary: This paper studies an IRS-aided MISO wireless system and adopts a two-timescale transmission to reduce complexity and overhead. A novel algorithm called PDD-TJAPB is proposed to efficiently solve the non-convex optimization problem by decomposing it and employing deep unfolding technique. The algorithm is shown to converge to a stationary solution almost surely and demonstrate advantages over benchmark schemes in simulation results.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS (2021)

Article Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

Large System Achievable Rate Analysis of RIS-Assisted MIMO Wireless Communication With Statistical CSIT

Jun Zhang et al.

Summary: The study focuses on downlink RIS-assisted MIMO wireless communication system, aiming to design optimal transmit covariance matrix at BS and diagonal phase-shifting matrix at RIS to maximize achievable ergodic rate. Results show that using replica method and large-system approximation can enhance system performance.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS (2021)

Article Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

Double-IRS Assisted Multi-User MIMO: Cooperative Passive Beamforming Design

Beixiong Zheng et al.

Summary: Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS) have become a cost-effective technology for achieving smart and reconfigurable wireless communication environments. This paper studies a double-IRS assisted multi-user communication system with cooperative passive beamforming design, showing superior performance over conventional single-IRS systems in terms of signal-to-noise ratio and multi-user effective channel rank.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS (2021)

Article Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces-Assisted Multiuser MIMO Uplink Transmission With Partial CSI

Li You et al.

Summary: This paper discusses the application of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) to assist multiuser MIMO uplink transmission, optimizing the transmit covariance matrices of user terminals and the phase shift matrix of RIS to maximize system global energy efficiency (GEE).

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS (2021)

Article Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

6G Wireless Systems: Vision, Requirements, Challenges, Insights, and Opportunities

Harsh Tataria et al.

Summary: This article discusses the generational changes in mobile communications, with a focus on the technical requirements, challenges, and possibilities of the sixth generation (6G) wireless systems. With the increasing demand for spectrum utilization, 6G systems will operate in a wider range of frequency bands.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE (2021)

Article Computer Science, Information Systems

Robust Design for Intelligent Reflecting Surface-Assisted MIMO-OFDMA Terahertz IoT Networks

Wanming Hao et al.

Summary: This article explores an IRS-aided multiuser THz MIMO system and optimizes the base station analog/digital beamforming and IRS reflection matrix to maximize the weighted sum rate. It proposes an alternatively iterative optimization algorithm and discusses beamforming and reflection matrix design under imperfect CSI in IRS-based systems.

IEEE INTERNET OF THINGS JOURNAL (2021)

Article Computer Science, Information Systems

Learning-Based Robust and Secure Transmission for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Aided Millimeter Wave UAV Communications

Xufeng Guo et al.

Summary: In this study, a novel algorithm is proposed to enhance the security and robustness of millimeter-wave UAV communication by optimizing the active beamforming of the UAV, the coefficients of RIS elements, and the UAV trajectory. Simulation results demonstrate that RIS can significantly improve the sum secrecy rate.

IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS (2021)

Article Computer Science, Information Systems

Coverage Probability of Distributed IRS Systems Under Spatially Correlated Channels

Anastasios Papazafeiropoulos et al.

Summary: This study explores the use of multiple distributed intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) in controlling the propagation environment in the presence of correlated Rayleigh fading. By comparing the implementation of a finite number of large IRSs and a large number of finite size IRSs, it is shown that adding more surfaces outperforms adding more elements per surface. The coverage probability is derived in closed-form for both cases using statistical channel state information (CSI) and optimal coverage probability is obtained.

IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS (2021)

Article Computer Science, Information Systems

Mutual Coupling and Unit Cell Aware Optimization for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces

Xuewen Qian et al.

Summary: The paper introduces algorithms for optimizing a single-input single-output reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) assisted system, proposing different optimization methods for different scenarios, and numerically demonstrates the significant impact of mutual coupling on system performance.

IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS (2021)

Article Computer Science, Information Systems

IRS Meets Relaying: Joint Resource Allocation and Passive Beamforming Optimization

Beixiong Zheng et al.

Summary: This letter introduces a novel communication system design with intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) that optimizes relay and passive reflection for maximizing system rate. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed design significantly improves the coverage and rate performance of IRS-assisted systems.

IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS (2021)

Article Computer Science, Information Systems

Uplink Achievable Rate Maximization for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Aided Millimeter Wave Systems With Resolution-Adaptive ADCs

Yue Xiu et al.

Summary: In this study, the uplink of a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided millimeter-wave (mmWave) multi-user system was investigated. By jointly optimizing ADC quantization bits, RIS phase shifts, and beam selection matrix, the achievable rate under hardware constraints was maximized. A block coordinated descent (BCD)-based algorithm was proposed for efficient problem-solving, demonstrating the ability of RIS to mitigate hardware loss and the superiority of the proposed algorithm over state-of-the-art methods in simulations.

IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS (2021)

Article Telecommunications

Channel Estimation Method and Phase Shift Design for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Assisted MIMO Networks

Jawad Mirza et al.

Summary: This paper addresses channel estimation in reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) aided multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) time-division duplexing systems. It proposes a two-stage channel estimation method for effectively estimating the channels in RIS assisted communication. The paper also introduces a phase shift design for the RIS and uses a BAdVAMP algorithm for RIS channel estimation, outperforming the traditional BiGAMP scheme.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COGNITIVE COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING (2021)

Article Telecommunications

Channel Estimation Approach for RIS Assisted MIMO Systems

Eyad Shtaiwi et al.

Summary: This paper investigates the channel estimation problem for RIS-aided MU-MIMO system, proposing an algorithm to estimate the composite channel, separate RIS-based channels, and direct channel by dividing the entire RIS surface into small sub-RISs and controlling the phase shifts for each sub-RIS unit. The simulation results confirm the efficiency and effectiveness of the proposed approach algorithm.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COGNITIVE COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING (2021)

Article Telecommunications

RIS Configuration, Beamformer Design, and Power Control in Single-Cell and Multi-Cell Wireless Networks

Stefano Buzzi et al.

Summary: Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) have gained attention for their ability to tune wireless propagation environments and improve system performance. This paper studies a multiuser wireless network assisted by RISs and presents resource allocation algorithms for different scenarios, showing that optimizing beamformers and RIS phase shifts can maximize system performance and signal quality.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COGNITIVE COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING (2021)

Proceedings Paper Telecommunications

Transforming Fading Channel from Fast to Slow: IRS-Assisted High-Mobility Communication

Zixuan Huang et al.

Summary: This paper investigates a new intelligent refracting surface (IRS)-assisted high-mobility communication scheme. By proposing a new transmission protocol to achieve channel estimation and IRS refraction design, the Doppler effect is mitigated and the passive beamforming gain of the IRS is maximized.

IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATIONS (ICC 2021) (2021)

Proceedings Paper Telecommunications

Uplink Channel Estimation for Double-IRS Assisted Multi-User MIMO

Beixiong Zheng et al.

Summary: In this paper, a new and efficient channel estimation scheme is proposed for the double-IRS assisted uplink MIMO communication system to address the CSI of both single- and double-reflection links. The proposed scheme is shown to be effective in simulations compared to benchmark schemes.

IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATIONS (ICC 2021) (2021)

Article Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

Performance Analysis of Intelligent Reflecting Surface-Assisted Wireless System With Non-Ideal Transceiver

Mohd Hamza Naim Shaikh et al.

Summary: This paper investigates the impact of transceiver hardware imperfections on the performance of IRS-assisted wireless systems, highlighting the significant restrictions on system performance caused by hardware impairments and the importance of modeling and compensating for them.

IEEE OPEN JOURNAL OF THE COMMUNICATIONS SOCIETY (2021)

Proceedings Paper Computer Science, Information Systems

Channel Estimation for Practical IRS-Assisted OFDM Systems

Wanning Yang et al.

Summary: This paper investigates channel estimation in practical IRS-aided OFDM systems with discrete phase shifts, and designs a novel IRS time-varying reflection pattern to minimize the error of estimated channels by considering the response characteristics of practical IRS. The research results demonstrate the importance of considering practical IRS models for channel estimation and the effectiveness of the proposed methods.

2021 IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS (WCNCW) (2021)

Article Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

Electromagnetic Model of Reflective Intelligent Surfaces

Filippo Costa et al.

Summary: An accurate and simple analytical model for calculating the reflection amplitude and phase of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces was presented. The model, based on a transmission-line circuit representation of the RIS, takes into account the relevant geometrical and electrical parameters to allow for consideration of various effects, such as incidence angle and mutual coupling among elements. The proposed model aims to bridge the gap between RIS communication algorithms and practical implementation issues to improve the realistic performance of these surfaces.

IEEE OPEN JOURNAL OF THE COMMUNICATIONS SOCIETY (2021)

Article Computer Science, Information Systems

Channel Estimation for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Assisted Wireless Communications Considering Doppler Effect

Shu Sun et al.

Summary: This letter proposes two practical wideband channel estimation schemes for RIS-assisted communication, incorporating Doppler shift adjustment for multi-path and single-path propagation environments. The proposed algorithms demonstrate high CE accuracy and achievable rate with low complexity, outperforming representative benchmark schemes.

IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS (2021)

Article Computer Science, Information Systems

Enabling Large Intelligent Surfaces With Compressive Sensing and Deep Learning

Abdelrahman Taha et al.

Summary: Employing large intelligent surfaces (LIS) to improve coverage and rate of future wireless systems, this paper proposes efficient solutions for channel estimation by leveraging compressive sensing and deep learning tools. The novel LIS architecture with sparse channel sensors and the use of active elements for training overhead reduction show promising advancements in future LIS systems.

IEEE ACCESS (2021)

Article Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

Outage-Constrained Robust Beamforming for Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Wireless Communication

Ming-Min Zhao et al.

Summary: This paper investigates the impact of CSI errors on the outage performance in an IRS-aided multiuser downlink communication system and proposes optimization solutions. It first considers the single-user case and derives the user's outage probability based on MSP and received signal variance. For the multiuser case, a novel CSSCA algorithm is proposed to replace non-convex outage probability constraints. Simulation results show the effectiveness and performance improvement of the proposed robust beamforming algorithms over benchmark schemes.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SIGNAL PROCESSING (2021)

Article Computer Science, Information Systems

Detect Pilot Spoofing Attack for Intelligent Reflecting Surface Assisted Systems

Xiaoming Liu et al.

Summary: The proposed three-step training (TST) scheme in this study effectively combats Pilot Spoofing Attacks (PSA) and can reliably detect PSA while obtaining Channel State Information (CSI). By examining the transmitter's received signal power levels, the scheme can address significant challenges such as uncertain Channel Distribution Information (CDI) and uncertain noise.

IEEE ACCESS (2021)

Article Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

TRICE: A Channel Estimation Framework for RIS-Aided Millimeter-Wave MIMO Systems

Khaled Ardah et al.

Summary: The channel estimation problem in RIS-aided mmWave MIMO systems is addressed by proposing a non-iterative Two-stage RIS-aided Channel Estimation (TRICE) framework, which exploits the low-rank nature of mmWave channels in the angular domains. This framework offers lower training overhead and computational complexity compared to benchmark solutions.

IEEE SIGNAL PROCESSING LETTERS (2021)

Article Computer Science, Information Systems

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: Principles and Opportunities

Yuanwei Liu et al.

Summary: Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, also known as intelligent reflecting surfaces or large intelligent surfaces, have attracted significant attention for their potential to enhance wireless networks by smartly reconfiguring the propagation environment. Research in this field covers operating principles, performance evaluation, beamforming design, resource management, machine learning applications, and integration with other emerging technologies for next-generation networks.

IEEE COMMUNICATIONS SURVEYS AND TUTORIALS (2021)

Article Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

Spatially-Distributed RISs vs Relay-Assisted Systems: A Fair Comparison

Jia Ye et al.

Summary: This study compares the performances of decode-and-forward (DF) relays and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs), finding that RIS is the superior choice in the near-field scenario, improving both outage probability (OP) and energy efficiency (EE) of communication.

IEEE OPEN JOURNAL OF THE COMMUNICATIONS SOCIETY (2021)

Article Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

Channel Estimation for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Aided MISO Communications: From LMMSE to Deep Learning Solutions

Neel Kanth Kundu et al.

Summary: This study focuses on multi-antenna wireless systems aided by reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) to improve coverage and energy efficiency by controlling the propagation environment intelligently. Accurate channel estimation is crucial for achieving the anticipated gains of RIS. The authors propose approaches to approximate the optimal MMSE channel estimator, including a linear estimator LMMSE and data-driven nonlinear solutions based on deep learning.

IEEE OPEN JOURNAL OF THE COMMUNICATIONS SOCIETY (2021)

Article Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

Energy Efficiency and Spectral Efficiency Tradeoff in RIS-Aided Multiuser MIMO Uplink Transmission

Li You et al.

Summary: The study focuses on the tradeoff between energy efficiency and spectral efficiency in multiuser MIMO uplink communications aided by reconfigurable intelligent surfaces. A transmission strategy based on partial channel state information and joint optimization of transmit precoding and reflective beamforming is developed to maximize resource efficiency. Numerical results show the effectiveness and rapid convergence rate of the proposed optimization framework.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SIGNAL PROCESSING (2021)

Article Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces With Reflection Pattern Modulation: Beamforming Design and Performance Analysis

Shaoe Lin et al.

Summary: In this paper, a system utilizing reconfigurable intelligent surfaces for passive beamforming and information transfer is proposed, with active and passive beamforming jointly optimized to maximize received signal power. A high-quality suboptimal solution is proposed based on Rician fading conditions and finite constellation assumptions, showing superior achievable rate compared to traditional RIS-assisted systems in simulation results.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS (2021)

Article Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

Beamforming Optimization for IRS-Aided Communications With Transceiver Hardware Impairments

Hong Shen et al.

Summary: This paper focuses on intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) assisted multi-antenna communications with transceiver hardware impairments, aiming to maximize the received signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) through joint design of source transmit beamforming and IRS reflect beamforming. By deriving closed-form optimal solution for source transmit beamforming and obtaining an upper bound to the optimal objective value for IRS reflect beamforming, a low-complexity minorization-maximization (MM) algorithm was developed to approach the upper bound. Simulation results show that the proposed beamforming design is more robust to hardware impairments and achieves better performance gain in IRS-aided communications compared to conventional SNR maximized scheme.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS (2021)

Article Telecommunications

Cascaded Channel Estimation for IRS-Assisted mmWave Multi-Antenna With Quantized Beamforming

Wenhui Zhang et al.

Summary: In this study, we optimized the channel estimator of the cascaded channel in an IRS-assisted mmWave multi-antenna system. The proposed method leverages typical MSE criterion to derive a closed-form optimized channel estimator, and generalizes the approach by exploiting channel sparsity for further performance enhancement and computational complexity reduction. Simulation results demonstrate significant performance improvement over existing estimators.

IEEE COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS (2021)

Article Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

Stochastic Learning-Based Robust Beamforming Design for RIS-Aided Millimeter-Wave Systems in the Presence of Random Blockages

Gui Zhou et al.

Summary: This paper analyzes a mmWave communication system assisted by multiple reconfigurable intelligent surface (RISs) to enhance network reliability and connectivity in the presence of random blockages. The proposed algorithm, based on the stochastic block gradient descent method, improves beamforming robustness by learning sensible blockage patterns without exhaustive search. Numerical results confirm the algorithm's performance benefits in terms of outage probability and effective data rate.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY (2021)

Article Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

Towards Smart and Reconfigurable Environment: Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Wireless Network

Qingqing Wu et al.

IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE (2020)

Article Telecommunications

Intelligent Reflecting Surface-Assisted Multiple Access With User Pairing: NOMA or OMA?

Beixiong Zheng et al.

IEEE COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS (2020)

Article Telecommunications

A Simple Design of IRS-NOMA Transmission

Zhiguo Ding et al.

IEEE COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS (2020)

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Beamforming Optimization for Wireless Network Aided by Intelligent Reflecting Surface With Discrete Phase Shifts

Qingqing Wu et al.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS (2020)

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Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces Assisted Communications With Limited Phase Shifts: How Many Phase Shifts Are Enough?

Hongliang Zhang et al.

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Cascaded Channel Estimation for Large Intelligent Metasurface Assisted Massive MIMO

Zhen-Qing He et al.

IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS (2020)

Article Computer Science, Information Systems

Intelligent Reflecting Surface Versus Decode-and-Forward: How Large Surfaces are Needed to Beat Relaying?

Emil Bjornson et al.

IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS (2020)

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Communication Through a Large Reflecting Surface With Phase Errors

Mihai-Alin Badiu et al.

IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS (2020)

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Deep Reinforcement Learning Based Intelligent Reflecting Surface Optimization for MISO Communication Systems

Keming Feng et al.

IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS (2020)

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Intelligent Reflecting Surface-Enhanced OFDM: Channel Estimation and Reflection Optimization

Beixiong Zheng et al.

IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS (2020)

Article Telecommunications

Intelligent Reflecting Surface: Joint Optimal Training Sequence and Refection Pattern

Jae-Mo Kang

IEEE COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS (2020)

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Practical Modeling and Beamforming for Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Wideband Systems

Wenhao Cai et al.

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A Vision of 6G Wireless Systems: Applications, Trends, Technologies, and Open Research Problems

Walid Saad et al.

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Intelligent Reflecting Surface Meets OFDM: Protocol Design and Rate Maximization

Yifei Yang et al.

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Deep Denoising Neural Network Assisted Compressive Channel Estimation for mmWave Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces

Shicong Liu et al.

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Multicell MIMO Communications Relying on Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces

Cunhua Pan et al.

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Cooperative Double-IRS Aided Communication: Beamforming Design and Power Scaling

Yitao Han et al.

IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS (2020)

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Robust Design for Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces Assisted MISO Systems

Jiezhi Zhang et al.

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Hybrid Beamforming for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface based Multi-User Communications: Achievable Rates With Limited Discrete Phase Shifts

Boya Di et al.

IEEE JOURNAL ON SELECTED AREAS IN COMMUNICATIONS (2020)

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Capacity Characterization for Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided MIMO Communication

Shuowen Zhang et al.

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Intelligent Reflecting Surface: Practical Phase Shift Model and Beamforming Optimization

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Beamforming Optimization for Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces without CSI

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Spectral and Energy Efficiency of IRS-Assisted MISO Communication With Hardware Impairments

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Robust Beamforming Design for Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided MISO Communication Systems

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Deep Channel Learning for Large Intelligent Surfaces Aided mm-Wave Massive MIMO Systems

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Location Information Aided Multiple Intelligent Reflecting Surface Systems

Xiaoling Hu et al.

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Resource Allocation for IRS-Assisted Full-Duplex Cognitive Radio Systems

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IEEE VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY MAGAZINE (2020)

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How Much do Hardware Imperfections Affect the Performance of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Assisted Systems?

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Shiyu Liu et al.

2020 IEEE 92ND VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE (VTC2020-FALL) (2020)

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Intelligent Reflecting Surface-Assisted mmWave Communication Exploiting Statistical CSI

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Robust Beamforming and Phase Shift Design for IRS-Enhanced Multi-User MISO Downlink Communication

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Changsheng You et al.

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