Integrated sensing and communications: Toward dual-functional wireless networks for 6G and beyond

F Liu, Y Cui, C Masouros, J Xu, TX Han… - IEEE journal on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As the standardization of 5G solidifies, researchers are speculating what 6G will be. The
integration of sensing functionality is emerging as a key feature of the 6G Radio Access …

An overview of signal processing techniques for RIS/IRS-aided wireless systems

C Pan, G Zhou, K Zhi, S Hong, T Wu… - IEEE Journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the past as well as present wireless communication systems, the wireless propagation
environment is regarded as an uncontrollable black box that impairs the received signal …

Edge artificial intelligence for 6G: Vision, enabling technologies, and applications

KB Letaief, Y Shi, J Lu, J Lu - IEEE Journal on Selected Areas …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The thriving of artificial intelligence (AI) applications is driving the further evolution of
wireless networks. It has been envisioned that 6G will be transformative and will …

A survey on channel estimation and practical passive beamforming design for intelligent reflecting surface aided wireless communications

B Zheng, C You, W Mei, R Zhang - … Communications Surveys & …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) has emerged as a key enabling technology to realize
smart and reconfigurable radio environment for wireless communications, by digitally …

Holographic MIMO communications: Theoretical foundations, enabling technologies, and future directions

T Gong, P Gavriilidis, R Ji, C Huang… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Future wireless systems are envisioned to create an endogenously holography-capable,
intelligent, and programmable radio propagation environment, that will offer unprecedented …

Stacked intelligent metasurfaces for efficient holographic MIMO communications in 6G

J An, C Xu, DWK Ng… - IEEE Journal on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A revolutionary technology relying on Stacked Intelligent Metasurfaces (SIM) is capable of
carrying out advanced signal processing directly in the native electromagnetic (EM) wave …

Evolution of NOMA toward next generation multiple access (NGMA) for 6G

Y Liu, S Zhang, X Mu, Z Ding, R Schober… - IEEE Journal on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the explosive growth in the number of wireless devices and diverse wireless
services, such as virtual/augmented reality and Internet-of-Everything, next generation …

Security and privacy for 6G: A survey on prospective technologies and challenges

VL Nguyen, PC Lin, BC Cheng… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Sixth-generation (6G) mobile networks will have to cope with diverse threats on a space-air-
ground integrated network environment, novel technologies, and an accessible user …

Simultaneously transmitting and reflecting (STAR) RIS aided wireless communications

X Mu, Y Liu, L Guo, J Lin… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The novel concept of simultaneously transmitting and reflecting (STAR) reconfigurable
intelligent surfaces (RISs) is investigated, where the incident wireless signal is divided into …

IRS-assisted secure UAV transmission via joint trajectory and beamforming design

X Pang, N Zhao, J Tang, C Wu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Despite the wide utilization of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), UAV communications are
susceptible to eavesdrop** due to air-ground line-of-sight channels. Intelligent reflecting …