The commercial fifth-generation (5G) wireless communications networks have already been
deployed with the aim of providing high data rates. However, the rapid growth in the number …

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is an enabling technology to engineer the radio signal
propagation in wireless networks. By smartly tuning the signal reflection via a large number …

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 …

Mobile communications have been undergoing a generational change every ten years or
so. However, the time difference between the so-called “G's” is also decreasing. While fifth …

Antenna array technology enables the directional transmission and reception of wireless
signals for communication, localization, and sensing purposes. The signal processing …

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) are an emerging transmission technology for
application to wireless communications. RISs can be realized in different ways, which …

A realistic performance assessment of any wireless technology requires the use of a
channel model that reflects its main characteristics. The independent and identically …

Recently there has been a flurry of research on the use of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces
(RIS) in wireless networks to create smart radio environments. In a smart radio environment …

This paper presents a literature review on recent applications and design aspects of the
intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) in the future wireless networks. Conventionally, the …

Multiple antenna technologies have attracted much research interest for several decades
and have gradually made their way into mainstream communication systems. Two main …