Intelligent omni-surfaces: Simultaneous refraction and reflection for full-dimensional wireless communications

H Zhang, B Di - IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The development of metasurfaces has unlocked various use cases in wireless
communication networks to improve performance by manipulating the propagation …

Security and privacy for reconfigurable intelligent surface in 6G: A review of prospective applications and challenges

F Naeem, M Ali, G Kaddoum, C Huang… - IEEE Open Journal of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
While sixth-generation (6G) wireless systems are expected to bring about an explosion of
accessible user information and novel technologies, along with new threats to terrestrial and …

Intelligent reflecting surface backscatter enabled multi-tier computing for 6G internet of things

S Xu, J Liu, N Kato, Y Du - IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates a novel framework of intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) backscatter
enabled multi-tier computing system. In such a hierarchical network, the data bits of …

Intelligent reflecting surface based backscatter communication for data offloading

S Xu, Y Du, J Liu, J Li - IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates intelligent reflecting surface based backscatter communication (IRS-
BackCom), in order to realize computational task offloading of energy-constrained mobile …

Broadcast secrecy rate maximization in UAV-empowered IRS backscatter communications

S Han, J Wang, L **ao, C Li - IEEE Transactions on Wireless …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The backscatter communications (BackCom) and physical layer security are respected to
realize extremely low-power secure communications in the imminent sixth generation (6G) …

RIS-Empowered Satellite-Aerial-Terrestrial Networks With PD-NOMA

R Liu, K Guo, X Li, K Dev, SA Khowaja… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Satellite-aerial-terrestrial network (SATN) is considered as a promising architecture for sixth-
generation (6G) wireless communication networks to achieve seamless coverage, flexible …

Space-Air-Ground Integrated Wireless Networks for 6G: Basics, Key Technologies and Future Trends

Y **ao, Z Ye, M Wu, H Li, M **ao… - IEEE Journal on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the expansive deployment of ground base stations, low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, and
aerial platforms such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and high altitude platforms …

Secrecy-rate optimization of double RIS-aided space–ground networks

TM Hoang, C Xu, A Vahid, HD Tuan… - IEEE Internet of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The physical-layer security (PLS) of a space–ground communication system is examined. To
improve the security performance, a pair of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) is …

Intelligent reflecting surface enabled integrated sensing, communication and computation

S Xu, Y Du, J Zhang, J Liu, J Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes to leverage intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) to realize radio-
frequency-chain-free uplink-transmissions (RFCF-UT) for an integrated sensing …

Intelligent-reflecting-surface-assisted UAV communications for 6G networks

Z Ning, T Li, Y Wu, X Wang, Q Wu, FR Yu… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
In 6th-Generation (6G) mobile networks, Intelligent Reflective Surfaces (IRSs) and
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have emerged as promising technologies to address the …