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 …

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 surfaces (RISs), also known as intelligent reflecting surfaces
(IRSs), or large intelligent surfaces (LISs), 1 have received significant attention for their …

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

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 …

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 …

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a promising device that can reconfigure the
electromagnetic propagation environment through adjustment of the phase shifts of its …

In this paper, intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) are employed to enhance the physical
layer security in a challenging radio environment. In particular, a multi-antenna access point …

In intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) assisted communication systems, the acquisition of
channel state information is a crucial impediment for achieving the beamforming gain of IRS …

The future of mobile communications looks exciting with the potential new use cases and
challenging requirements of future 6th generation (6G) and beyond wireless networks. Since …