6G wireless communications networks: A comprehensive survey

M Alsabah, MA Naser, BM Mahmmod… - Ieee …, 2021‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 surfaces empowered wireless network: Recent advances and the road to 6G

Q Wu, B Zheng, C You, L Zhu, K Shen… - Proceedings of the …, 2024‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Intelligent surfaces (ISs) have emerged as a key technology to empower a wide range of
appealing applications for wireless networks, due to their low cost, high energy efficiency …

Intelligent reflecting surface-aided wireless communications: A tutorial

Q Wu, S Zhang, B Zheng, C You… - IEEE transactions on …, 2021‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

6G and beyond: The future of wireless communications systems

IF Akyildiz, A Kak, S Nie - IEEE access, 2020‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
6G and beyond will fulfill the requirements of a fully connected world and provide ubiquitous
wireless connectivity for all. Transformative solutions are expected to drive the surge for …

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces for wireless communications: Principles, challenges, and opportunities

MA ElMossallamy, H Zhang, L Song… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

A tutorial on terahertz-band localization for 6G communication systems

H Chen, H Sarieddeen, T Ballal… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Terahertz (THz) communications are celebrated as key enablers for converged localization
and sensing in future sixth-generation (6G) wireless communication systems and beyond …

Toward smart wireless communications via intelligent reflecting surfaces: A contemporary survey

S Gong, X Lu, DT Hoang, D Niyato… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2020‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

Multi-hop RIS-empowered terahertz communications: A DRL-based hybrid beamforming design

C Huang, Z Yang, GC Alexandropoulos… - IEEE Journal on …, 2021‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wireless communication in the TeraHertz band (0.1-10 THz) is envisioned as one of the key
enabling technologies for the future sixth generation (6G) wireless communication systems …

Weighted sum-rate maximization for reconfigurable intelligent surface aided wireless networks

H Guo, YC Liang, J Chen… - IEEE transactions on …, 2020‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) is a promising solution to build a programmable
wireless environment via steering the incident signal in fully customizable ways with …

Channel estimation for intelligent reflecting surface assisted multiuser communications: Framework, algorithms, and analysis

Z Wang, L Liu, S Cui - IEEE transactions on wireless …, 2020‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …