What will the future of UAV cellular communications be? A flight from 5G to 6G

G Geraci, A Garcia-Rodriguez, MM Azari… - … surveys & tutorials, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
What will the future of UAV cellular communications be? In this tutorial article, we address
such a compelling yet difficult question by embarking on a journey from 5G to 6G and …

A survey on model-based, heuristic, and machine learning optimization approaches in RIS-aided wireless networks

H Zhou, M Erol-Kantarci, Y Liu… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have received considerable attention as a key
enabler for envisioned 6G networks, for the purpose of improving the network capacity …

Pervasive machine learning for smart radio environments enabled by reconfigurable intelligent surfaces

GC Alexandropoulos, K Stylianopoulos… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The emerging technology of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) is provisioned as an
enabler of smart wireless environments, offering a highly scalable, low-cost, hardware …

Artificial intelligence for UAV-enabled wireless networks: A survey

MA Lahmeri, MA Kishk… - IEEE Open Journal of the …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are considered as one of the promising technologies for
the next-generation wireless communication networks. Their mobility and their ability to …

AI empowered RIS-assisted NOMA networks: Deep learning or reinforcement learning?

R Zhong, Y Liu, X Mu, Y Chen… - IEEE Journal on Selected …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted multi-user downlink communication
system over fading channels is investigated, where both non-orthogonal multiple access …

UAV-assisted RIS for future wireless communications: A survey on optimization and performance analysis

AC Pogaku, DT Do, BM Lee, ND Nguyen - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS), a device made of low-cost meta-surfaces that can
reflect or refract the signals in the desired manner, have the immense ability to enhance the …

Nonterrestrial communications assisted by reconfigurable intelligent surfaces

J Ye, J Qiao, A Kammoun… - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nonterrestrial communications have emerged as a key enabler for seamless connectivity in
the upcoming generation networks. This kind of network can support high data rate …

RIS-assisted joint transmission in a two-cell downlink NOMA cellular system

M Elhattab, MA Arfaoui, C Assi… - IEEE Journal on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates the integration of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) with
downlink non-orthogonal-multiple-access (NOMA) in a multi-user two-cell network assisted …

Reconfigurable intelligent surface enabled vehicular communication: Joint user scheduling and passive beamforming

A Al-Hilo, M Samir, M Elhattab, C Assi… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Given its ability to control and manipulate wireless environments, reconfigurable intelligent
surface (RIS), also known as intelligent reflecting surface (IRS), has emerged as a key …

Intelligent reflecting surfaces assisted UAV communications for massive networks: current trends, challenges, and research directions

SAH Mohsan, MA Khan, MH Alsharif, P Uthansakul… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
An intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) can intelligently configure wavefronts such as
amplitude, frequency, phase, and even polarization through passive reflections and without …