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most citedLow Power Wide Area Networks (LPWANs) for Internet of Things (IoT) Applications: Research Challenges and Future Trends

64 citations · 258 across the 43 of their papers we have counts for

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50 papers

eess.SP2026

Reliable ORIS-assisted FSO Communications via HARQ

Georgios D. Chondrogiannis, Athanasios P. Chrysologou, Vasilis K. Papanikolaou +3

This paper studies a free-space optical (FSO) link assisted by an optical reconfigurable intelligent surface (ORIS) and enhanced by a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) scheme.…

cs.NI2026

Physical-AI: From Channel Awareness to Environmental Intelligence in 6G Wireless Networks

Farooque Hassan Kumbhar, Kapal Dev, Sunder Ali Khowaja +3

Conventional wireless networks rely on instantaneous channel state information (CSI) and react to channel variations without explicitly modeling the physical environment, limiting…

eess.SP2025

On the Performance of THz Wireless Systems over - Channels with Beam Misalignment, Mobility and Hardware Impairments

Wamberto J. L. Queiroz, Higo T. P. Silva, Hugerles S. Silva +1

This paper investigates the performance of terahertz (THz) wireless systems over the - fading channels with beam misalignment, mobility and hardware impairments. Ne…

eess.SP2025

Spiking Neural Networks for Resource Allocation in UAV-Enabled Wireless Networks

Vasileios Kouvakis, Stylianos E. Trevlakis, Ioannis Arapakis +1

This work presents a new spiking neural network (SNN)-based approach for user equipment-base station (UE-BS) association in non-terrestrial networks (NTNs). With the introduction o…

eess.SP2025

Optical RIS-enabled Multiple Access Communications

Georgios D. Chondrogiannis, Athanasios P. Chrysologou, Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos +2

In this paper, we identify optical reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (ORISs) as key enablers of next-generation free-space optical (FSO) multiple access systems. By leveraging th…

cs.IT2025

Coalition Formation for Heterogeneous Federated Learning Enabled Channel Estimation in RIS-assisted Cell-free MIMO

Nan Qi, Haoxuan Liu, Theodoros A. Tsiftsis +4

Downlink channel estimation remains a significant bottleneck in reconfigurable intelligent surface-assisted cell-free multiple-input multiple-output communication systems. Conventi…

quant-ph2025★ 2 cited

High-Fidelity Coherent-One-Way QKD Simulation Framework for 6G Networks: Bridging Theory and Reality

Aitor Brazaola-Vicario, Vasileios Kouvakis, Stylianos E. Trevlakis +4

Quantum key distribution (QKD) has been emerged as a promising solution for guaranteeing information-theoretic security. Inspired by this, a great amount of research effort has bee…

cs.NI2024

Hierarchical Blockchain Radio Access Networks: Architecture, Modelling, and Performance Assessment

Vasileios Kouvakis, Stylianos E. Trevlakis, Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos +4

Demands for secure, ubiquitous, and always-available connectivity have been identified as the pillar design parameters of the next generation radio access networks (RANs). Motivate…

eess.SP2024

Modeling blockage in high directional wireless. systems

Evangelos Koutsonas, Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos, Stylianos E. Trevlakis +2

While the wireless word moves towards higher frequency bands, new challenges arises, due to the inherent characteristics of the transmission links, such as high path and penetratio…

cs.NI2024

Optimal Operation of Active RIS-Aided Wireless Powered Communications in IoT Networks

Waqas Khalid, A. -A. A. Boulogeorgos, Trinh Van Chien +3

Wireless-powered communications (WPCs) are increasingly crucial for extending the lifespan of low-power Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Furthermore, reconfigurable intelligent su…

cs.IT2024

Active-RIS-Aided Covert Communications in NOMA-Inspired ISAC Wireless Systems

Miaomiao Zhu, Pengxu Chen, Liang Yang +3

Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA)-inspired integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) facilitates spectrum sharing for radar sensing and NOMA communications, whereas facing pr…

eess.SP2024

On the Reliability and Security of Ambient Backscatter Uplink NOMA Networks

Athanasios P. Chrysologou, Nestor D. Chatzidiamantis, Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos +1

A fundamental objective of the forthcoming sixth-generation wireless networks is to concurrently serve a vast array of devices many of which, such as Internet-of-Things (IoT) senso…

cs.NI2024

Outage Analysis for Active Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Enhanced Wireless Powered Communication Networks

Waqas Khalid, Heejung Yu, Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos

Wireless powered communication (WPC) involves the integration of energy harvesting and data transmission. This allows devices to communicate without constant battery replacements o…

eess.SY2023

NeuroRIS: Neuromorphic-Inspired Metasurfaces

Christos G. Tsinos, Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos, Theodoros A. Tsiftsis

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) operate similarly to electromagnetic (EM) mirrors and remarkably go beyond Snell law to generate an applicable EM environment allowing fo…

eess.SY2023

Holographic RIS Empowered THz Communications with Hardware Imperfections under Adverse Weather Conditions

Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos, Stylianos Trevlakis, Theodoros A. Tsiftsis

This paper focuses on providing a theoretical framework for the evaluation of the performance of holographic reconfigurable intelligent surface (HRIS) empowered terahertz (THz) wir…

eess.SP2023

Training Terahertz Wireless Systems to Battle I/Q Imbalance

Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos, Angeliki Alexiou

Due to the non-ideality of analog components, transceivers experience high levels of hardware imperfections, like in-phase and quadrature imbalance (IQI), which manifests itself as…

eess.SP2023

Can graph neural network-based detection mitigate the impact of hardware imperfections?

Lamprini Mitsiou, Stylianos Trevlakis, Argiris Tsiolas +3

Until recently, researchers used machine learning methods to compensate for hardware imperfections at the symbol level, indicating that optimum radio-frequency transceiver performa…

cs.IT2023

Power-Optimal HARQ Protocol for Reliable Free Space Optical Communication

Georgios D. Chondrogiannis, Nikos A. Mitsiou, Nestor D. Chatzidiamantis +2

This paper investigates the usage of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) protocols for power-efficient and reliable communications over free space optical (FSO) links. By exploi…

cs.IT2023

On the Ergodic Secrecy Capacity of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Aided Wireless Systems Under Mixture Gamma Fading

Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos, Angeliki Alexiou

This paper presents a quantified assessment of the physical layer security capabilities of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided wireless systems under eavesdropping. Spec…

eess.SP2021

Channel modeling for in-body optical wireless communications

Stylianos E. Trevlakis, Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos, Nestor D. Chatzidiamantis +1

Next generation in-to-out-of body biomedical applications have adopted optical wireless communications (OWCs). However, by delving into the published literature, a gap is recognise…

eess.SP2021

Cascaded Composite Turbulence and Misalignment: Statistical Characterization and Applications to Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Empowered Wireless Systems

Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos, Nestor Chatzidiamantis, Harilaos G. Sandalidis +2

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) empowered high-frequency (HF) wireless systems are expected to become the supporting pillar for several reliability and data rate hungry…

eess.SY2021

Pathloss modeling for in-body optical wireless communications

Stylianos E. Trevlakis, Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos, Nestor D. Chatzidiamantis

Optical wireless communications (OWCs) have been recognized as a candidate enabler of next generation in-body nano-scale networks and implants. The development of an accurate chann…

cs.IT2021★ 1 cited

Autonomous Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces Through Wireless Energy Harvesting

Konstantinos Ntontin, Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos, Emil Björnson +7

In this paper, we examine the potential for a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) to be powered by energy harvested from information signals. This feature might be key to reap…

eess.SP2021

Pathloss modeling of reconfigurable intelligent surface assisted THz wireless systems

Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos, Angeliki Alexiou

This paper presents an analytical pathloss model for reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) assisted terahertz (THz) wireless systems. Specifically, the model accommodates both t…