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20182026
most citedWireless Communications with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface: Path Loss Modeling and Experimental Measurement

1.7k citations · 3.7k across the 34 of their papers we have counts for

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35 papers

eess.SP2026

RFWeave: Learning Wireless Propagation Across Scenes and Transceiver Configurations

Shurui Xu, Xiao Ye, Yijie Bian +5

Wireless propagation modeling is foundational to the evaluation and design of modern communication systems. To achieve accurate wireless propagation prediction, recent learning-bas…

eess.SP2026

OpenRIS: Democratizing reconfigurable intelligent surfaces for real-world wireless enhancements

Weicong Chen, Junjie Ai, Lin Bai +7

Wireless enhancement is critical for next-generation mobile communication systems to realize seamless connectivity, yet traditional network expansion strategies are becoming econom…

eess.SP2026

Propagation-Consistent Wireless Environment Digital Twin Construction Under Sparse Measurements

Junjie Ai, Shurui Xu, Yanqing Ren +6

Digital twins (DTs) are promising for wireless deployment, optimization, and data generation, but building a propagation-faithful twin from sparse real measurements remains difficu…

eess.SP2025

Planar Diffractive Neural Networks Empowered Communications: A Spatial Modulation Scheme

Xiaokun Teng, Yanqing Ren, Weicong Chen +3

Diffractive neural networks, where signal processing is embedded into wave propagation, promise light-speed and energy-efficient computation. However, existing three-dimensional st…

eess.SP2025

Pioneering Scalable Prototyping for Mid-Band XL-MIMO Systems: Design and Implementation

Jiachen Tian, Yu Han, Zhengtao Jin +6

The mid-band frequency range, combined with extra large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO), is emerging as a key enabler for future communication systems. Thanks to the…

cs.IT2025

Cylindrical RIS-Assisted Low-Complexity Transmission with Differentiated Visible Regions Exploiting Statistical CSI

Wenjun Teng, Weicong Chen, Yiping Zuo +2

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS), recognized as a critical enabler for 6G networks, exhibit unprecedented capabilities in electromagnetic wave manipulation and wireless ch…

cs.IT2025

Joint Spatial Division and Multiplexing with Customized Orthogonal Group Channels in Multi-RIS-Assisted Systems

Weicong Chen, Chao-Kai Wen, Wankai Tang +2

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) offer the unique capability to reshape the radio environment, thereby simplifying transmission schemes traditionally contingent on channe…

eess.SP2025

Baseband-Free End-to-End Communication System Based on Diffractive Deep Neural Network

Xiaokun Teng, Wankai Tang, Xiao Li +1

Diffractive deep neural network (D2NN), also referred to as reconfigurable intelligent metasurface based deep neural networks (Rb-DNNs) or stacked intelligent metasurfaces (SIMs) i…

cs.IR2025

RIS-Empowered Integrated Location Sensing and Communication with Superimposed Pilots

Wenchao Xia, Ben Zhao, Wankai Tang +4

In addition to enhancing wireless communication coverage quality, reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) technique can also assist in positioning. In this work, we consider RIS-a…

physics.app-ph2024

Intelligent Adaptive Metasurface in Complex Wireless Environments

Han Qing Yang, Jun Yan Dai, Hui Dong Li +10

The programmable metasurface is regarded as one of the most promising transformative technologies for next-generation wireless system applications. Due to the lack of effective per…

cs.AI2024

Multi-modal Iterative and Deep Fusion Frameworks for Enhanced Passive DOA Sensing via a Green Massive H2AD MIMO Receiver

Jiatong Bai, Minghao Chen, Wankai Tang +4

Most existing DOA estimation methods assume ideal source incident angles with minimal noise. Moreover, directly using pre-estimated angles to calculate weighted coefficients can le…

cs.IT2024

Rotatable Block-Controlled RIS: Bridging the Performance Gap to Element-Controlled Systems

Weicong Chen, Xinyi Yang, Chao-Kai Wen +5

The passive reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) requires numerous elements to achieve adequate array gain, which linearly increases power consumption (PC) with the number of r…

cs.IT2024

Fourier Transform-based Wavenumber Domain 3D Imaging in RIS-aided Communication Systems

Yixuan Huang, Jie Yang, Wankai Tang +2

Radio imaging is rapidly gaining prominence in the design of future communication systems, with the potential to utilize reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) as imaging apert…

cs.IT2023

Measurement-Based Small-Scale Channel Model for Sub-6 GHz RIS-Assisted Communications

Jian Sang, Jifeng Lan, Mingyong Zhou +6

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have attracted increasing interest from both academia and industry, thanks to their unique features on controlling electromagnetic (EM) w…

cs.IT2023★ 1 cited

Time-Domain Channel Measurements and Small-Scale Fading Characterization for RIS-Assisted Wireless Communication Systems

Yanqing Ren, Mingyong Zhou, Xiaokun Teng +5

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have attracted extensive attention from industry and academia. In RIS-assisted wireless communication systems, practical channel measurem…

cs.CR2023★ 1 cited

RIS-Assisted Wireless Link Signatures for Specific Emitter Identification

Ning Gao, Shuchen Meng, Cen Li +4

The physical layer authentication (PLA) is a promising technology which can enhance the access security of a massive number of devices in the near future. In this paper, we propose…

cs.IT2023★ 22 cited

Rank Optimization for MIMO Channel with RIS: Simulation and Measurement

Shengguo Meng, Wankai Tang, Weicong Chen +5

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a promising technology that can reshape the electromagnetic environment in wireless networks, offering various possibilities for enhanci…

cs.IT2023★ 61 cited

Joint Localization and Environment Sensing by Harnessing NLOS Components in RIS-aided mmWave Communication Systems

Yixuan Huang, Jie Yang, Wankai Tang +3

This study explores the use of non-line-of-sight (NLOS) components in millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication systems for joint localization and environment sensing. The radar cross…

cs.IT2023

Multi-Scenario Broadband Channel Measurement and Modeling for Sub-6 GHz RIS-Assisted Wireless Communication Systems

Jian Sang, Mingyong Zhou, Jifeng Lan +8

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-empowered communication, has been considered widely as one of the revolutionary technologies for next generation networks. However, due to…

cs.IT2023

Quantized Phase Alignment by Discrete Phase Shifts for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Assisted Communication Systems

Jian Sang, Jifeng Lan, Mingyong Zhou +5

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has aroused a surge of interest in recent years. In this paper, we investigate the joint phase alignment and phase quantization on discrete…

cs.IT2023

Static Power Consumption Modeling and Measurement of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces

Jinghe Wang, Wankai Tang, Shi Jin +2

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) are anticipated to transform wireless communication in a way that is both economical and energy efficient. Revealing the practical power…

cs.IT2022★ 14 cited

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface: Power Consumption Modeling and Practical Measurement Validation

Jinghe Wang, Wankai Tang, Jing Cheng Liang +6

The reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has received a lot of interest because of its capacity to reconfigure the wireless communication environment in a cost- and energy-effi…

cs.IT2021★ 20 cited

Modeling and Measurements for Multi-path Mitigation with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces

Ruya Zhou, Xiangyu Chen, Wankai Tang +5

A reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is capable of manipulating electromagnetic waves with its flexibly configurable unit cells, thus is an appealing technology to resist fas…

cs.IT2021★ 4 cited

Design and Implementation of MIMO Transmission Based on Dual-Polarized Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface

Xiangyu Chen, Jun Chen Ke, Wankai Tang +6

Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) signaling is one of the key technologies of current mobile communication systems. However, the complex and expensive radio frequency (RF) chai…