21 papers
Mode Switching for RDARS-Aided ISAC Systems: From Optimization to Deep Unfolding
Chengwang Ji, Haiquan Lu, Qiaoyan Peng +3
Reconfigurable distributed antennas and reflecting surface (RDARS) has recently emerged as a promising architecture for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC), owing to its fl…
Active Sensing-assisted UAV Communications with Jittering: Framework and Performance Analysis
Guangji Chen, Long Shi, Qingqing Wu +2
Providing reliable communication for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) via existing cellular networks is crucial for enabling the rapid growth of the low-altitude economy. However, U…
Multi-User MIMO with Rotatable Antennas and IRS: Joint Antenna Boresight and IRS Orientation Design
Guoying Zhang, Qingqing Wu, Ziyuan Zheng +5
In this paper, we investigate an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-assisted multi-user system, where the base station (BS) employs rotatable antennas (RAs) and the IRS can adjus…
Joint Transmit and Receive Antenna Orientation Design for Secure MIMO Communications
Ailing Zheng, Qingqing Wu, Xingxiang Peng +4
Physical layer security (PLS) is a promising paradigm for safeguarding 6G wireless networks by exploiting the inherent characteristics of wireless channels. However, the efficiency…
Continuous Wavefront Design via Virtual Point Sources: A Holographic Paradigm for Near-Field XL-MIMO
Xiyuan Liu, Qingqing Wu, Rui Wang +2
Beamforming design for extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) systems is challenging due to prohibitive computational complexity and complex near-field prop…
Joint Transceiver Orientation Optimization for Rotatable-Antenna MIMO Capacity Maximization
Zheng Ailing, Wu Qingqing, Peng Xingxiang +3
Conventional multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems mainly rely on fixed antenna arrays, which limits their capability to adapt the effective channel matrix to the propagati…
Joint Antenna Rotation and IRS Beamforming for Multi-User Uplink Communications
Guoying Zhang, Qingqing Wu, Ziyuan Zheng +4
Rotatable antenna (RA) enhances wireless coverage through directional gain steering, yet suffers from performance degradation under physical blockages. Intelligent reflecting surfa…
Engineering Favorable Propagation: Near-Field IRS Deployment for Spatial Multiplexing
Qingqing Wu, Yuxuan Chen, Guangji Chen +2
In intelligent reflecting surface IRS assisted multiple input multiple output MIMO systems, a strong line of sight LoS link is required to compensate for the severe cascaded path l…
Wireless Communication with Cross-Linked Rotatable Antenna Array: Architecture Design and Rotation Optimization
Ailing Zheng, Qingqing Wu, Ziyuan Zheng +5
Rotatable antenna (RA) technology can harness additional spatial degrees of freedom by enabling the dynamic three-dimensional orientation control of each antenna. Unfortunately, th…
Joint Sparsity and Beamforming Design for RDARS-Aided Systems
Chengwang Ji, Haiquan Lu, Qiaoyan Peng +2
Reconfigurable distributed antennas and reflecting surface (RDARS) has emerged as a promising architecture for communication and sensing performance enhancement. In particular, the…
Cooperative Rotatable IRSs for Wireless Communications: Joint Beamforming and Orientation Optimization
Qiaoyan Peng, Qingqing Wu, Guangji Chen +3
Rotatable intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) introduce a new degree of freedom (DoF) for shaping wireless propagation by adaptively adjusting the orientation of IRSs. This pape…
Semi-Passive IRS Enabled Sensing with Group Movable Sensors
Qiaoyan Peng, Qingqing Wu, Wen Chen +4
The performance of the sensing system is limited by the signal attenuation and the number of receiving components. In this letter, we investigate the sensor position selection in a…
Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces for Integrated Sensing and Communications: From System Coexistence to Networked Mutualism
Qingqing Wu, Qiaoyan Peng, Ziheng Zhang +10
The rapid development of sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks requires seamless integration of communication and sensing to support ubiquitous intelligence and real-time, high-r…
Rotatable IRS Aided Wireless Communication
Qiaoyan Peng, Qingqing Wu, Guangji Chen +4
Rotatable intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) introduces a new spatial degree of freedom (DoF) by dynamically adjusting orientations without the need of changing its elements' pos…
Active IRS Assisted Joint Uplink and Downlink Communications
Qiaoyan Peng, Qingqing Wu, Guangji Chen +2
In this paper, we investigate an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) aided wireless communication system, where active IRSs (AIRSs) are deployed to assist communication between a…
Model-Driven Deep Learning Enhanced Joint Beamforming and Mode Switching for RDARS-Aided MIMO Systems
Chengwang Ji, Kehui Li, Haiquan Lu +4
Reconfigurable distributed antenna and reflecting surface (RDARS) is a promising architecture for future sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks. In particular, the dynamic working…
Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces for THz Communications: Fundamentals, Key Solutions, and System Prototyping
Qingqing Wu, Yanze Zhu, Qiaoyan Peng +7
Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) have emerged as a cost-effective technology for terahertz (THz) communications by enabling programmable control of the wireless environment.…
Reconfigurable Codebook-Based Beamforming for RDARS-Aided mmWave MU-MIMO Systems
Chengwang Ji, Qing Xue, Haiquan Lu +4
Reconfigurable distributed antenna and reflecting surface (RDARS) is a new architecture for the sixth-generation (6G) millimeter wave (mmWave) communications. In RDARS-aided mmWave…
Joint Size and Placement Optimization for IRS-Aided Communications with Active and Passive Elements
Qiaoyan Peng, Qingqing Wu, Wen Chen +6
Different types of intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS) are exploited for assisting wireless communications. The joint use of passive IRS (PIRS) and active IRS (AIRS) emerges as a…
Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces for Wireless Networks: Deployment Architectures, Key Solutions, and Field Trials
Qingqing Wu, Guangji Chen, Qiaoyan Peng +6
Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) have emerged as a transformative technology for wireless networks by improving coverage, capacity, and energy efficiency through intelligent…
Semi-Passive Intelligent Reflecting Surface Enabled Sensing Systems
Qiaoyan Peng, Qingqing Wu, Wen Chen +3
Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) has garnered growing interest and attention due to its potential for facilitating and supporting wireless communications and sensing. This pape…