activity
20232026
collaborators

20 papers

eess.SP2026

Confidence-Guided Adaptive Beam Selection for Vision-Aided Beam Tracking in mmWave Systems

Sohani Munteha Hiam, Mohammad Soleymani, Rafael F. Schaefer

Vision-aided beam tracking reduces mmWave beam-training overhead by predicting beam indices from camera observations. Fixed top- selection, however, assigns the same candidate b…

eess.SP2026

The manifold of unitary and symmetric matrices: characterization, Riemannian optimization and application to BD-RIS design

Ignacio Santamaria, Carlos Beltrán, Eduard Jorswieck +2

This paper proposes and analyzes Riemannian optimization algorithms on the manifold of unitary and symmetric matrices, denoted , which naturally models the scattering…

eess.SP2026

Optimal symmetric low-rank BD-RIS configuration maximizing the determinant of a MIMO link

Ignacio Santamaria, Mohammad Soleymani, Jesus Gutierrez +1

Beyond-diagonal reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (BD-RISs) significantly improve wireless performance by allowing tunable interconnections among elements, but their design in mu…

eess.SP2026

RIS-Aided RSMA Improves the Latency vs. Energy Trade-off in the Finite Block Length MIMO Downlink

Mohammad Soleymani, Bruno Clerckx, Robert Schober +1

We simultaneously minimize the latency and improve energy efficiency (EE) of the multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) rate splitting multiple access (RSMA) downlink,…

eess.SP2026

Riemannian optimization on the manifold of unitary and symmetric matrices with application to BD-RIS-assisted systems

Ignacio Santamaria, Mohammad Soleymani, Eduard Jorswieck +2

In this paper, we rigorously characterize for the first time the manifold of unitary and symmetric matrices, deriving its tangent space and its geodesics. The resulting parameteriz…

eess.SP2025

Spectral-Energy Efficiency Tradeoff of Nearly-Passive RIS in MIMO URLLC Downlink: Diagonal vs. Beyond Diagonal

Mohammad Soleymani, Alessio Zappone, Eduard Jorswieck +2

This paper investigates the spectral and energy efficiency (EE) tradeoff of nearly-passive (NP), both locally and globally NP (GNP), reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), consi…

eess.SP2025

STAR-RIS-aided RSMA for the URLLC multi-user MIMO Downlink

Mohammad Soleymani, Ignacio Santamaria, Eduard Jorswieck +2

Rate splitting multiple access (RSMA) is intrinsically amalgamated with simultaneously transmitting and reflecting (STAR) reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) to enhance energ…

eess.SP2025

Energy Efficiency Optimization of Finite Block Length STAR-RIS-aided MU-MIMO Broadcast Channels

Mohammad Soleymani, Ignacio Santamaria, Eduard Jorswieck +2

Energy-efficient designs are proposed for multi-user (MU) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) broadcast channels (BC), assisted by simultaneously transmitting and reflecting (STA…

cs.IT2025

Rate Analysis and Optimization of LoS Beyond Diagonal RIS-assisted MIMO Systems

Ignacio Santamaria, Jesus Gutierrez, Mohammad Soleymani +1

In this letter, we derive an expression for the achievable rate in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system assisted by a beyond-diagonal reconfigurable intelligent surface (…

cs.IT2025

Interference Minimization in Beyond-Diagonal RIS-assisted MIMO Interference Channels

Ignacio Santamaria, Mohammad Soleymani, Eduard Jorswieck +1

This paper proposes a two-stage approach for passive and active beamforming in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) interference channels (ICs) assisted by a beyond-diagonal recon…

eess.SP2025

The Wideband Analysis of the Impact of I/Q Imbalance on THz Communication

Dogus Can Sevdiren, Aydin Sezgin, Mohammad Soleymani

The terahertz (THz) band is a promising solution to the increasing data traffic demands of future wireless networks. However, developing transceivers for THz communication is a com…

eess.SP2025

A Framework for Fractional Matrix Programming Problems with Applications in FBL MU-MIMO

Mohammad Soleymani, Eduard Jorswieck, Robert Schober +1

An efficient framework is conceived for fractional matrix programming (FMP) optimization problems (OPs) namely for minimization and maximization. In each generic OP, either the obj…

eess.SP2024

URLLC Networks enabled by STAR-RIS, Rate Splitting, and Multiple Antennas

Eduard Jorswieck, Mohammad Soleymani, Ignacio Santamaria +1

The challenges in dense ultra-reliable low-latency communication networks to deliver the required service to multiple devices are addressed by three main technologies: multiple ant…

eess.SP2024

Rate Splitting Multiple Access for RIS-aided URLLC MIMO Broadcast Channels

Mohammad Soleymani, Ignacio Santamaria, Eduard Jorswieck +3

The performance of modern wireless communication systems is typically limited by interference. The impact of interference can be even more severe in ultra-reliable and low-latency…

eess.SP2024

Rate Region of RIS-Aided URLLC Broadcast Channels: Diagonal versus Beyond Diagonal Globally Passive RIS

Mohammad Soleymani, Alessio Zappone, Eduard Jorswieck +2

We analyze the finite-block-length rate region of wireless systems aided by reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs), employing treating interference as noise. We consider three…

eess.SP2024

Energy Efficiency Comparison of RIS Architectures in MISO Broadcast Channels

Mohammad Soleymani, Ignacio Santamaria, Eduard Jorswieck +2

In this paper, we develop energy-efficient schemes for multi-user multiple-input single-output (MISO) broadcast channels (BCs), assisted by reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS…

cs.IT2024

MIMO Capacity Maximization with Beyond-Diagonal RIS

Ignacio Santamaria, Mohammad Soleymani, Eduard Jorswieck +1

This paper addresses the problem of maximizing the capacity of a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) link assisted by a beyond-diagonal reconfigurable intelligent surface (BD-RIS…

cs.IT2024

Optimization of the Downlink Spectral- and Energy-Efficiency of RIS-aided Multi-user URLLC MIMO Systems

Mohammad Soleymani, Ignacio Santamaria, Eduard Jorswieck +2

Modern wireless communication systems are expected to provide improved latency and reliability. To meet these expectations, a short packet length is needed, which makes the first-o…

cs.IT2024

Maximizing Spectral and Energy Efficiency in Multi-user MIMO OFDM Systems with RIS and Hardware Impairment

Mohammad Soleymani, Ignacio Santamaria, Aydin Sezgin +1

An emerging technology to enhance the spectral efficiency (SE) and energy efficiency (EE) of wireless communication systems is reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), which is sh…

cs.IT2023

Maximization of minimum rate in MIMO OFDM RIS-assisted Broadcast Channels

Mohammad Soleymani, Ignacio Santamaria, Aydin Sezgin +1

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a promising technology to enhance the spectral efficiency of wireless communication systems. By optimizing the RIS elements, the perform…