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most citedReconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces-Enabled Intra-Cell Pilot Reuse in Massive MIMO Systems

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cs.IT2026

Deep Unfolding for SIM-Assisted Multiband MU-MISO Downlink Systems

Muhammad Ibrahim, Amine Mezghani, Ekram Hossain

To improve the efficiency of scarce radio-frequency (RF) resources in next-generation wireless systems, an intelligent transceiver architecture based on stacked intelligent metasur…

cs.IT2026

Are Stacked Intelligent Metasurfaces (SIMs) Better than Single-layer Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) for Wideband Multi-user MIMO Communication Systems?

Muhammad Ibrahim, Amine Mezghani, Ekram Hossain

Cascaded or stacked intelligent metasurfaces (SIMs) have emerged as a promising technology to overcome the physical limitations of single-layer reconfigurable intelligent surfaces…

cs.NI2026

Multi-Objective Optimization for Joint Communication and Sensing in Multi-user MIMO Systems: Characterizing the Pareto Boundary

Thakshila Perera, Amine Mezghani, Ekram Hossain

This paper investigates the Pareto boundary performance of a joint communication and sensing (JCAS) system that addresses both sensing and communication functions at the same time.…

cs.NI2026

Joint Communication and Sensing in RIS-Assisted MIMO System Under Mutual Coupling

Dilki Wijekoon, Amine Mezghani, Ekram Hossain

This paper considers a downlink Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS)-assisted Joint Communication and Sensing (JCAS) system within a physically-consistent setting, accounting f…

eess.SP2025

Dual-Function Beam Pattern Design for Multi-Target ISAC Systems: A Decoupled Approach

Wilson de Souza Junior, Taufik Abrao, Amine Mezghani +1

We investigate the beampattern design problem for mono-static multi-user (MU) multi-point-target integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems, where a dual-function multiple…

cs.NI2024

Manifold-Based Optimizations for RIS-Aided Massive MIMO Systems

Wilson de Souza Junior, David William Marques Guerra, José Carlos Marinello +2

Manifold optimization (MO) is a powerful mathematical framework that can be applied to optimize functions over complex geometric structures, which is particularly useful in advance…

cs.NI2024

Physically-consistent Multi-band Massive MIMO Systems: A Radio Resource Management Model

Nuwan Balasuriya, Amine Mezghani, Ekram Hossain

Massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) antenna systems and inter-band carrier aggregation (CA)-enabled multi-band communication are two key technologies to achieve very hig…

cs.IT2024

Physically-Consistent Modeling and Optimization of Non-local RIS-Assisted Multi-User MIMO Communication Systems

Dilki Wijekoon, Amine Mezghani, George C. Alexandropoulos +1

Mutual Coupling (MC) emerges as an inherent feature in Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs), particularly, when they are fabricated with sub-wavelength inter-element spacing.…

cs.NI2024

Resource Management in RIS-Assisted Rate Splitting Multiple Access for Next Generation (xG) Wireless Communications: Models, State-of-the-Art, and Future Directions

Ibrahim Aboumahmoud, Ekram Hossain, \\Amine Mezghani

Next generation wireless networks require more stringent performance levels. New technologies such as Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) and rate-splitting multiple access…

cs.IT2024

Electromagnetically-Consistent Modeling and Optimization of Mutual Coupling in RIS-Assisted Multi-User MIMO Communication Systems

Dilki Wijekoon, Amine Mezghani, George C. Alexandropoulos +1

Mutual Coupling (MC) is an unavoidable feature in Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) with sub-wavelength inter-element spacing. Its inherent presence naturally leads to non…

cs.IT2023★ 1 cited

Optimal Placement of Transmissive RIS in the Near Field for Capacity Maximization in THz Communications

Nithish Sharvirala, Amine Mezghani, Ekram Hossain

This study centers on Line-of-Sight (LoS) MIMO communication enabled by a Transmissive Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) operating in the Terahertz (THz) frequency bands. Th…

cs.IT2023★ 10 cited

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces-Enabled Intra-Cell Pilot Reuse in Massive MIMO Systems

Jose Carlos Marinello Filho, Taufik Abrao, Ekram Hossain +1

Channel state information (CSI) estimation is a critical issue in the design of modern massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) networks. With the increasing number of users,…