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20152026
most citedIntelligent Reflecting Surface Assisted Wireless Communication: Modeling and Channel Estimation

70 citations · 193 across the 22 of their papers we have counts for

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24 papers

eess.SP2026

Channel Estimation in MIMO Systems Using Flow Matching Models

Yongqiang Zhang, Qurrat-Ul-Ain Nadeem

Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems require efficient and accurate channel estimation with low pilot overhead to unlock their full potential for high spectral and energy…

eess.SY2025

Merits of Serving UAVs via Terrestrial Networks: A Vertical Antenna Radiation Study

Nesrine Cherif, Qurrat-Ul-Ain Nadeem

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly used in a plethora of applications such as shipping, surveillance, and search-and-rescue. For UAVs to operate safely, reliable cell…

eess.SP2024★ 1 cited

RIS-Assisted Aerial Non-Terrestrial Networks: An Intelligent Synergy with Deep Reinforcement Learning

Muhammad Umer, Muhammad Ahmed Mohsin, Aryan Kaushik +3

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted aerial non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) offer a promising paradigm for enhancing wireless communications in the era of 6G and beyon…

cs.IT2023

Analysis of One-Bit Quantized Linear Precoding Schemes in Multi-Cell Massive MIMO Downlink

Qurrat-Ul-Ain Nadeem, Anas Chaaban

This work studies a multi-cell one-bit massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system that employs one-bit analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and digital-to-analog converter…

cs.IT2023★ 1 cited

Hybrid Digital-Wave Domain Channel Estimator for Stacked Intelligent Metasurface Enabled Multi-User MISO Systems

Qurrat-Ul-Ain Nadeem, Jiancheng An, Anas Chaaban

Stacked intelligent metasurface (SIM) is an emerging programmable metasurface architecture that can implement signal processing directly in the electromagnetic wave domain, thereby…

cs.IT2023

Unit Cell Phase-Frequency Profile Optimization in RIS-Assisted Wide-Band OFDM Systems

Omran Abbas, Qurrat-Ul-Ain Nadeem, Loïc Markley +1

The reflection characteristics of a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) depend on the phase response of the constituent unit cells, which is necessarily frequency dependent. T…

eess.SP2023★ 2 cited

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces Assisted Communication Under Different CSI Assumptions

Bayan Al-Nahhas, Qurrat-UI-Ain Nadeem, Aryan Kaushik +1

This work studies the net sum-rate performance of a distributed reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs)-assisted multi-user multiple-input-single-output (MISO) downlink communic…

cs.IT2023

Holographic MIMO: How Many Antennas Do We Need for Energy Efficient Transmission?

Sarah Bahanshal, Qurrat-Ul-Ain Nadeem, Md. Jahangir Hossain

Holographic multiple-input multiple-output (HMIMO) communication systems utilize spatially-constrained massive MIMO arrays containing large numbers of antennas with sub-wavelength…

cs.IT2023

Performance Analysis of Zero-Forcing Precoding in Multi-Cell One-Bit Massive MIMO Downlink

Qurrat-Ul-Ain Nadeem, Anas Chaaban

This work investigates the downlink performance of a multi-cell massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system that employs one-bit analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and di…

cs.IT2021

Performance Analysis under IRS-User Association for Distributed IRSs Assisted MISO Systems

Hibatallah Alwazani, Qurrat-Ul-Ain Nadeem, Anas Chaaban

Distributed intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) deployed in multi-user wireless communication systems promise improved system performance. However, the signal-to-interference-pl…

cs.IT2021★ 2 cited

Distributed Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces Assisted Wireless Communication: Asymptotic Analysis under Imperfect CSI

Bayan Al-Nahhas, Qurrat-Ul-Ain Nadeem, Anas Chaaban

This work studies the net sum-rate performance of a distributed reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs)-assisted multi-user multiple-input-single-output (MISO) downlink communic…

cs.IT2021★ 1 cited

Intelligent Reflecting Surface Enabled Random Rotations Scheme for the MISO Broadcast Channel

Qurrat-Ul-Ain Nadeem, Alessio Zappone, Anas Chaaban

The current literature on intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) focuses on optimizing the IRS phase shifts to yield coherent beamforming gains, under the assumption of perfect chann…

eess.SP2020★ 1 cited

Channel Estimation for Distributed Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces Assisted Multi-User MISO Systems

Hibatallah Alwazani, Qurrat-Ul-Ain Nadeem, Anas Chaaban

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs)-assisted wireless communication promises improved system performance, while posing new challenges in channel estimation (CE) due to the passi…

cs.IT2020

Opportunistic Beamforming using an Intelligent Reflecting Surface Without Instantaneous CSI

Qurrat-Ul-Ain Nadeem, Anas Chaaban, Merouane Debbah

While intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) assisted wireless communication has emerged as an important research paradigm, channel state information (CSI) acquisition remains a crit…

cs.IT2020

Intelligent Reflecting Surface Assisted MISO Downlink: Channel Estimation and Asymptotic Analysis

Bayan Al-Nahhas, Qurrat-Ul-Ain Nadeem, Anas Chaaban

This work makes the preliminary contribution of studying the asymptotic performance of a multi-user intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) assisted-multiple-input single-output (MISO…

cs.IT2020★ 2 cited

Intelligent Reflecting Surface Assisted Multi-User MISO Communication: Channel Estimation and Beamforming Design

Qurrat-Ul-Ain Nadeem, Hibatallah Alwazani, Abla Kammoun +3

The concept of reconfiguring wireless propagation environments using intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS)s has recently emerged, where an IRS comprises of a large number of passiv…

cs.IT2019★ 3 cited

Multi-User Opportunistic Beamforming using Reconfigurable Surfaces

Qurrat-Ul-Ain Nadeem, Anas Chaaban, Merouane Debbah

Multi-user (MU) diversity yields sum-rate gains by scheduling a user for transmission at times when its channel is near its peak. The only information required at the base station…

eess.SP2019★ 70 cited

Intelligent Reflecting Surface Assisted Wireless Communication: Modeling and Channel Estimation

Qurrat-Ul-Ain Nadeem, Abla Kammoun, Anas Chaaban +2

The recently completed 5G new radio standard is a result of several cutting-edge technologies, including massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), millimeter (mm)-Wave communi…

cs.IT2019

Asymptotic Analysis of RZF over Double Scattering Channels with MMSE Estimation

Qurrat-Ul-Ain Nadeem, Abla Kammoun, Merouane Debbah +1

This paper studies the ergodic rate performance of regularized zero-forcing (RZF) precoding in the downlink of a multi-user multiple-input single-output (MISO) system, where the ch…

cs.IT2019★ 1 cited

Asymptotic Max-Min SINR Analysis of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Assisted MISO Systems

Qurrat-Ul-Ain Nadeem, Abla Kammoun, Anas Chaaban +2

This work focuses on the downlink of a single-cell multi-user system in which a base station (BS) equipped with antennas communicates with single-antenna users through a re…

cs.IT2018

Elevation Beamforming with Full Dimension MIMO Architectures in 5G Systems: A Tutorial

Qurrat-Ul-Ain Nadeem, Abla Kammoun, Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Full dimension (FD) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technology has attracted substantial research attention from both wireless industry and academia in the last few years as…

cs.IT2016

Design of 5G Full Dimension Massive MIMO Systems

Qurrat-Ul-Ain Nadeem, Abla Kammoun, Mérouane Debbah +1

Massive multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) transmission is a promising technology to improve the capacity and reliability of wireless systems. However, the number of antennas th…

cs.IT2016★ 41 cited

3D Massive MIMO Systems: Modeling and Performance Analysis

Qurrat-Ul-Ain Nadeem, Abla Kammoun, Merouane Debbah +1

Multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) systems of current LTE releases are capable of adaptation in the azimuth only. Recently, the trend is to enhance system performance by exploit…

cs.IT2015★ 68 cited

A Generalized Spatial Correlation Model for 3D MIMO Channels based on the Fourier Coefficients of Power Spectrums

Qurrat-Ul-Ain Nadeem, Abla Kammoun, Merouane Debbah +1

Previous studies have confirmed the adverse impact of fading correlation on the mutual information (MI) of two-dimensional (2D) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. More…