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Microwave Linear Analog Computers (MiLACs) for Communications: Opportunities and Challenges
Matteo Nerini, Bruno Clerckx
Future wireless systems will require ever larger antenna arrays and heavier signal processing, making conventional digital multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) architectures diffi…
Microwave Linear Analog Computer (MiLAC) for Simultaneous Active and Passive Beamforming
Matteo Nerini, Bruno Clerckx
Microwave linear analog computers (MiLACs) have recently emerged to enable high-performance and efficient beamforming in the analog domain. In this paper, we introduce a dual-funct…
RIS Optimization and Scaling Laws in Multi-Operator Systems: Is Quadratic Scaling Achievable?
Zheyu Wu, Matteo Nerini, Bruno Clerckx
This paper studies multi-operator wireless communication systems aided by general reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), including both conventional single-connected RIS and bey…
Low-Complexity Planar Beyond-Diagonal RIS Architecture Design Using Graph Theory
Matteo Nerini, Zheyu Wu, Shanpu Shen +1
Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) enable programmable control of the wireless propagation environment and are key enablers for future networks. Beyond-diagonal RIS (BD-RIS…
Enabling Smart Radio Environments in the Frequency Domain With Movable Signals
Matteo Nerini, Bruno Clerckx
Smart radio environments (SREs) enhance wireless communications by allowing control over the channel. They have been enabled through surfaces with reconfigurable electromagnetic (E…
MIMO Systems Aided by Microwave Linear Analog Computers: Capacity-Achieving Architectures with Reduced Circuit Complexity
Matteo Nerini, Bruno Clerckx
To meet the demands of future wireless networks, antenna arrays must scale from massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) to gigantic MIMO, involving even larger numbers of ant…