… 1To unveil the theoretically achievable rate limit of the STAR-RIS aided NOMA uplink, we
assume that the AP is equipped with a single-antenna. Note that the alternating optimization (…

… Thus, the analysis pertaining to the TS and multicast protocols can be … the analysis in
Section III corresponding to the ES protocol. Hence, we omit the analysis pertaining to STAR-RIS …

… ERGODIC RATE ANALYSIS The ergodic rate that indicates the averaged achievable rate is
… the ergodic rates for the near and far users of the proposed STAR-RIS aided NOMA system, …

… achievable user rates at the high signalto-noise ratio (SNR) regime are also derived. We also
extend our rate analysis to … are also provided to validate our rate analysis and to verify the …

… STAR-RIS and frequent channel estimation for BS. Meanwhile, the performance analysis
of STAR-RIS … Motivated by these reasons, we analyze the ergodic rate of downlink STAR-RIS …

… -RIS with simultaneously transmitting and reflecting RIS (STAR-RIS) technologies denoted
as RIS/STAR-RIS … works on STAR-RIS, we have achieved a unified analysis regarding the …

… transceiver, the STAR-RIS introduces additional … STAR-RIS into the considered network
for flexible signal processing and enhanced coverage. However, the introduction of STAR-RIS …

… Our analysis relies on statistical CSI, meaning that our closed-form expressions are dependent
only on large-scale fading that changes at every several coherence intervals. Thus, the …

… analysis validate that the proposed solution attains fast convergence. Moreover, the proposed
RSMA scheme in STAR-RIS … we consider a feasible phase-shift coupled STAR-RIS model …

… of a STAR-RIS. The main contributions of the letter can be summarized as follows. We analyze
the BER performance of the STAR-RIS-… of STAR-RISNOMA network, in which a STAR-RIS …