Nonterrestrial communications assisted by reconfigurable intelligent surfaces

J Ye, J Qiao, A Kammoun… - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nonterrestrial communications have emerged as a key enabler for seamless connectivity in
the upcoming generation networks. This kind of network can support high data rate …

A survey on energy optimization techniques in UAV-based cellular networks: from conventional to machine learning approaches

AI Abubakar, I Ahmad, KG Omeke, M Ozturk, C Ozturk… - Drones, 2023 - mdpi.com
Wireless communication networks have been witnessing unprecedented demand due to the
increasing number of connected devices and emerging bandwidth-hungry applications …

Capacity maximization in RIS-UAV networks: a DDQN-based trajectory and phase shift optimization approach

H Zhang, M Huang, H Zhou, X Wang… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) has grown rapidly due to its performance
improvement for wireless networks, and the integration of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) …

OTFS-aided RIS-assisted SAGIN systems outperform their OFDM counterparts in doubly selective high-Doppler scenarios

C Xu, L Xiang, J An, C Dong, S Sugiura… - IEEE Internet of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The recently developed reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) are capable of improving
the coverage of space–air–ground integrated networks (SAGINs), where the signals can be …

Robust beamforming design for RIS-aided integrated sensing and communication system

M Luan, B Wang, Z Chang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It is expected that the future intelligent transportation system will be endowed with the
sensing ability to cope with the complex road environment. Therefore, the integrated sensing …

Secrecy performance for RIS-based integrated satellite vehicle networks with a UAV relay and MRC eavesdropping

F Zhou, X Li, M Alazab, RH Jhaveri… - IEEE transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work investigates the secrecy issues for the secrecy reconfigurable intelligent surface-
based integrated satellite unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) relay networks with multiple …

Deep reinforcement learning-driven reconfigurable intelligent surface-assisted radio surveillance with a fixed-wing UAV

X Yuan, S Hu, W Ni, X Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) play a critical role in radio surveillance to decipher
malicious messages, thanks to their flexibility, mobility, and likely line-of-sight (LoS) to …

RIS-assisted jamming rejection and path planning for UAV-borne IoT platform: A new deep reinforcement learning framework

S Hu, X Yuan, W Ni, X Wang… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a new deep reinforcement learning (DRL)-based approach to the
trajectory planning and jamming rejection of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for the …

Intelligent and robust UAV-aided multiuser RIS communication technique with jittering UAV and imperfect hardware constraints

ABM Adam, X Wan, MAM Elhassan… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we investigate unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-aided multiuser reconfigurable
intelligent surface (RIS) communication for next generation communication networks. We …

Outage performance analysis of RIS-assisted UAV wireless systems under disorientation and misalignment

AAA Boulogeorgos, A Alexiou… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we analyze the performance of a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-
assisted unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) wireless system that is affected by mixture-gamma …