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 …

Contemporary advances in multi-access edge computing: A survey of fundamentals, architecture, technologies, deployment cases, security, challenges, and directions

M Mahbub, RM Shubair - Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 2023 - Elsevier
With advancements of cloud technologies Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) emerged as
a remarkable edge-cloud technology to provide computing facilities to resource-restrained …

Reinforcement learning in the sky: A survey on enabling intelligence in ntn-based communications

T Naous, M Itani, M Awad, S Sharafeddine - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Non terrestrial networks (NTN) involving 'in the sky'objects such as low-earth orbit satellites,
high altitude platform systems (HAPs) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are expected …

Outage probability analysis of RIS-assisted wireless networks with von Mises phase errors

T Wang, MA Badiu, G Chen… - IEEE wireless …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, we investigate the performance of a communication link assisted by a
reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) over line-of-sight (LOS) channels. The phase …

Reconfigurable intelligent surface aided cellular networks with device-to-device users

Z Ji, Z Qin, CG Parini - IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) technology is promising to enhance wireless
communications services by providing smart radio environment. In this paper, we investigate …

Joint direct and indirect channel estimation for RIS-assisted millimeter-wave systems based on array signal processing

S Noh, K Seo, Y Sung, DJ Love… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted millimeter wave (mmWave) communication
is a promising technology for enlarging the coverage area of millimeter wave systems …

A survey on deep reinforcement learning-driven task offloading in aerial access networks

TH Nguyen, L Park - 2022 13th International Conference on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Internet of Things computation offloading is a challenging problem, particularly in distant
places where mobile edge computing (MEC) or cloud infrastructure is absent. Fortunately …

Ambient backscatter assisted co-existence in aerial-IRS wireless networks

S Solanki, S Gautam, SK Sharma… - IEEE Open Journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ambient backscatter communication (AmBC) is an emerging technology that has the
potential to offer spectral-and energy-efficient solutions for the next generation wireless …

Comparing aerial-RIS-and aerial-base-station-aided post-disaster cellular networks

M Matracia, MA Kishk, MS Alouini - IEEE Open Journal of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) technology and its integration into existing wireless
networks have recently attracted much interest. While an important use case of said …

Survey on Near-Space Information Networks: Channel Modeling, Networking, and Transmission Perspectives

X Cao, P Yang, X Su - arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.09025, 2023 - arxiv.org
Near-space information networks (NSIN) composed of high-altitude platforms (HAPs), high-
and low-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are a new regime for providing quickly …