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 intelligent-reflecting-surface-assisted UAV communications

KW Park, HM Kim, OS Shin - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Both the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) are attracting
growing attention as enabling technologies for future wireless networks. In particular, IRS …

Learning-based reliable and secure transmission for UAV-RIS-assisted communication systems

H Yang, S Liu, L Xiao, Y Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mounting reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), called
UAV-RIS, combines the benefits of these two techniques, which can further improve the …

Deep deterministic policy gradient-based rate maximization for RIS-UAV-assisted vehicular communication networks

H Zhao, W Sun, Y Ni, W Xia, G Gui… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a promising paradigm for implementing intelligent
reconfigurable wireless propagation environments in the 6G era. However, most of the …

Joint IRS selection and passive beamforming in multiple IRS-UAV-enhanced anti-jamming D2D communication networks

Z Hou, Y Huang, J Chen, G Li, X Guan… - IEEE Internet of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Intelligent reflective surfaces (IRSs) as low energy consumption and easy to attach devices
have been widely applied in the field of anti-jamming recently. In particular, the combination …

Active RIS-NOMA Uplink in URLLC, Jamming Mitigation via Surrogate and Deep Learning

G Asemian, M Amini, B Kantarci - IEEE Open Journal of the …, 2025 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The integration of Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) and Reconfigurable Intelligent
Surfaces (RIS) significantly enhances 5G across a variety of technologies such as the …

Energy harvesting UAV-RIS-assisted maritime communications based on deep reinforcement learning against jamming

H Yang, K Lin, L Xiao, Y Zhao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the rapid development of maritime activities, efficient and reliable maritime
communications have attracted ever-increasing attention, and mounting reconfigurable …

Reinforcement Learning for Resilient Aerial-IRS Assisted Wireless Communications Networks in the Presence of Multiple Jammers

ZUA Tariq, E Baccour, A Erbad… - IEEE Open Journal of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The evolving landscape of beyond 5G and 6G wireless communication systems in smart
urban environments faces numerous interference-related challenges posed by legitimate …

Optimization-Driven DRL-Based Joint Beamformer Design for IRS-Aided ITSN Against Smart Jamming Attacks

H Dong, C Hua, L Liu, W Xu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates an intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS) aided anti-jamming
communication strategy in the integrated terrestrial-satellite network (ITSN), where the IRS is …

RL-based Adaptive UAV Swarm Formation and Clustering for Secure 6G Wireless Communications in Dynamic Dense Environments

E Baccour, A Erbad, M Hamdi, M Guizani - IEEE Access, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The wireless communication landscape in beyond 5G and 6G systems, particularly in dense
smart city environments, presents significant interference challenges. UAV-mounted …