Recent intensive and extensive development of the fifth-generation (5G) of cellular networks
has led to their deployment throughout much of the world. As part of this implementation …

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 …

In this letter, simultaneous transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surfaces
(STAR-RISs) are studied. Compared with the conventional reflecting-only RISs, the …

A correlated transmission and reflection (T&R) phase-shift model is proposed for passive
lossless simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (STAR …

One of the main problems faced by communication systems is the presence of skip-zones in
the targeted areas. With the deployment of the fifth-generation mobile network, solutions are …

Recent efforts have promoted programmable wireless environments (PWEs) to enhance the
reception quality in high-frequency bands via reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) …

The visible light communication (VLC) technology has attracted much attention in the
research of the sixth generation (6G) communication systems. In this paper, a novel three …

To satisfy the explosive growing traffic demands in wireless communications, visible light
communication (VLC) performs as a promising technology due to its broad and license-free …

Visible light communication (VLC) enables access to huge unlicensed bandwidth, a higher
security level, and no radio frequency interference. With these advantages, VLC emerges as …

With the capability of reconfiguring the wireless electromagnetic environment, intelligent
reflecting surface (IRS) becomes a new paradigm for designing future wireless …