The Internet of Things (IoT) is undergoing significant advancements, driven by the
emergence of backscatter communication (BC) and artificial intelligence (AI). BC is an …

This paper investigates the potential of integrating reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)
and cooperative non-orthogonal multiple access (C-NOMA) in preserving the freshness of …

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are regarded as a promising solution for mobile-edge
computing (MEC) systems due to their flexibility and capability to provide computing services …

This paper proposes the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with intelligent reflecting
surfaces (IRS) to reflect signals from the industrial internet of things (IIoT) to the destination …

This study investigates in depth the expected sum age of information (AoI) in a wireless
powered communication network (WPCN) incorporating reconfigurable intelligent surfaces …

Time-sensitive applications such as internet of things (IoT) depend on the timely delivery of
fresh data. Thus, the age of information (AoI) metric is defined to measure the freshness of …