As a candidate technique to achieve sixth-generation wireless communication(6G),reconfigurable intelligent surface(RIS)has become popular in both academia and industry.For better exploration of the advantages of RIS,w...As a candidate technique to achieve sixth-generation wireless communication(6G),reconfigurable intelligent surface(RIS)has become popular in both academia and industry.For better exploration of the advantages of RIS,we compare the performances of RIS and network-controlled repeater(NCR)in 3GPP release-18.We first theoretically analyze the received signal power and signal-to-noise ratio performances for both RIS and NCR.Then,we simulate the reference signal received power and signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio performances at the system level for both RIS and NCR in the frequency range 1 and frequency range 2 bands.Finally,several insights on engineering applications are given based on the comparison between RIS and NCR.展开更多
文摘As a candidate technique to achieve sixth-generation wireless communication(6G),reconfigurable intelligent surface(RIS)has become popular in both academia and industry.For better exploration of the advantages of RIS,we compare the performances of RIS and network-controlled repeater(NCR)in 3GPP release-18.We first theoretically analyze the received signal power and signal-to-noise ratio performances for both RIS and NCR.Then,we simulate the reference signal received power and signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio performances at the system level for both RIS and NCR in the frequency range 1 and frequency range 2 bands.Finally,several insights on engineering applications are given based on the comparison between RIS and NCR.