Energy-efficient joint UAV secure communication and 3D trajectory optimization assisted by reconfigurable intelligent surfaces in the presence of eavesdroppers

We consider a scenario where an unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV),a typical unmanned aerial system(UAS),transmits confidential data to a moving ground target in the presence of multiple eavesdroppers.Multiple friendly reconfigurable intelligent surfaces(RISs) help to secure the UAV-target communication and improve the energy efficiency of the UAV.We formulate an optimization problem to minimize the energy consumption of the UAV,subject to the mobility constraint of the UAV and that the achievable secrecy rate at the target is over a given threshold.We present an online planning method following the framework of model predictive control(MPC) to jointly optimize the motion of the UAV and the configurations of the RISs.The effectiveness of the proposed method is validated via computer simulations.

Channel Estimation for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Aided Multiuser Millimeter-Wave/THz Systems

It is assumed that reconfigurable intelligent surface(RIS)is a key technology to enable the potential of mmWave communications.The passivity of the RIS makes channel estimation difficult because the channel can only be measured at the transceiver and not at the RIS.In this paper,we propose a novel separate channel estimator via exploiting the cascaded sparsity in the continuously valued angular domain of the cascaded channel for the RIS-enabled millimeter-wave/Tera-Hz systems,i.e.,the two-stage estimation method where the cascaded channel is separated into the base station(BS)-RIS and the RIS-user(UE)ones.Specifically,we first reveal the cascaded sparsity,i.e.,the sparsity exists in the hybrid angular domains of BS-RIS and the RIS-UEs separated channels,to construct the specific sparsity structure for RIS enabled multi-user systems.Then,we formulate the channel estimation problem using atomic norm minimization(ANM)to enhance the proposed sparsity structure in the continuous angular domains,where a low-complexity channel estimator via Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers(ADMM)is proposed.Simulation findings demonstrate that the proposed channel estimator outperforms the current state-of-the-arts in terms of performance.

Average Secrecy Capacity of the Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Assisted Integrated Satellite Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Relay Networks

Integrated satellite unmanned aerial vehicle relay networks(ISUAVRNs)have become a prominent topic in recent years.This paper investigates the average secrecy capacity(ASC)for reconfigurable intelligent surface(RIS)-enabled ISUAVRNs.Especially,an eve is considered to intercept the legitimate information from the considered secrecy system.Besides,we get detailed expressions for the ASC of the regarded secrecy system with the aid of the reconfigurable intelligent.Furthermore,to gain insightful results of the major parameters on the ASC in high signalto-noise ratio regime,the approximate investigations are further gotten,which give an efficient method to value the secrecy analysis.At last,some representative computer results are obtained to prove the theoretical findings.

AIRIS:Artificial Intelligence Enhanced Signal Processing in Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Communications

Reconfigurable intelligent surface(RIS)is an emerging meta-surface that can provide additional communications links through reflecting the signals,and has been recognized as a strong candidate of 6G mobile communications systems.Meanwhile,it has been recently admitted that implementing artificial intelligence(AI)into RIS communications will extensively benefit the reconfiguration capacity and enhance the robustness to complicated transmission environments.Besides the conventional model-driven approaches,AI can also deal with the existing signal processing problems in a data-driven manner via digging the inherent characteristic from the real data.Hence,AI is particularly suitable for the signal processing problems over RIS networks under unideal scenarios like modeling mismatching,insufficient resource,hardware impairment,as well as dynamical transmissions.As one of the earliest survey papers,we will introduce the merging of AI and RIS,called AIRIS,over various signal processing topics,including environmental sensing,channel acquisition,beamforming design,and resource scheduling,etc.We will also discuss the challenges of AIRIS and present some interesting future directions.

下行RIS-NOMA的用户集群方法

为提高用户分布非均匀的场景下可重构智能表面(RIS)辅助下行非正交多址(NOMA)通信系统的性能,提出了一种分布式RIS辅助下行NOMA的用户聚类方案。首先,采用自适应几何分布(AGD)聚类算法划分用户集群(UCs),从而为各UC匹配RIS。然后,利用分式规划(FP)方法将非凸最大化频谱效率问题转换为凸优化问题。最后,为UC内用户逐级进行功率分配(PA)与被动波束形成(PB)。仿真结果表明,与谱聚类(SPC)、K均值(K-means)、高斯混合模型(GMM)聚类方案和正交多址(OMA)方案相比,在AGD方案下,功率对频谱效率提升了7%、14%、19%和42%的增益,反射面对频谱效率提升了16%、19%、26%和40%的增益。

联合RIS子块与接收天线的索引调制方案性能分析

利用大量无源反射器件设计的可重构智能表面(RIS),具有拓展无线通信覆盖范围、降低系统成本/功耗和提升未来通信系统性能的优势;而索引调制(IM),通过激活通信资源的子集可实现信息的隐性传输,有望为无线通信带来更高的频谱效率和能量效率,因此,为进一步提升未来无线通信系统的性能,该论文融合RIS与IM技术,提出一种联合RIS子块与接收天线的IM方案。在该方案中,按照相邻原则,将RIS反射元件分割为若干子块,进而利用RIS子块索引与接收天线索引同时实现附加信息传递,即对待传输比特序列,将其分割为三部分,其中第一部比特被调制为星座符号,第二部分用于指示RIS子块划分,第三部分用于指示接收天线索引;在此基础上,根据最大似然(ML)检测的成对错误概率(PEP)解析形式,分四种情况,从理论上推导出对应的矩母函数(MGF),得到无条件PEP的解析表达式,最后得到该方案ML检测的平均误码率(ABER)性能上界。仿真结果表明,与现有RIS辅助的IM方案相比,无须增加额外频谱资源,所提方案的系统可达速率和系统差错性能方面均具有一定优势;同时,验证了ML检测的ABER上界具备严格一致性。

STAR-RIS辅助的NOMA系统物理层安全性能优化

针对实际通信场景中非理想信道状态信息以及非理想串行干扰删除等非理想因素的强耦合特性使可同时反射和透射的可重构智能超表面(STAR-RIS)辅助的非正交多址接入(NOMA)传输系统安全性能无法准确衡量的问题,提出了基于惩罚对偶分解(PDD)和块坐标下降(BCD)的融合算法,联合优化基站的波束成形矢量和STAR-RIS相移系数,实现系统最低安全传输速率的最大化。结果表明,所提融合算法相比BCD算法可以明显增加最低安全传输速率,性能至少提升10%。

一种基于GABP神经网络的RIS辅助近场无线定位方法

可重构智能表面(RIS)是6G潜在关键技术,将其部署在无线通信系统中,可辅助基站对用户进行定位,并提高定位性能。在毫米波频段,由于频率较高,RIS面板的阵列孔径及反射单元个数较大,近场区域范围扩大,用户将大概率处于RIS的近场区域中。为此,考虑RIS辅助的无线通信系统在近场条件下对用户进行定位,将用户定位问题建模为参数估计问题,并利用最大似然估计来实现对用户三维坐标参数的估计。为求解所建立的最大似然估计问题,结合遗传算法与反向传播算法神经网络的优势,提出了一种计算效率更高的GABP算法。仿真结果表明,所提GABP算法比传统的遗传算法计算效率更高。

Field trial measurement and channel modeling for reconfigurable intelligent surface

With the advantage of programmable electromagnetic properties,Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces(RISs)havedrawn wide attention from both industry and academia.RIS-assisted communication systems can promote hugewireless channel quality improvement and remarkable coverage enhancement.This paper proposes generalpathloss model,radiation pattern and mirror beam effect of 1-bit RIS at sub-6 GHz band.Field trails have beencarried out in outdoor and indoor deployment scenarios.The proposed model is validated through extensivesimulations and field-trial measurements.In addition,an optimized RIS phase-shit design process for the mirrorbeam elimination is proposed and validated with simulations.The proposed theoretical model and measurementresults can promote future research and application in RIS-assisted communications.

Differential Scheme for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Based Spatial Modulation System

In this paper,a differential scheme is proposed for reconfigurable intelligent surface(RIS)assisted spatial modulation,which is referred to as RISDSM,to eliminate the need for channel state information(CSI)at the receiver.The proposed scheme is an improvement over the current differential modulation scheme used in RIS-based systems,as it avoids the high-order matrix calculation and improves the spectral efficiency.A mathematical framework is developed to determine the theoretical average bit error probability(ABEP)of the system using RIS-DSM.The detection complexity of the proposed RIS-DSM scheme is extremely low through the simplification.Finally,simulations results demonstrate that the proposed RIS-DSM scheme can deliver satisfactory error performance even in low signal-to-noise ratio environments.

基于列车先验信息的RIS-MIMO系统鲁棒波束成形算法

针对高移动性场景中完美信道状态信息(CSI)难以获取导致的智能超表面多输入多输出(RIS-MIMO)系统主被动波束成形算法性能恶化的问题,构建了RIS辅助的高铁毫米波MIMO中继通信模型。首先,在列车位置信息不完全的情况下,估计并推导了RIS-车载移动中继(MRN)之间视线战略(LOS)路径角度估计误差的统计特性;其次,对毫米波MIMO系统的中断性能进行了研究,给出了以信道容量作为中断判决的中断概率表达式;最后,将优化问题建模为5G基站(gNB)发射功率约束的中断概率最小化问题,提出了一种基于黎曼共轭梯度下降的复圆流形优化算法并求解该问题。仿真结果表明,与现有算法和传统的无RIS系统以及RIS随机相位调节下的高铁通信系统相比,所提算法具有更快的收敛速度和更高的系统鲁棒性。

基于压缩感知的STAR-RIS辅助毫米波系统信道估计

一种可同时透射和反射的可重构智能表面(simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface,STAR-RIS)可以同时辅助位于其两侧用户的无线通信。针对STAR-RIS辅助下的双用户毫米波通信系统的上行链路信道估计问题进行了研究,并对两用户在角度域的联合稀疏特性进行了探究。基于级联信道的联合稀疏特性和压缩感知理论,将级联信道估计问题转化为稀疏信号恢复问题,并提出了一种位置判决正交匹配追踪(position-judgment orthogonal matching pursuit,PJ-OMP)算法以减少导频开销。仿真结果显示,与传统的正交匹配追踪(orthogonal matching pursuit,OMP)算法相比,所提出的算法能够减少信道估计的导频开销,即使在某一侧用户所分配的能量较少时也能够准确地估计信道。

Low-Cost Federated Broad Learning for Privacy-Preserved Knowledge Sharing in the RIS-Aided Internet of Vehicles

High-efficiency and low-cost knowledge sharing can improve the decision-making ability of autonomous vehicles by mining knowledge from the Internet of Vehicles(IoVs).However,it is challenging to ensure high efficiency of local data learning models while preventing privacy leakage in a high mobility environment.In order to protect data privacy and improve data learning efficiency in knowledge sharing,we propose an asynchronous federated broad learning(FBL)framework that integrates broad learning(BL)into federated learning(FL).In FBL,we design a broad fully connected model(BFCM)as a local model for training client data.To enhance the wireless channel quality for knowledge sharing and reduce the communication and computation cost of participating clients,we construct a joint resource allocation and reconfigurable intelligent surface(RIS)configuration optimization framework for FBL.The problem is decoupled into two convex subproblems.Aiming to improve the resource scheduling efficiency in FBL,a double Davidon–Fletcher–Powell(DDFP)algorithm is presented to solve the time slot allocation and RIS configuration problem.Based on the results of resource scheduling,we design a reward-allocation algorithm based on federated incentive learning(FIL)in FBL to compensate clients for their costs.The simulation results show that the proposed FBL framework achieves better performance than the comparison models in terms of efficiency,accuracy,and cost for knowledge sharing in the IoV.

RIS辅助多用户波束跟踪系统与硬件试验

可重构智能表面(reconfigurable intelligent surface,RIS,也称智能超表面)通过智能调控电磁传播路径,有效提高了6G通信系统的性能。然而,RIS集成大量反射单元使得多波束调控复杂度高、码本搜索空间大,导致实时调控能力不足,难以应用于多用户波束跟踪。为提升RIS在多用户移动场景的适用性,创新基于逆衍射的场源迭代模型,快速生成近远场多用户调控码本,设计RIS辅助单基站定位方案,感知用户移动位置实时切换波束。研制RIS辅助多用户波束跟踪系统原型,实现多用户移动过程中快速波束对准。试验结果表明,毫秒级波束切换可实现移动多用户的实时信息传输。

Joint Optimization Scheme for the Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Assisted Untrusted Relay Networks

To further improve the secrecy rate,a joint optimization scheme for the reconfigurable intelligent surface(RIS)phase shift and the power allocation is proposed in the untrusted relay(UR)networks assisted by the RIS.The eavesdropping on the UR is interfered by a source-based jamming strategy.Under the constraints of unit modulus and total power,the RIS phase shift,the power allocation between the confidential signal and the jamming signal,and the power allocation between the source node and the UR are jointly optimized to maximize the secrecy rate.The complex multivariable coupling problem is decomposed into three sub-problems,and the non-convexity of the objective function and the constraints is solved with semi-definite relaxation.Simulation results indicate that the secrecy rate is remarkably enhanced with the proposed scheme compared with the equal power allocation scheme,the random phase shift scheme,and the no-RIS scheme.

RIS辅助通感一体化:波束成形和反射相移的联合设计

ISAC允许通信和雷达共享频谱资源,被视为解决未来无线网络频谱拥塞的一项有前途的技术。当信道退化严重时,仅依靠基站侧天线获得的性能增益十分有限,RIS因其能够创建有利的传播环境已成为一项革命性技术,借助RIS可为ISAC系统创建额外的链路以提高系统性能。基于此,提出RIS辅助ISAC,通过联合设计基站的有源波束成形和RIS的反射相移,以最大化加权和速率与探测功率,并提出了基于加权均方最小误差和分数规划的交替算法来解决这一问题。仿真结果证明在ISAC中部署RIS并合理优化其相移可以有效提升通信和感知的性能。

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Based Hybrid Phase and Code Modulation for Symbiotic Radio

Reconfigurable intelligent surface(RIS)-assisted symbiotic radio is a spectrum-and energy-efficient communication paradigm,in which an RIS performs passive beamforming to enhance active transmission,while using the electromagnetic waves from the active transmission for additional information transfer(i.e.,passive transmission).In this paper,a hybrid RIS-based modulation,termed hybrid phase and code modulation(HPCM),is proposed to improve the reliability of RIS-assisted symbiotic radio.In RIS-HPCM,the RIS simultaneously performs direct sequence spread spectrum and passive beamforming on incident signals.Moreover,both the spreading code and phase offset are exploited to carry the RIS’s own information.A low-complexity detector is designed,in which the receiver first detects the spreading codes and then demodulates the constellation symbols.We analyze the bit error rate(BER)performance of RIS-HPCM over Rician fading channels.BER upper bounds and approximate BER expressions are derived in closed-form for maximum-likelihood and low-complexity detectors,respectively.Simulation results in terms of BER verify the analysis and show the superiority of RIS-HPCM over the existing RIS-based modulation.

Monte-Carlo based random passive energy beamforming for reconfigurable intelligent surface assisted wireless power transfer

Reconfigurable intelligent surface(RIS)employs passive beamforming to control the wireless propagation channel,which benefits the wireless communication capacity and the received energy efficiency of wireless power transfer(WPT)systems.Such beamforming schemes are classified as discrete and non-convex integer program-ming problems.In this paper,we propose a Monte-Carlo(MC)based random energy passive beamforming of RIS to achieve the maximum received power of electromagnetic(EM)WPT systems.Generally,the Gibbs sampling and re-sampling methods are employed to generate phase shift vector samples.And the sample with the maximum received power is considered the optimal solution.In order to adapt to the application scenarios,we develop two types of passive beamforming algorithms based on such MC sampling methods.The first passive beamforming uses an approximation of the integer programming as the initial sample,which is calculated based on the channel information.And the second one is a purely randomized algorithm with the only total received power feedback.The proposed methods present several advantages for RIS control,e.g.,fast convergence,easy implementation,robustness to the channel noise,and limited feedback requirement,and they are applicable even if the channel information is unknown.According to the simulation results,our proposed methods outperform other approxi-mation and genetic algorithms.With our methods,the WPT system even significantly improves the power effi-ciency in the nonline-of-sight(NLOS)environment.

STAR-RIS辅助多载波通信感知一体化系统的资源优化

针对频谱资源短缺和传统的智能反射面无法实现全空间覆盖的问题,研究了同时透射和反射的可重构智能表面(simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface, STAR-RIS)辅助通信感知一体化系统。通过分配功率和子载波资源并优化STAR-RIS系数矩阵,使得在保证感知功能的前提下,最大化通信和速率。设计了一种交替优化算法,将多变量之间相互耦合的非凸问题解耦转化为3个凸的子问题。首先,松弛子载波选择变量后使用惩罚函数和逐次凸逼近算法;然后,直接求解功率分配变量的凸子问题;最后,使用半正定规划并把秩一约束改写为核范数与谱范数之差,将其作为惩罚函数,使用逐次凸逼近以优化STAR-RIS系数矩阵。仿真结果表明,与传统RIS相比,所提方案的性能取得了显著提升。

分布式机器学习在RIS辅助的无线信道估计中的应用

无线信道估计是部署可重构智能超表面(Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface,RIS)辅助通信系统的关键与前提,然而下行链路传输环境下信道估计困难且导频开销大是对智能超表面辅助通信的重大挑战。针对以上问题,提出了一种基于分布式机器学习(Distributed Machine Learning,DML)训练模型的区域交集切换方案。首先,建立了一个多用户共享的下行信道估计神经网络,通过DML技术协同用户与基站训练网络模型。其次,搭建分层次神经网络结构对用户区域信道进行分类和特征提取。最后,针对用户处于相邻信道交集位置问题采用特征区域模型融合。仿真结果表明,基于区域交集的DML模型方案能在减少信道训练导频开销的同时最大化信道估计的精准性能。