Unleashing 3D Connectivity in beyond 5G Networks with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces

Jiguang He; Aymen Fakhreddine; Arthur S. De Sena; Yu Tian; Merouane Debbah

doi:10.1109/IEEECONF59524.2023.10476792

Unleashing 3D Connectivity in beyond 5G Networks with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces

Jiguang He
, Aymen Fakhreddine
, Arthur S. De Sena
, Yu Tian
, Merouane Debbah

Technology Innovation Institute
Klagenfurt University
University of Oulu
KU 6G Research Center

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Abstract

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) bring various benefits to the current and upcoming wireless networks, including enhanced spectrum and energy efficiency, soft han-dover, transmission reliability, and even localization accuracy. These remarkable improvements result from the reconfigurability, programmability, and adaptation capabilities of RISs for fine-tuning radio propagation environments, which can be realized in a cost- and energy-efficient manner. In this paper, we focus on the upgrade of the existing fifth-generation (5G) cellular network with the introduction of an RIS owning a full-dimensional uniform planar array structure for unleashing advanced three-dimensional connectivity. The deployed RIS is exploited for serving unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) flying in the sky with ultra-high data rate, a challenging task to be achieved with conventional base stations (BSs) that are designed mainly to serve ground users. By taking into account the line-of-sight probability for the RIS-UAV and BS-UAV links, we formulate the average achievable rate, analyze the effect of environmental parameters, and make insightful performance comparisons. Simulation results show that the deployment of RISs can bring impressive gains and significantly outperform conventional RIS-free 5G networks.

Original language	British English
Title of host publication	Conference Record of the 57th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ACSSC 2023
Editors	Michael B. Matthews
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	106-110
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350325744
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEECONF59524.2023.10476792
State	Published - 2023
Event	57th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ACSSC 2023 - Pacific Grove, United States Duration: 29 Oct 2023 → 1 Nov 2023

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Name	Conference Record - Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers
ISSN (Print)	1058-6393

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Conference	57th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ACSSC 2023
Country/Territory	United States
City	Pacific Grove
Period	29/10/23 → 1/11/23

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Keywords

3D connectivity
achievable rate
Beyond 5G
RIS
UAV

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He, J., Fakhreddine, A., De Sena, A. S., Tian, Y., & Debbah, M. (2023). Unleashing 3D Connectivity in beyond 5G Networks with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces. In M. B. Matthews (Ed.), Conference Record of the 57th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ACSSC 2023 (pp. 106-110). (Conference Record - Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEECONF59524.2023.10476792

He, Jiguang ; Fakhreddine, Aymen ; De Sena, Arthur S. et al. / Unleashing 3D Connectivity in beyond 5G Networks with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces. Conference Record of the 57th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ACSSC 2023. editor / Michael B. Matthews. IEEE Computer Society, 2023. pp. 106-110 (Conference Record - Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers).

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He J, Fakhreddine A, De Sena AS, Tian Y, Debbah M. Unleashing 3D Connectivity in beyond 5G Networks with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces. In Matthews MB, editor, Conference Record of the 57th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ACSSC 2023. IEEE Computer Society. 2023. p. 106-110. (Conference Record - Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers). doi: 10.1109/IEEECONF59524.2023.10476792

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