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Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Assisted B5G/6G Wireless Communications: Challenges, Solution and Future Opportunities

Chen, Z; Chen, G; Tang, J; Zhang, S; So, DKC; Dobre, OA; Wong, KK; (2022) Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Assisted B5G/6G Wireless Communications: Challenges, Solution and Future Opportunities. IEEE Communications Magazine 10.1109/MCOM.002.2200047. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

The power consumption and hardware cost are two of the main challenges for realizing beyond fifth-generation (B5G) and sixth-generation (6G) wireless communications. Recently, the emerging reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) have been recognized as a promising tool for enhancing the propagation environment and improving the spectral efficiency of wireless communications by controlling low-cost passive reflecting elements. However, current cellular communication were designed on the basis of conventional communication theories, significantly restrict the development of RIS-assisted B5G/6G technologies and lead to severe limitations. In this article, we discuss RIS-assisted channel estimation issues involved in B5G/6G communications including channel state information (CSI) acquisition, imperfect cascade CSI for beamforming design and co-channel interference coordination, and develop a few possible solutions or visionary technologies to promote the development of B5G/6G. Finally, potential research opportunities are discussed.

Type: Article
Title: Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Assisted B5G/6G Wireless Communications: Challenges, Solution and Future Opportunities
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.002.2200047
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.002.2200047
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Channel estimation, Array signal processing, Millimeter wave communication, MIMO communication, Interchannel interference, Hardware, Power demand
UCL classification: UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10158098
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