Track: Internet of Things |
| Smart Wireless Connectivity for IoT Applications Enabled by Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces |
| The increasingly demanding objectives for sixth Generation (6G) wireless communication networks have spurred recent research activities on novel wireless hardware architectures and wireless connectivity paradigms. Among them belong the Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs), which are artificial planar structures with integrated electronic circuits that can be programmed to manipulate an incoming electromagnetic field in a wide variety of functionalities. Incorporating RISs in wireless networks has been recently advocated as a revolutionary means to transform any naturally passive wireless communication environment to an active one. This can be accomplished by deploying cost-effective and easy to coat RISs to the environment's 3D components (e.g., building facades and room ceilings), thus, offering increased environmental intelligence for the scope of diverse wireless networking objectives. In this talk, the potential of RISs for enabling smart wireless connectivity schemes for IoT applications will be presented, emphasizing on their coverage extension capability for massive low-power devices and their perspective for enabling ubiquitous sensing in conjunction with communications. The various available hardware designs for RISs, their available modeling approaches, and their implications in the design of communication and sensing algorithms will be discussed. In addition, representative signal processing approaches for efficient RIS configurations will be presented together with candidate network architectures including RISs. Future directions with RIS-empowered IoT applications for 6G will be highlighted. |
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