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Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces

Programmable Propagation for Wireless Communications

A rigorous treatment of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces: from metasurface hardware and cascaded channel models through joint active-passive beamforming optimization to advanced architectures including array-fed RIS, STAR-RIS, and RIS-aided ISAC.

18 chapters148 sections62+ hours of content
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RIS FundamentalsBeamforming OptimizationAdvanced RIS ArchitecturesRIS for ISAC and LocalizationPractical Aspects and Open ProblemsFuture topics

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Part 1: RIS Fundamentals

Chapter 1

The RIS Concept

~210 minIntermediate
Chapter 2

RIS Hardware and Physics

~180 minIntermediate
Chapter 3

RIS Channel Models

~200 minIntermediate
Chapter 4

Channel Estimation for RIS

~220 minIntermediate

Part 2: Beamforming Optimization

Chapter 5

Joint Active-Passive Beamforming

~210 minAdvanced
Chapter 6

Phase Optimization Algorithms

~230 minAdvanced
Chapter 7

Multi-User RIS-Aided Systems

~220 minAdvanced
Chapter 8

RIS with Discrete Phase Shifts

~180 minIntermediate

Part 3: Advanced RIS Architectures

Chapter 9

Active RIS

~200 minAdvanced
Chapter 10

STAR-RIS (Simultaneously Transmitting and Reflecting)

~200 minAdvanced
Chapter 11

Array-Fed RIS

~240 minResearch
Chapter 12

Multi-RIS and RIS-Aided Cell-Free

~220 minAdvanced

Part 4: RIS for ISAC and Localization

Chapter 13

RIS-Aided Integrated Sensing and Communications

~230 minResearch
Chapter 14

RIS-Aided Localization

~220 minAdvanced
Chapter 15

RIS for Physical-Layer Security

~200 minAdvanced

Part 5: Practical Aspects and Open Problems

Chapter 16

RIS Prototyping and Measurements

~180 minAdvanced
Chapter 17

Deployment Optimization

~200 minAdvanced
Chapter 18

Open Problems

~200 minAdvanced