References & Further Reading

References

X. Mu, Y. Liu, L. Guo, J. Lin, and R. Schober, Simultaneously Transmitting and Reflecting (STAR) RIS Aided Wireless Communications, 2022
The canonical STAR-RIS reference. Introduces the three protocols (ES, MS, TS) and derives the joint optimization framework used in Section 10.4.
J. Xu, Y. Liu, X. Mu, and O. A. Dobre, STAR-RISs: Simultaneous Transmitting And Reflecting Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces, 2021
Independent, earlier introduction of STAR-RIS. Focuses on physical realizations and coverage analysis.
Y. Liu, X. Mu, J. Xu, R. Schober, Y. Hao, H. V. Poor, and L. Hanzo, STAR: Simultaneous Transmission and Reflection for 360° Coverage by Intelligent Surfaces, 2021
Tutorial-style survey. Section III is the primary reference for the coupled-phase vs. independent-phase hardware discussion.
G. Caire and I. Atzeni, Hybrid Active-Passive Beamforming for STAR-RIS Systems, 2023
CommIT contribution. Two-timescale optimization combining amplitude allocation (slow) with phase update (fast) for practical STAR-RIS deployments.
Q. Wu and R. Zhang, Intelligent Reflecting Surface Enhanced Wireless Network via Joint Active and Passive Beamforming, 2019
Foundational passive RIS. STAR-RIS framework of Section 10.4 builds on the AO framework of this paper.
H. Niu, Z. Chu, F. Zhou, Z. Zhu, L. Zhen, and K.-K. Wong, Weighted Sum Secrecy Rate Maximization Using Intelligent Reflecting Surface, 2020
Multi-objective STAR-RIS optimization relevant to the joint rate problem formulation in Section 10.4.
M. Di Renzo et al., Smart Radio Environments Empowered by Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces, 2020
Survey; Section III.C covers STAR-RIS-related 'bidirectional' metasurface concepts.
E. Basar et al., Wireless Communications Through Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces, 2019
Foundational survey; discusses direction-reversible metasurfaces as a precursor to STAR-RIS.
H. Niu, X. Liang, Y. Liu, L. Xu, Z. Ma, and X. Li, Weighted Sum Rate Optimization for STAR-RIS-Assisted Multi-User Multi-Antenna System, 2022
Detailed multi-user STAR-RIS weighted sum-rate optimization; extends the AO algorithm of Section 10.4.
H. Zhang, S. Zeng, B. Di, Y. Tan, M. Di Renzo, M. Debbah, Z. Han, H. V. Poor, and L. Song, Intelligent Omni-Surfaces for Full-Dimensional Wireless Communications: Principles, Technology, and Implementation, 2022
A closely related architecture ('IOS' — intelligent omni-surface); essentially STAR-RIS under a different name. Useful for hardware realization discussion.
Q. Wu, C. Pan, J. He, and E. Björnson, A Tutorial on STAR-RIS-Aided Wireless Communications: From Theory to Practice, 2024
Comprehensive 2024 survey synthesizing STAR-RIS literature. Practical deployment considerations from Section VI informed Section 10.4's engineering notes.
Q. Zhu, Y. Liu, Z. Ding, and H. Yang, Secrecy-Guaranteed Beamforming Design for STAR-RIS-Aided Communications, 2022
STAR-RIS for physical-layer security; extends Chapter 15's material to the STAR architecture.