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可重构智能表面辅助的非地面通信

Non-terrestrial Communications Assisted by Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces

Jia Ye, Jingping Qiao, Abla Kammoun, Mohamed-Slim Alouini

摘要:

非地面通信已经成为下一代网络中无缝连接的关键推动因素。这种网络可以支持空中平台之间的高数据率通信(即,无人机(UAV)、高空平台(HAP)和卫星)和蜂窝网络,实现随时随地的连接。然而,存在许多实际实现限制,特别是过载功耗、高阻塞概率和动态传播环境。幸运的是,最近的技术可重构智能表面(RIS)预计将是最具成本效益的解决方案,以解决这些问题之一。具有低成本元件的RIS可以绕过阻塞并创建多个视线(LoS)链路,并提供可控的通信信道。在本文中,我们提出了一个全面的文献综述的RIS辅助非地面网络(RANTNs)。首先介绍了RANTN的基本结构,详细讨论了RIS在NTN中的不同特性,以及RIS的两种类型,即地面RIS(TRIS)和空中RIS(ARIS),并对RANTN进行了分类,包括RIS辅助的空对地(A2 G)/地对空(G2 A)通信、RIS辅助的地对地(G2 G)通信和RIS辅助的空对空(A2 A)通信。结合下一代通信技术,讨论了RANTN中的先进技术。然后从性能分析和优化的角度综述了RANTNs的相关文献,并介绍了RANTNs广泛使用的方法。最后,开放的挑战和未来的研究方向的背景下,RANTNs的突出。

英文摘要:

Non-terrestrial communications have emerged as a key enabler for seamless connectivity in the upcoming generation networks. This kind of network can support high data rate communications among aerial platforms (i.e., unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), high-altitude platforms (HAPs), and satellites) and cellular networks, achieving anywhere and anytime connections. However, there are many practical implementation limitations, especially overload power consumption, high probability of blockage, and dynamic propagation environment. Fortunately, the recent technology reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is expected to be one of the most cost-efficient solutions to address such issues. RIS with low-cost elements can bypass blockages and create multiple line-of-sight (LoS) links, and provide controllable communication channels. In this paper, we present a comprehensive literature review on the RIS-assisted non-terrestrial networks (RANTNs). Firstly, the framework of the RANTNs is introduced with detailed discussion about distinct properties of RIS in NTNs and the two types of RIS, that is, terrestrial RISs (TRISs), and aerial RISs (ARISs), and the classification of RANTNs including RIS-assisted air-to-ground (A2G)/ground-to-air (G2A), ARIS-assisted ground-to-ground (G2G), and RIS-assisted air-to-air (A2A) communications. In combination with next-generation communication technologies, the advanced technologies in RANTNs are discussed. Then we overview the literature related to RANTNs from the perspectives of performance analysis and optimization, followed by the widely used methodologies. Finally, open challenges and future research direction in the context of the RANTNs are highlighted.

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