Asymptotically Optimal Closed-Form Phase Configuration of $1$-bit RISs via Sign Alignment

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Main Authors: Stylianopoulos, Kyriakos, Gavriilidis, Panagiotis, Alexandropoulos, George C.
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Published: 2024
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author Stylianopoulos, Kyriakos
Gavriilidis, Panagiotis
Alexandropoulos, George C.
author_facet Stylianopoulos, Kyriakos
Gavriilidis, Panagiotis
Alexandropoulos, George C.
contents While Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) constitute one of the most prominent enablers for the upcoming sixth Generation (6G) of wireless networks, the design of efficient RIS phase profiles remains a notorious challenge when large numbers of phase-quantized unit cells are involved, typically of a single bit, as implemented by a vast majority of existing metasurface prototypes. In this paper, we focus on the RIS phase configuration problem for the exemplary case of the Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) maximization for an RIS-enabled single-input single-output system where the metasurface tunable elements admit a phase difference of $π$ radians. We present a novel closed-form configuration which serves as a lower bound guaranteeing at least half the SNR of the ideal continuous (upper bound) SNR gain, and whose mean performance is shown to be asymptotically optimal. The proposed sign alignment configuration can be further used as initialization to standard discrete optimization algorithms. A discussion on the reduced complexity hardware benefits via the presented configuration is also included. Our numerical results demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed RIS sign alignment scheme over iterative approaches as well as the commonplace continuous phase quantization treatment.
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spellingShingle Asymptotically Optimal Closed-Form Phase Configuration of $1$-bit RISs via Sign Alignment
Stylianopoulos, Kyriakos
Gavriilidis, Panagiotis
Alexandropoulos, George C.
Signal Processing
While Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) constitute one of the most prominent enablers for the upcoming sixth Generation (6G) of wireless networks, the design of efficient RIS phase profiles remains a notorious challenge when large numbers of phase-quantized unit cells are involved, typically of a single bit, as implemented by a vast majority of existing metasurface prototypes. In this paper, we focus on the RIS phase configuration problem for the exemplary case of the Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) maximization for an RIS-enabled single-input single-output system where the metasurface tunable elements admit a phase difference of $π$ radians. We present a novel closed-form configuration which serves as a lower bound guaranteeing at least half the SNR of the ideal continuous (upper bound) SNR gain, and whose mean performance is shown to be asymptotically optimal. The proposed sign alignment configuration can be further used as initialization to standard discrete optimization algorithms. A discussion on the reduced complexity hardware benefits via the presented configuration is also included. Our numerical results demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed RIS sign alignment scheme over iterative approaches as well as the commonplace continuous phase quantization treatment.
title Asymptotically Optimal Closed-Form Phase Configuration of $1$-bit RISs via Sign Alignment
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.13510