Fluid Antenna Meets RIS: Random Matrix Analysis and Two-Timescale Design for Multi-User Communications

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Hauptverfasser: Zhang, Xin, Xu, Dongfang, Wang, Jingjing, Song, Shenghui, Ng, Derrick Wing Kwan, Debbah, Mérouane
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author Zhang, Xin
Xu, Dongfang
Wang, Jingjing
Song, Shenghui
Ng, Derrick Wing Kwan
Debbah, Mérouane
author_facet Zhang, Xin
Xu, Dongfang
Wang, Jingjing
Song, Shenghui
Ng, Derrick Wing Kwan
Debbah, Mérouane
contents The reconfigurability of fluid antenna systems (FASs) and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) provides significant flexibility in optimizing channel conditions by jointly adjusting the positions of fluid antennas and the phase shifts of RISs. However, it is challenging to acquire the instantaneous channel state information (CSI) for both fluid antennas and RISs, while frequent adjustment of antenna positions and phase shifts will significantly increase the system complexity. To tackle this issue, this paper investigates the two-timescale design for FAS-RIS multi-user systems with linear precoding, where only the linear precoder design requires instantaneous CSI of the end-to-end channel, while the FAS and RIS optimization relies on statistical CSI. The main challenge comes from the complex structure of channel and inverse operations in linear precoding, such as regularized zero-forcing (RZF) and zero-forcing (ZF). Leveraging on random matrix theory (RMT), we first investigate the fundamental limits of FAS-RIS systems with RZF/ZF precoding by deriving the ergodic sum rate (ESR). This result is utilized to determine the minimum number of selected antennas to achieve a given ESR. Based on the evaluation result, we propose an algorithm to jointly optimize the antenna selection, regularization factor of RZF, and phase shifts at the RIS. Numerical results validate the accuracy of performance evaluation and demonstrate that the performance gain brought by joint FAS and RIS design is more pronounced with a larger number of users.
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spellingShingle Fluid Antenna Meets RIS: Random Matrix Analysis and Two-Timescale Design for Multi-User Communications
Zhang, Xin
Xu, Dongfang
Wang, Jingjing
Song, Shenghui
Ng, Derrick Wing Kwan
Debbah, Mérouane
Information Theory
The reconfigurability of fluid antenna systems (FASs) and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) provides significant flexibility in optimizing channel conditions by jointly adjusting the positions of fluid antennas and the phase shifts of RISs. However, it is challenging to acquire the instantaneous channel state information (CSI) for both fluid antennas and RISs, while frequent adjustment of antenna positions and phase shifts will significantly increase the system complexity. To tackle this issue, this paper investigates the two-timescale design for FAS-RIS multi-user systems with linear precoding, where only the linear precoder design requires instantaneous CSI of the end-to-end channel, while the FAS and RIS optimization relies on statistical CSI. The main challenge comes from the complex structure of channel and inverse operations in linear precoding, such as regularized zero-forcing (RZF) and zero-forcing (ZF). Leveraging on random matrix theory (RMT), we first investigate the fundamental limits of FAS-RIS systems with RZF/ZF precoding by deriving the ergodic sum rate (ESR). This result is utilized to determine the minimum number of selected antennas to achieve a given ESR. Based on the evaluation result, we propose an algorithm to jointly optimize the antenna selection, regularization factor of RZF, and phase shifts at the RIS. Numerical results validate the accuracy of performance evaluation and demonstrate that the performance gain brought by joint FAS and RIS design is more pronounced with a larger number of users.
title Fluid Antenna Meets RIS: Random Matrix Analysis and Two-Timescale Design for Multi-User Communications
topic Information Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.06080