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Main Authors: Yao, Jiawei, Mao, Yijie, Chen, Mingzhe
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.18610
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author Yao, Jiawei
Mao, Yijie
Chen, Mingzhe
author_facet Yao, Jiawei
Mao, Yijie
Chen, Mingzhe
contents Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has been recognized as a promising solution for enhancing localization accuracy. Traditional RIS-based localization methods typically rely on prior channel knowledge, beam scanning, and pilot-based assistance. These approaches often result in substantial energy and computational overhead, and require real-time coordination between the base station (BS) and the RIS. In this work, we propose a novel multiple RISs aided localization approach to address these challenges. The proposed method first estimates the angle-of-directions (AoDs) between the RISs and the user using the conditional sample mean approach, and then uses the estimated multiple AoD pairs to determine the user's position. This approach only requires measuring the received signal strength at the BS for a set of randomly generated phase shifts across all RISs, thereby eliminating the need for real-time RIS phase shift design or user-to-BS pilot transmissions. Numerical results show that the proposed localization approach improves localization accuracy while significantly reducing energy and signaling overhead compared to conventional methods.
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spellingShingle RIS-Assisted Localization: A Novel Conditional Sample Mean Approach without CSI
Yao, Jiawei
Mao, Yijie
Chen, Mingzhe
Signal Processing
Information Theory
Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has been recognized as a promising solution for enhancing localization accuracy. Traditional RIS-based localization methods typically rely on prior channel knowledge, beam scanning, and pilot-based assistance. These approaches often result in substantial energy and computational overhead, and require real-time coordination between the base station (BS) and the RIS. In this work, we propose a novel multiple RISs aided localization approach to address these challenges. The proposed method first estimates the angle-of-directions (AoDs) between the RISs and the user using the conditional sample mean approach, and then uses the estimated multiple AoD pairs to determine the user's position. This approach only requires measuring the received signal strength at the BS for a set of randomly generated phase shifts across all RISs, thereby eliminating the need for real-time RIS phase shift design or user-to-BS pilot transmissions. Numerical results show that the proposed localization approach improves localization accuracy while significantly reducing energy and signaling overhead compared to conventional methods.
title RIS-Assisted Localization: A Novel Conditional Sample Mean Approach without CSI
topic Signal Processing
Information Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.18610