Pinching Antenna Systems versus Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces in mmWave

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Main Authors: Samy, Mostafa, Al-Hraishawi, Hayder, Alsenwi, Madyan, Adam, Abuzar B. M., Chatzinotas, Symeon, Otteresten, Björn
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Published: 2025
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author Samy, Mostafa
Al-Hraishawi, Hayder
Alsenwi, Madyan
Adam, Abuzar B. M.
Chatzinotas, Symeon
Otteresten, Björn
author_facet Samy, Mostafa
Al-Hraishawi, Hayder
Alsenwi, Madyan
Adam, Abuzar B. M.
Chatzinotas, Symeon
Otteresten, Björn
contents Flexible and intelligent antenna designs, such as pinching antenna systems and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS), have gained extensive research attention due to their potential to enhance the wireless channels. This letter, for the first time, presents a comparative study between the emerging pinching antenna systems and RIS in millimeter wave (mmWave) bands. Our results reveal that RIS requires an extremely large number of elements (in the order of $10^4$) to outperform pinching antenna systems in terms of spectral efficiency, which severely impact the energy efficiency performance of RIS. Moreover, pinching antenna systems demonstrate greater robustness against hardware impairments and severe path loss typically encountered in high-frequency mmWave bands.
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spellingShingle Pinching Antenna Systems versus Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces in mmWave
Samy, Mostafa
Al-Hraishawi, Hayder
Alsenwi, Madyan
Adam, Abuzar B. M.
Chatzinotas, Symeon
Otteresten, Björn
Signal Processing
Flexible and intelligent antenna designs, such as pinching antenna systems and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS), have gained extensive research attention due to their potential to enhance the wireless channels. This letter, for the first time, presents a comparative study between the emerging pinching antenna systems and RIS in millimeter wave (mmWave) bands. Our results reveal that RIS requires an extremely large number of elements (in the order of $10^4$) to outperform pinching antenna systems in terms of spectral efficiency, which severely impact the energy efficiency performance of RIS. Moreover, pinching antenna systems demonstrate greater robustness against hardware impairments and severe path loss typically encountered in high-frequency mmWave bands.
title Pinching Antenna Systems versus Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces in mmWave
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.05102