Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces for THz Communications: Fundamentals, Key Solutions, and System Prototyping
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| author | Wu, Qingqing Zhu, Yanze Peng, Qiaoyan Hao, Wanming Hou, Yanzhao Yang, Fengyuan Yan, Wencai Wang, Guoning Chen, Wen Qiu, Chi |
| author_facet | Wu, Qingqing Zhu, Yanze Peng, Qiaoyan Hao, Wanming Hou, Yanzhao Yang, Fengyuan Yan, Wencai Wang, Guoning Chen, Wen Qiu, Chi |
| contents | Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) have emerged as a cost-effective technology for terahertz (THz) communications by enabling programmable control of the wireless environment. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of IRSs-aided THz communications, covering hardware designs, advanced signal processing techniques, and practical deployment strategies. It first examines key THz reconfigurable metasurface architectures, including electronic, optical, phase-change material, and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)-based implementations, highlighting their reconfiguration mechanisms and challenges. Then, fundamental effects including near field and beam squint in wideband THz systems are analyzed, along with their impacts on system performance. The paper further explores conventional and beam-squint-assisted channel estimation methods, innovative beam management strategies, and deployment considerations across large- and small-scale scenarios. Practical experiments at 220 gigahertz (GHz) validate the effectiveness of IRS in improving signal strength and communication reliability for both single-user and multi-user setups. |
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| spellingShingle | Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces for THz Communications: Fundamentals, Key Solutions, and System Prototyping Wu, Qingqing Zhu, Yanze Peng, Qiaoyan Hao, Wanming Hou, Yanzhao Yang, Fengyuan Yan, Wencai Wang, Guoning Chen, Wen Qiu, Chi Signal Processing Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) have emerged as a cost-effective technology for terahertz (THz) communications by enabling programmable control of the wireless environment. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of IRSs-aided THz communications, covering hardware designs, advanced signal processing techniques, and practical deployment strategies. It first examines key THz reconfigurable metasurface architectures, including electronic, optical, phase-change material, and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)-based implementations, highlighting their reconfiguration mechanisms and challenges. Then, fundamental effects including near field and beam squint in wideband THz systems are analyzed, along with their impacts on system performance. The paper further explores conventional and beam-squint-assisted channel estimation methods, innovative beam management strategies, and deployment considerations across large- and small-scale scenarios. Practical experiments at 220 gigahertz (GHz) validate the effectiveness of IRS in improving signal strength and communication reliability for both single-user and multi-user setups. |
| title | Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces for THz Communications: Fundamentals, Key Solutions, and System Prototyping |
| topic | Signal Processing |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.17200 |